Design engineer (US)
Writer · New York City, NY · Chicago, IL · Seattle, WA · San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX
Applied AIremotesenior$129k–$234k
At a glance
Highlights
- Own the Writer Design System used by humans and AI agents to ship product.
- Lead polish passes and micro-interactions that define how WRITER feels to use.
- Shape design-to-code workflows to boost productivity across the EPD org.
What they offer
- Generous PTO plus company holidays
- Medical, dental and vision coverage for you and family
- Paid parental leave (16 weeks) and fertility support
- Wellness and learning stipends with company off-sites
- Company stock options and 401k
Ideal candidate
A craft-obsessed design engineer who owns systems end-to-end and sweats every detail. You care about motion feel, polish, and building trustworthy UI foundations others love to build on.
Requirements
- 4-8+ years building production frontends with TypeScript and React, owning a system, platform or surface end-to-end
- Solid instincts for animation principles including easing, choreography, anticipation and perceived performance
- Expert-level Figma fluency and proficiency with framer-motion, GSAP and Lottie
- Demonstrable obsession with craft backed by portfolio, side projects or production systems work
- Experience driving design system adoption and influencing technical or design direction
- Experience with AI product surfaces like tool-call UIs, streaming responses and agent state
- remote policy
- hybrid
Lab profile
About Writer
Enterprise generative AI platform for compliant content creation and business workflows
What they build
- Writer enterprise AI platform
- Palmyra enterprise LLMs
- Agent Builder for AI agents
Known for
- Enterprise-grade security and compliance
- Custom brand voice and guardrails
- Full-stack platform with own LLMs
Key facts
- Founded in 2020
- Headquartered in San Francisco, CA
- Series C unicorn valued at $1.9B
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