Lead Design Engineer

As a Design Engineer at Mindtickle, you are someone who moves fluently between design and code, brings design intent to life with precision, and raises the bar for what "shipped" looks like. You'll co-own our design system in code, prototype ideas before they're fully specced, and be the connective tissue between design thinking and production reality.

This is a new role: part interaction designer, part product builder, part systems thinker, part hacker, part artist. If this is you, continue reading!

Build high-fidelity interactive prototypes that go beyond what design tools alone can express: motion, data states, edge cases for both web and mobile.

Use AI coding tools (Cursor, Claude Code, v0) to accelerate prototype velocity without sacrificing quality or craft

Own and evolve Mindtickle's UI component library and maintain tight parity between Figma components and production-quality front-end code

Define and govern design tokens, theming, and accessibility standards across the design system

Participate in design reviews and provide implementation-aware feedback early in the process

Explore emerging UI patterns, trends and AI-native UX paradigms, so you keep yourself and the design team up to date.

Create POC’s that push what's possible in our product experience. Show the art of the possible and challenge our teams.

Raise the design team's technical capabilities and understanding by sharing learnings and building a culture of craft.

8–10+ years working at the intersection of design and frontend engineering. Your portfolio must show both sides of the craft.

Production-level proficiency in React, TypeScript, and CSS. You can write code that ships, but you can also whip up a quick experiment or demo.

Deep Figma fluency: component architecture, variables, auto-layout, Dev Mode. The whole thing.

Hands-on experience building and maintaining a design system in a product company

Strong command of motion, micro-interactions, and visual polish. You notice things others miss and know how to add delight to experiences.