Remote Product Design Engineer: AI-Driven Developer Tools

Zed Industries; Time; On-site; NOK 862,068 - 1,149,424; Full time

Job summary

Zed is building an editor where developers and AI collaborate directly in the codebase. We are seeking a Product Design Engineer to shape how people work with AI in this environment.

You will prototype and implement UI in the product, working closely with engineers to integrate design with engineering and to evolve Zed’s design system. This role suits someone who enjoys moving quickly, shipping early iterations, and learning new interfaces in GPUI.

Qualifications

• Strong product design experience.
• Deep care for interaction design.
• Experience working on technical products.
• Ability to prototype ideas in code.
• Comfort with ambiguity and shipping early iterations.
• Willingness to learn Rust and create interfaces in GPUI.

Responsibilities

• Shape how developers and AI systems interact within the editor environment.
• Prototype and implement parts of the UI in the product.
• Collaborate with engineers to integrate design with engineering.
• Develop interaction models for AI agents that read and modify code.
• Contribute to Zed’s design system and interaction patterns.

Skills

Strong product design

Interaction design

Experience on technical products

Prototype ideas in code

Ambiguity and shipping iterations

Willingness to learn Rust

Rust proficiency

Tools

GPUI

Rust

Job description

Zed is building an editor where developers and AI collaborate directly in the codebase. We are seeking a Product Design Engineer to shape how people work with AI in this environment.

You will prototype and implement UI in the product, working closely with engineers to integrate design with engineering and to evolve Zed’s design system. This role suits someone who enjoys moving quickly, shipping early iterations, and learning new interfaces in GPUI.