Design Engineer

About The Role We are looking for a Design Engineer to help push the visual and interaction quality of Integrate’s product forward. You are a designer first. Design is your craft: you have strong taste, sharp visual judgment, and a high bar for how software should look, feel, and behave. You have also developed front-end fluency because it lets you bring ideas to life directly. Code is one of the ways you explore, prototype, refine, and ship your work. We are looking for someone who has always been building on the internet—a builder, an explorer who cannot help but experiment with what is possible on screen. You pay attention to modern interface patterns, animation libraries, rendering techniques, component systems, 3D, data visualization, and emerging interaction models. You are excited by the details that make a product feel polished, responsive, and alive. You will work closely with the VP of Product and our product and engineering team to deliver production-quality front-end work. Increasingly, our workflow moves quickly from concept into feature branches: prompting, iterating, prototyping, and handing off front-end work that engineers can review, integrate, and move through the CI/CD pipeline. The full-stack engineers you hand off to are responsible for performance, optimization, and pipeline readiness. Your job is to make sure what you deliver is visually excellent, interaction-rich, thoughtful, and built to the standard the product deserves. You will report directly to the VP of Product and work in close collaboration with the product and design side of the team. This role is in person at our Ballard office in Seattle. Key Responsibilities Interpret high-level product briefs, product specs, and stakeholder input into thoughtful product design solutions — not just polished UI, but clear flows, interaction models, and user experiences Deliver production-quality front-end work directly in code—building components, interactions, and UI features that meet a high design bar Work in feature branches using AI-assisted workflows, prompting with text and images to develop front-end work that is ready for engineering handoff Collaborate closely with the VP of Product to translate design intent into implemented UI, iterating rapidly on feedback Own the visual and interaction quality of your work end-to-end—from the idea through to handoff Maintain consistency with Integrate's design system and front-end conventions across all work Contribute to the evolution of front-end patterns, component libraries, and design language as the product grows Bring a point of view—flag when something isn't right, advocate for quality, and push back when the bar isn't being met Experience A background rooted in design—you came up as a designer and developed engineering skills along the way, not the other way around Strong front-end engineering capability: you can write clean, functional React and Tailwind without relying on others to translate your work A portfolio that demonstrates exceptional craft—real shipped work with visible attention to typography, spacing, motion, and interaction detail Experience working in fast-moving environments where shipping quickly and iterating are the norm Comfort working directly in code as the primary design medium—not just as a handoff artifact Technical Skills Figma—fluent in component-based design and design systems React—comfortable building and composing UI components Tailwind CSS—strong working knowledge of utility-first styling Cursor and AI-assisted development tools — active use of modern AI tooling as part of your workflow Familiarity with modern front-end development practices: version control, feature branches, and handoff for CI/CD pipelines Bonus Familiarity with TypeScript or broader front-end architecture patterns A public presence — Twitter, a personal site, or open work — where your experimentation and aesthetic sensibility are visible Experience at an early-stage startup where the design bar was set by the people doing the work, not a style guide Who You Are You care about how things look and feel at a level most people don't. You notice when type renders differently across screens. You have opinions about spacing, color, and motion that you can articulate and defend. You are not satisfied with "good enough" when "great" is achievable. You have a public presence — a website, a Twitter, a GitHub — where your work and experimentation are visible. When we look at what you've made, it should be immediately clear that you are the kind of person we're looking for. You are comfortable in the space between design and engineering, and you don't see that ambiguity as a problem — you see it as the point. You thrive when you have ownership over the quality of what ships, and you take it personally when the details aren't right. You are energized by modern tooling and actively exploring how AI fits into a design and front-end workflow. You don't wait to be shown how — you figure it out and bring what you learn back to the team. ITAR Requirement This position requires access to information protected under US export control laws, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and/or the Export Administration Regulations. As such, US person status (including US citizens, U.S. permanent residents, individuals granted U.S. asylum status, or individuals admitted in U.S. refugee status) is a required qualification for this position. Equal Opportunity Employer We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, genetics, or citizenship status (when otherwise legally authorized to work and access export‑controlled data) and will not be discriminated against on the basis of such characteristics or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We encourage applicants of all ages. We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us. Benefits An equity component is also included in our compensation packages. We also offer excellent health insurance benefits, matching 401k program and FSA account, commuter benefits, wellness stipend, etc. #J-18808-Ljbffr