Senior Design Engineer

GitHub, Inc.; British Columbia; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software platform is seeking a Senior Design Engineer to enhance developer experiences. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in design engineering, particularly with front-end technologies like React and JavaScript. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is crucial as you implement high-quality, accessible design solutions. This role offers flexibility with remote work options and a strong emphasis on AI integration in tools.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Generous learning and growth opportunities

Excellent benefits

Qualifications

• 7+ years' experience in design or related field.
• Experience working closely with engineers and product managers.
• Portfolio showcasing hands-on contributions.

Responsibilities

• Implement design concepts with high-quality code.
• Build interactive prototypes and test designs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Skills

UX principles

Front-end development (React, HTML, CSS)

Accessibility best practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design or related field

Tools

JavaScript

WCAG compliance

TypeScript

Rails

Jest

Storybook

ESLint

Job description

Overview

GitHub is growing its Design team, and we’re seeking a skilled Senior Design Engineer to help shape the future of developer experiences. As a Senior Design Engineer, you’ll work at the intersection of design and front-end engineering to bring innovative, AI-powered solutions to life for millions of developers worldwide. The ideal candidate will take designs from concept to production, building and refining features in close collaboration with engineers, and ensuring each release meets a high bar for quality and usability.

At GitHub, we build solutions that improve the developer experience of people all around the world. You will collaborate with designers, product managers, and other engineers to build the future of developer tools. You’ll work in the GitHub Product Design Team—a group of talented individuals with varied backgrounds in product design, design systems, design ops, front-end development, and illustration. You’ll thrive in this role if you bring a strong sense of craft, systems thinking, and a curiosity for how emerging technologies like AI and LLMs can enhance developer tools.

Locations

In this role you can work from Remote, British Columbia Canada

Responsibilities

• Design Implementation: Bring design concepts to life with high-quality, accessible, and performant front-end code. Ensure solutions adhere to GitHub’s design principles and technical standards.
• Prototyping & Feasibility: Build interactive prototypes and proof-of-concepts to test ideas, evaluate feasibility, and influence product direction early in the design process.
• Collaboration: Partner closely with designers, engineers, and PMs to align on UI requirements, contribute to architecture decisions, and provide feedback in design reviews.
• Quality & Craft: Review code for accessibility, performance, and maintainability. Use debugging and dev tools to proactively identify and fix issues.
• Systems & Documentation: Help evolve front-end patterns and design systems. Document best practices and share technical constraints and opportunities with cross-functional partners.
• Delivery & Ownership: Estimate timelines, scope work effectively, and deliver against shared roadmaps with accountability and autonomy.
• Curiosity and Initiative: Stay informed on emerging UI patterns, AI capabilities, and front-end technologies to help shape the evolution of developer focused experiences.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years' experience in product or service design, or bachelor's degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, or related field AND 5+ years' experience in product or service design; or master's degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, or related field AND 3+ years' experience in product or service design; or doctorate in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, or related field AND 1+ year(s) experience in product or service design; or equivalent experience.
• Experience as a Design Engineer working with Engineers, Product Managers, and other Designers applying UX principles, and a user-centric approach to product design, supported by a Portfolio showcasing hands-on contributions to projects.
• Engineering experience working in React, CSS, HTML, and Vanilla JavaScript.
• Experience with WCAG compliance and/or implementing accessibility best practices.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with Large Language Models and AI.
• Experience building products for developer tools.
• Experience contributing to or using an established design system.
• Experience working with Rails
• Experience working with TypeScript, Jest, Storybook, and ESLint

GitHub values

• Customer-obsessed
• Ship to learn
• Growth mindset
• Own the outcome
• Better together
• Diverse and inclusive

Manager fundamentals

• Model
• Coach
• Care

Leadership principles

• Create clarity
• Generate energy
• Deliver success

Who We Are

GitHub is the world’s leading AI-powered developer platform with 150 million developers and counting. We’re also home to the biggest open-source community on earth (and 99% of the world’s software has open-source code in its DNA). Many of the apps and programs you use every day are built on GitHub. Our teams are dreamers, doers, and pioneers, leading the way in AI, driving humanitarian efforts around the globe, and even sending open source to Mars (and beyond!). At GitHub, our goal is to create the space you need to do your best work. We’re remote-first and offer competitive pay, generous learning and growth opportunities, and excellent benefits to support you, wherever you are—because we know that people flourish when they can work on their own terms. Join us, and let’s change the world, together.

Equal Employment Opportunity

GitHub is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace diversity and invite applications from people of all walks of life. We don’t discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences. Also, if you have a disability, please let us know if there’s any way we can make the interview process better for you; we’re happy to accommodate!