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# Design Engineer

- **Company:** White Circle
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Web Interfaces, Computer Animation, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Code Review, Data Visualization, Cursor, Programming Tools, Design of User Interfaces, Next.js, Software Safety, Responsive Web Design, TypeScript, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Tailwind, ReactJS, Large Language Models, Claude Code, B2b Software, Git, Webpack, Material UI, Figma, Front End Software Development
- **Published:** October 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/design-engineer-white-circle-10559485

## About the Role

* 6+ years of experience in product design, frontend engineering, or design engineering, with a portfolio showing both design and shipped code
 * Strong frontend skills: React, TypeScript, modern CSS (Flexbox, Grid, custom properties, container queries)
 * Experience building and maintaining design systems in code, e.g. design tokens, component APIs, Storybook or similar
 * Deep Figma knowledge: Auto Layout, Components, Variants, Variables, Prototyping
 * Experience with motion and animation in code (Framer Motion / Motion, CSS transitions, or similar)
 * A track record of designing clear, functional web interfaces, ideally for technical or data-heavy products (dashboards, developer tools, B2B SaaS)
 * Solid grasp of accessibility (WCAG, keyboard navigation, ARIA) and responsive design
 * Comfort working in a real codebase: Git, code review, working alongside engineers
 * You use AI tools daily in your workflow (Cursor, Claude Code, v0, or similar) and know how to get production-quality results out of them, * Experience with Tailwind CSS, Radix UI / shadcn/ui, or other headless component libraries
 * Next.js or Vite experience
 * Data visualization (D3, Recharts, visx)
 * Figma plugin or Figma-to-code pipeline experience (Tokens Studio, Style Dictionary, Code Connect)
 * Interest in AI safety, LLMs, or developer tooling