Design Engineer: Frontend UX Quality & Polish

Saga; Fatih; On-site; TRY 1,527,929 - 1,833,515; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary €2,500–€3,000

Global team

High ownership

Autonomy

Job summary

Saga is a legal innovation company expanding across Europe, seeking a Design Engineer who blends design thinking with solid frontend engineering. You will own UI/UX quality, audit features, and ship polished frontend improvements while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

With expertise in React/Next.js/TypeScript and strong accessibility and visual design skills, you will influence product quality and user experience across Saga's platform, contributing to higher craftsmanship and faster

Qualifications

• Experience in Design Engineering or frontend-focused role.
• Strong React/Next.js/TypeScript skills.
• Excellent visual craftsmanship and typography.
• Familiar with WCAG AA accessibility standards.
• Autonomous with strong prioritization and ownership.
• Clear communication across teams and design-to-engineering handoff.
• Practical AI fluency to accelerate development.

Responsibilities

• Own UI/UX quality across the product by auditing the live application and shipping small, low-risk frontend improvements directly through production-ready PRs.
• Review every new feature for usability, accessibility, consistency, and implementation quality, ensuring design intent is maintained from concept to release.
• Run a regular UX review process, maintain a prioritized backlog of improvements, and drive product polish without adding engineering overhead.
• Maintain Mintlify user guide so it stays aligned with the product and updated within one sprint of every release.
• Independently implement UI improvements while triaging and delegating business logic or functional issues to the appropriate engineering teams.
• Collaborate closely with Design, Product, and Engineering to improve user experience and frontend quality across Saga.

Skills

React

Next.js

TypeScript

HTML

CSS

UI/UX

Accessibility WCAG AA

Git

AI fluency

Tools

Mintlify

Job description

Saga is a legal innovation company expanding across Europe, seeking a Design Engineer who blends design thinking with solid frontend engineering. You will own UI/UX quality, audit features, and ship polished frontend improvements while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

With expertise in React/Next.js/TypeScript and strong accessibility and visual design skills, you will influence product quality and user experience across Saga's platform, contributing to higher craftsmanship and faster