Design Engineer

Atmosphere TV; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Equity

401(k) with employer matching

Competitive insurance plans

Flexible Time Off Policy

Job summary

Atmosphere TV in Austin, TX is seeking a Design Engineer who blends design and engineering to shape the TV interface, the business app, and the web admin. You own features from framing problems to high‑fidelity UI, ship Vue and TypeScript in the same repo as the rest of engineering, and contribute to the design system.

You work closely with the Product team, prototype in code, measure performance after launch, and use AI daily across research, prototyping, and shipping.

Qualifications

• 3–4 years designing and shipping software products.
• Portfolio showing shipped product work and current state.
• Strong visual and interaction craft: typography, hierarchy, layout, and color.
• Fluency in Figma, and enough web development skill to build and ship your own work.
• Code that has reached real users, whether you shipped it yourself or paired with engineers to get it there.
• Daily, hands‑on use of AI tools across design exploration, prototyping, and code.
• Comfort working in a real codebase: reading code you did not write, using git, opening pull requests, and taking code review.
• Comfort working from a design system and improving it rather than working around it.
• Clear communication and a willingness to take feedback and iterate.
• A bias toward simplicity in both design and code.

Responsibilities

• Own the design of individual features, from problem framing and user flows through high-fidelity UI.
• Ship production Vue and TypeScript alongside engineering, and own the quality of what lands.
• Build the components you design as real code in our design system.
• Design and build the internal tools our CS and ops teams rely on, including the AI-enabled workflows those teams increasingly run on.
• Talk directly with the people who use what you build, and turn what you learn into design decisions.
• Prototype in code to explore ideas and show them to stakeholders.
• Work within our design system and make it more detailed and consistent as you go.
• Measure how your work performs after it ships, and iterate on it.
• Use AI daily across research, design exploration, prototyping, and shipping.

Skills

Shipped software design

Visual & interaction craft

Figma proficiency

Web development ability

AI tooling usage

Code in real codebase

Design system experience

Tools

Vue

TypeScript

Git

AI tools (Claude/Cursor)

Design system tooling

Job description

Design Engineer

Atmosphere TV Austin, Texas, United States

About this position

About Atmosphere TV

Atmosphere is the leading streaming TV platform built specifically for businesses. Unlike ad networks or signage companies, Atmosphere is the only true TV company whose first priority is to entertain television audiences outside of the home. Our content is designed to be fun, engaging, and worth watching, transforming waiting rooms, gyms, bars, and restaurants into better experiences for customers and better businesses for owners.

We are the first and only company to think about both the business owner and their customers when creating TV content. With 55,000+ venues and a global audience of over 150 million monthly viewers, Atmosphere is redefining what TV means outside the living room.

About the role

We're looking for a Design Engineer to design the tools Atmosphere's customers run their businesses on: the TV interface that reaches over 150 million viewers a month, the app business owners use to run their devices, and the web app their teams use to manage them.

You'll work in a small pod alongside engineering, reporting to our Staff Design Engineer on the Product team. There are no hand-offs. You frame the problem, design the flows, build the high-fidelity UI, and open the pull request: production Vue and TypeScript in the same repo as the rest of engineering, reviewed to the same bar. Once it ships, you watch how it performs and iterate. We would rather you use AI code agents to get from idea to working software in a day than spend a week writing a spec for someone else to build.

This role is a true blend of design and engineering. Design is at its core: you decide what to build and how it should feel, rather than implementing someone else's spec. You're also responsible for the code you land. We want someone who owns both sides, not someone who designs and hands off, or who writes code without a point of view on the product.

This role is on-site in Austin, TX, and requires being in the office 4–5 days a week.

What you'll do

• Own the design of individual features, from problem framing and user flows through high-fidelity UI.
• Ship production Vue and TypeScript alongside engineering, and own the quality of what lands.
• Build the components you design as real code in our design system.
• Design and build the internal tools our CS and ops teams rely on, including the AI-enabled workflows those teams increasingly run on.
• Talk directly with the people who use what you build, and turn what you learn into design decisions.
• Prototype in code to explore ideas and show them to stakeholders.
• Work within our design system and make it more detailed and consistent as you go.
• Measure how your work performs after it ships, and iterate on it.
• Use AI daily across research, design exploration, prototyping, and shipping.

Qualifications

• 3–4 years designing and shipping software products.
• A portfolio of shipped product work showing what you designed, what you built, and what it does today.
• Strong visual and interaction craft: typography, hierarchy, layout, and color.
• Fluency in Figma, and enough web development skill to build and ship your own work.
• Code that has reached real users, whether you shipped it yourself or paired with engineers to get it there.
• Daily, hands-on use of AI tools across design exploration, prototyping, and code (Claude, Cursor, v0, or similar).
• Comfort working in a real codebase: reading code you did not write, using git, opening pull requests, and taking code review.
• Comfort working from a design system and improving it rather than working around it.
• Clear communication and a willingness to take feedback and iterate.
• A bias toward simplicity in both design and code.

Nice to Haves:

• Experience with Vue and TypeScript specifically.
• Domain experience in streaming media or B2B SMB software.
• Experience designing or developing 10-foot UI for TV, or for mobile (iOS, Android).
• Experience as a founder or early employee at a startup.
• Company Equity
• Company 401(k) with employer matching
• Competitive insurance plans
• Flexible Time Off Policy

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future employer sponsorship.

Our Commitment to Diversity:

Don't meet every single requirement? Research shows that women and underrepresented groups often hesitate to apply unless they meet all the criteria. At Atmosphere, we're committed to building a diverse, inclusive team where creativity, innovation, and teamwork thrive. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't perfectly align with every qualification, we still encourage you to apply—you might be the right fit for this or another role.