Senior Design Engineer: AI Tooling & UI Craft

Yahoo; Uz; Hybrid; EUR 121,000 - 253,000; Full time

Job summary

Yahoo's Central Foundations team is seeking an experienced engineer-designer to shape the UI of our AI-assisted generation tool. You will design core interactions, selection systems, panel layouts, keyboard navigation, and UI states for production-ready code.

You bring 8+ years shipping interactive tools, strong React and TypeScript skills, a trained eye for typography and layout, and a collaborative mindset.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant experience shipping interactive tools.
• Strong React and TypeScript in production environments.
• Typography, layout, color, spacing, and hierarchy with pixel-level detail.
• Deep understanding of motion, micro-interactions, and visual feedback.
• Ability to frame problems, explore, prototype, and deliver polished UI.
• Experience with design systems and scalable interfaces.
• Portfolio demonstrating live interactive web apps or design tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and build core interactions including selection systems and AI generation UI.
• Shape visual language, layout, typography, motion, and component states.
• Own interactive and motion authoring within the platform.
• Ship production-quality code using React and TypeScript with CI workflows.
• Collaborate with internal product teams to turn user feedback into features.
• Raise the bar for accessibility and performance through reviews and standards.
• Bridge design and engineering, seeking feedback and aligning on intents.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Typography

Layout

Motion design

Design systems

Portfolio

Job description

Yahoo's Central Foundations team is seeking an experienced engineer-designer to shape the UI of our AI-assisted generation tool. You will design core interactions, selection systems, panel layouts, keyboard navigation, and UI states for production-ready code.

You bring 8+ years shipping interactive tools, strong React and TypeScript skills, a trained eye for typography and layout, and a collaborative mindset.