Lead Design Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop systems that enhance the capabilities of Samsara’s product while amplifying the design team's influence.

• Establish components, patterns, tokens, and guidelines for users and agents to utilize.

• Engage in both design and coding, delivering highly interactive user interfaces for web and mobile platforms.

• Formulate principles, heuristics, and quality benchmarks for AI generation.

• Create core system components, assessments, and feedback mechanisms to strengthen AI design and code generation.

• Oversee design quality through structured governance, ensuring that low-quality AI outputs do not reach customers.

• Guarantee that system decisions are seamlessly translated into code, with collective accountability for quality, performance, and maintainability.

• Integrate accessibility, responsiveness, and performance into the system as standard practice.

• Develop models for contribution, governance, and deprecation.

• Conduct regular meetings with designers and engineers, integrating feedback and usage analytics.

• Distribute effective AI tools, workflows, and strategies among design and engineering teams.

• Advocate for and incorporate Samsara’s cultural principles as the organization expands globally.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 8 years of experience in design engineering, design systems, product design, or front-end engineering, focusing on UX/UI for web and mobile applications.

• Experience in shipping design system or component library projects.

• A portfolio, case studies, or code samples that detail your contributions, decision-making processes, and team adoption; applications without a portfolio will not be considered.

• Strong skills in interaction and visual design.

• Familiarity with design tokens, theming, and accessibility standards.

• Regular usage of AI tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, or Figma Make, with demonstrable work linked to these tools.

• Experience connecting AI tools to a design system.

• Proficient in explaining, reviewing, and debugging generated code.

• Experience collaborating with designers, engineers, and product managers in rapid cycles.

🏝️ Benefits

• Initial RSU grant with no vesting cliff.

• Continuous equity refresh opportunities tied to performance.

• Performance-based bonus or variable pay.

• Flexible, employee-driven remote work model.

• Professional development stipend.

• Comprehensive health plans.

• Parental leave plans.

• Above-market total compensation opportunities.

• Support for remote work.

• Reasonable accommodations available throughout the recruitment process.