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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Design Engineer - **Company:** READYON, INC. - **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $160,000.0 - $230,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Software as a Service, Software Documentation, Computer Programming, Design of User Interfaces, Human-Computer Interaction, Software Prototyping, Software Engineering, Figma, Front End Software Development, Multiplatform - **Published:** September 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/senior-design-engineer-san-francisco-ca--0950e61d-b2f1-4f6c-8283-be418bf3b691 ## About the Role * 4+ years of development experience, preferably at a SaaS or consumer technology company * Strong programming skills and experience with application development * Excellent written and verbal communication skills * A keen eye for design details, especially in layout, typography, and color * A passion for building full 0-1 products * Fluency in Figma and prototyping tools Nice to have * Experience with insights or data heavy products * Experience ideating, building, and prototyping with AI tools Location: SF Bay Area Hybrid As a high-growth startup tackling complex, industry-defining challenges, in-person collaboration is essential to our success. To that end, this role involves working onsite in our San Francisco office at minimum three days per week, with the option to work remotely on remaining days. ReadyOn also offers 25 flexible remote days per year., Algorithms, Application Programming Interface (API), Artificial Intelligence (AI), College Level Faculty, Communication Skills, Computer Programming, Documentation, Emerging Technology, Machine Tool, Multiplatform/Cross-Platform, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Process Improvement, Product Design, Product Engineering, Profit & Loss, Prototyping, Quality Management, Return on Investment (ROI), Software Development, Software as a Service (SaaS), Startup, Systems Administration/Management, Team Player, Technical Support, Technical/Engineering Design, Typography, User Documentation, User Interface Design, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX), Writing Skills, Yahoo! ## Description ReadyOn is looking for an experienced Design Engineer to join the Design team at Senior or Staff level. In this role, you'll be responsible for raising the standard for the craft, creativity, and interaction across ReadyOn's suite of products. In this highly collaborative role, you'll empower our design and engineering teams to create consistently high-quality experiences across all products and platforms. You'll partner closely with our Head of Design to uphold and evolve our design system, front-end libraries, infrastructure, and documentation, as well as build internal tools that improve processes and collaboration. As a result you will create a robust, polished, and accessible UI that utilizes emerging technologies to improve our customers' lives. What you'll do * Help maintain and evolve the design and development of ReadyOn's cross-platform design system * Increase extensibility of our design system by evolving through documentation and guidelines * Work directly with product/engineering/design teams to develop and implement tooling with a focus on maintaining quality and speed * Champion the user experience and accessibility of our products, and help keep our quality bar as high as possible * Collaborate with and support designers to evolve our long-term product vision, design systems, and internal design collaboration process * Collaborate with and support engineerings with elegant and consistent component APIs and a focus on the developer experience ## Related Videos - [Developers Communities in San Francisco - WeAreDevelopers LIVE from Corgi Cafe](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2144-developers-communities-in-san-francisco-wearedevelopers-live-from-corgi-cafe) - [Photonic Computing: Programming a New Class of AI Accelerators (incl. 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