Design Engineer

Monalee; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual tech allowance

Health benefits

Stock options

Paid time off

Job summary

Monalee is seeking a hands-on design engineer to make our design system and frontend code easy for people and AI to use. Your impact shows in the interfaces you build and in the work others create with your systems.

You will own the design system across Figma, Storybook and code, ensure AI readability with documentation and examples, and build the path from AI prototype to shipped feature while designing real views and reusable patterns. Fully remote work with health benefits and stock options.

Qualifications

• Shipped component-based frontends and design systems.
• Fluent in React, TypeScript, Tailwind, shadcn and Storybook.
• Competent and leading user feedback sessions.
• Strong HTML, CSS, accessibility, design tokens and frontend testing.
• Uses AI coding and prototyping tools in real product work.

Responsibilities

• Own the design system. Components, tokens, APIs and accessibility, kept in sync across Figma, Storybook and code.
• Make it readable by AI. Docs, examples and structure that help people and AI tools build on-brand.
• Build the path to production. Starters, reference flows and quality checks that take an AI prototype to a shipped feature.
• Design and build products. Ship real views and workflows, then turn the best into reusable patterns.

Skills

Component-based frontends

Frontend craft

User feedback sessions

HTML

CSS

Accessibility

Design tokens

Frontend testing

AI prototyping tools

Tools

React

TypeScript

Tailwind

shadcn

Storybook

Job description

About the role

We’re hiring a hands‑on design engineer who makes our design system and frontend code easy for people and AI to use. Your impact shows in the interfaces you build and in the work others create with your systems.

What you’ll do

• Own the design system. Components, tokens, APIs and accessibility, kept in sync across Figma, Storybook and code.
• Make it readable by AI. Docs, examples and structure that help people and AI tools build on-brand.
• Build the path to production. Starters, reference flows and quality checks that take an AI prototype to a shipped feature.
• Design and build products. Ship real views and workflows, then turn the best into reusable patterns.

Who you are

• You bring strong frontend craft and design judgment
• You’re practical and curious about AI, and you teach what works
• You do your best work on a small team where priorities move
• You have a passion for testing concepts though direct user feedback
• You’re not afraid to take initiative and lead projects

Qualifications

• Shipped component-based frontends and design systems
• Fluent in React, TypeScript, Tailwind, shadcn and Storybook
• Competent and leading user feedback sessions
• Strong HTML, CSS, accessibility, design tokens and frontend testing
• Uses AI coding and prototyping tools in real product work

Nice to have

• Structured context, component metadata, code generation or AI evals

What we offer

• Professional development through courses, seminars, and certifications.
• Annual tech allowance.
• Health benefits.
• Stock options.
• Paid time off and vacations.
• Fully remote work.