Design Engineer

Madrona Venture Labs; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Meaningful Equity

Choose Your Setup

Flexible Time Off

Job summary

Madrona Venture Labs in Seattle is looking for a Senior Design Engineer to enhance user experience through interaction design and front-end engineering. This hybrid role involves leading the design of a cross-platform design system, prototyping intuitive product flows, and collaborating across product and engineering teams. Candidates should have strong skills in Figma, a background in product design, and a passion for high-quality user experiences. Compensation ranges from $160K to $200K, reflecting a commitment to pay top-market for exceptional talent.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in product design, UI engineering, or design engineering.
• Strong fluency with Figma and modern UX/UI principles.
• Experience contributing to or maintaining a design system.
• Strong visual design and a sharp eye for layout and motion.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creation and evolution of Ravenna’s design system.
• Design and prototype product flows to simplify complex tasks.
• Build polished and accessible UI with strong interaction.
• Maintain reusable components and design tokens.
• Partner with engineers to define predictable component APIs.

Skills

Product design

UI engineering

Design systems

Figma

Visual design

Collaboration

Job description

Location

Seattle; Remote

Address

Seattle, Washington

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

Hybrid

Department

Engineering

Compensation

• $160K – $200K

About the Role

As a Senior Design Engineer at Ravenna, you will work at the intersection of interaction design, systems thinking, and front-end engineering. You will move between designing flows, prototyping with real data, implementing components, and improving internal tools, tokens, and documentation.

Your work will shape how users experience AI-powered internal support. You will be a design partner, a systems thinker, a high-impact engineer, and a steady advocate for product quality.

We value principled UX, strong AI capabilities, and simplicity. If that resonates, you will be at home here.

What You’ll Do

Design and Build Better User Experiences

• Lead the creation and evolution of Ravenna’s cross-platform design system across design tools and front-end code

• Design and prototype product flows that simplify complex tasks and make AI automation intuitive

• Build polished, accessible, responsive UI with strong interaction and motion

Shape the Design System and Front-End Architecture

• Maintain reusable components, design tokens, and documentation for fast, consistent shipping

• Partner with engineers to define clean, predictable component APIs that scale

Create and Validate Product Ideas

• Use Figma, browser prototypes, and AI tools to explore ideas and test assumptions

• Turn early concepts into structured flows, prototypes, and production-ready interfaces

Collaborate Across the Company

• Work with product, AI, and engineering teams to clarify problems and unify experiences

• Provide design critique, technical feedback, and mentorship

• Contribute to long-term product vision and UX strategy

Raise the Quality Bar

• Champion accessibility, usability, and clarity

• Identify and fix UX issues without waiting for permission

• Build tools and workflows that shorten the path from idea to shipped product

What You Bring

• 5+ years in product design, UI engineering, or design engineering

• Strong fluency with Figma and modern UX/UI principles

• Experience contributing to or maintaining a design system

• Strong visual design and a sharp eye for layout and motion

• Appreciation for documentation, critique, and collaboration

• Clear communication and cross-functional partnership

High ownership, curiosity, and a desire to move quickly without losing quality

Benefits

Competitive Salary

We believe great people should be compensated well. While we are an early stage company, we offer competitive salaries and aim to pay top of market for exceptional talent.

We are building an ambitious company and know that attracting great people requires strong compensation.

Meaningful Equity

We hire people who want to help build Ravenna from the ground up. Equity ensures that when the company succeeds, the people who helped build it share in that success.

Early team members have the opportunity to make a real impact on both the product and the future of the company.

Choose Your Setup

Great work requires great tools. At Ravenna you can choose the hardware and setup that helps you do your best work.

Most of the team uses high performance Mac laptops, but you have the flexibility to select the tools and environment that fit your workflow.

Flexible Time Off

Doing great work requires time to recharge. We offer flexible paid time off so you can take the time you need to rest and stay at your best.

We trust our team to manage their time responsibly while delivering meaningful results.

Compensation Range: $160K - $200K