Design Engineer

Wolters Kluwer - Financial Services Solutions; Berlin; Vor Ort; EUR 70.000 - 100.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Wolters Kluwer - Financial Services Solutions is seeking a Design Engineer to shape and ship Libra’s AI workspace for legal professionals. You’ll bridge design and front-end code from concept to production, collaborating with product teams to prototype, validate, and ship quickly.

You will work across Figma and GitHub, translating design intent into robust, accessible UI components while leveraging AI tools to accelerate exploration without compromising craft.

Qualifikationen

• Strong experience designing and building digital products.
• A true 50/50 design engineer with credibility in product design and frontend implementation.
• Experience with TypeScript, React, HTML, and CSS.
• Experience prototyping and shipping features end-to-end.
• Experience with accessibility standards (WCAG) from the outset.

Aufgaben

• Design and ship product experiences from early concepts through to production interfaces.
• Work directly in the front-end codebase through PRs, reviews, testing, and releases.
• Partner with Product Design and Product Engineering to shape feasible solutions.
• Build functional prototypes to test assumptions quickly.
• Translate design intent into reusable, accessible components and patterns.

Kenntnisse

TypeScript

React

HTML

CSS

WCAG accessibility

Tools

Figma

GitHub

Storybook

Jobbeschreibung

About the roleWe’re looking for a Design Engineer to help shape and ship Libra’s AI workspace for legal professionals. You’ll turn complex ideas into simple, high-quality experiences, moving from early exploration through to production code. This is a 50/50 design-engineer role where you’ll work across Figma and GitHub, closely partnering with Product Design and Product Engineering to keep ideas strong from concept to implementation while helping the team prototype, validate, and ship quickly. You’ll operate at the intersection of design, engineering, and applied AI, helping define new ways for legal professionals to research, draft, review documents, verify sources, and collaborate with intelligent systems.What you’ll doDesign and ship product experiences from early concepts through to polished production interfacesWork directly in the front-end codebase through pull requests, code reviews, testing, and releasePartner with Product Design and Product Engineering early to shape elegant, feasible solutionsBuild functional prototypes that make complex ideas tangible and help the team test assumptions quicklyDefine interaction patterns for AI agents, legal documents, citations, generated content, and multi-step workflowsUse AI coding and prototyping tools to accelerate exploration and implementation without compromising judgment or craftTranslate design intent into reusable, responsive, and accessible components and product patternsBuild accessibility into the product from the start, applying WCAG standards across interaction, navigation, content, and implementationHelp keep Figma, shared components, and the production experience aligned as the product evolvesUse customer feedback, research, analytics, and session replays to identify and improve critical product experiencesRaise the quality bar across typography, spacing, motion, microcopy, loading states, empty states, and edge casesOperate with autonomy in a fast-moving environment where many AI interaction patterns are still being inventedWhat we’re looking forStrong experience designing and building sophisticated digital productsA true 50/50 design engineer, equally credible in product design and front-end implementationAn exceptional eye for visual design, interaction quality, and detailStrong front-end fundamentals, including TypeScript, React, HTML, and CSSFluency in Figma and confidence working in GitHub and production codebasesExperience taking features from exploration and prototyping through to release and iterationStrong product judgment and the ability to simplify complex, information-dense workflowsExperience using AI tools as a meaningful part of your design and development processA strong understanding of responsive design, reusable components, scalable UI architecture, and WCAG accessibility standardsStrong cross-functional instincts and the ability to collaborate with designers, engineers, product managers, and domain expertsHigh ownership, clear communication, and genuine comfort with ambiguityNice to haveExperience designing AI-native products, copilots, agents, or generative interfacesExperience with enterprise software, professional tools, or document-heavy workflowsExperience in legal technology, research products, or knowledge-management systemsExperience building or scaling a design system and component libraryFamiliarity with component tooling such as StorybookOur Interview PracticesTo maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we’re getting to know you—not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process.Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.