Design Engineer

present of AI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

present of AI is looking for an early engineering hire who sits between design and code to build a React and TypeScript component library. You will turn Figma designs into polished, accessible interfaces with a strong focus on performance and maintainability.

A five-year front-end track record, good typography sense, and sound judgment are valued alongside ownership of quality and UI changes. The role touches an agent-focused product, requiring collaboration with founders and cross-functional

Qualifications

• About five years of front-end experience.
• Strong eye for typography and motion; performance and maintainability matter.

Responsibilities

• Turn Figma designs into polished, accessible interfaces.
• Own quality and review UI changes; ensure consistency.
• Build and contribute to a React/TypeScript component library.
• Collaborate closely with founders and design/engineering partners.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Front-end development

Accessibility

Performance optimization

Tools

Figma

Design systems

Job description

This is an early engineering role that sits between design and code, centered on building a React and TypeScript component library and turning Figma designs into polished, accessible interfaces. A strong candidate has about five years of front-end experience, an eye for typography and motion, and sound judgment on performance and maintainability. Comfort owning quality, reviewing UI changes, and working closely with founders matters as much as raw coding skill.

How it fits the AI era

AI tools can speed up drafting components, generating variants, and catching visual or accessibility issues, so the routine parts of UI work get faster. Taste, deciding what feels right, and keeping a system consistent as it grows stay human work. For a product used by AI agents as well as people, clear patterns and good documentation also help both audiences use the product correctly.

How it builds AI experience

The company builds a layer where AI agents find, call, and pay for outside APIs, so this role touches an agent-focused product from the front end. Someone could gain experience designing interfaces for things like usage, balances, and API discovery that serve developers and agent workflows. Building small prototypes with AI coding tools and agent APIs is a practical way to prepare.

Worth showing

• React and TypeScript component libraries
• Figma to production UI
• Accessibility and performance work
• Interactive prototypes shipped in code
• Design system documentation

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About Orthogonal

Per the company, Orthogonal gives AI agents one account and balance to discover, call, and pay for third-party APIs.