Design Engineer: Frontend & Design System Lead

General Counsel AI, Inc.; Northern (KY); Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision

Life & Disability Insurance

Retirement Plan

Parental Leave

Continuous Development — up to $3,000/

In-Office Meals — DoorDash credits

Paid Time Off — 15 PTO + 5 sick days

Company Holidays — 15 holidays + 3 Me/

Home Office Setup — $500

Cell Phone Reimbursement — $50/mo

Relocation Support

Job summary

GC AI seeks a Design Engineer to bridge design and engineering, shaping our design system implementation and front-end solutions for a legal tech platform. You’ll craft intuitive interfaces that simplify complex legal tasks and improve user experiences across the product.

You’ll lead UI components, mentor engineers, and collaborate with AI + product teams to make model behavior legible through clear interactions and accessibility. This is a distributed, fast-paced role with growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in front-end development with strong design sensibility.
• Expert-level HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript and React.
• Deep experience with modern front-end frameworks (React preferred).
• Strong understanding of design systems and component-based architecture.
• Experience implementing complex UI animations and interactions.
• Proven ability to translate design concepts into production-ready code.
• Strong communication to collaborate with design and engineering teams.
• Experience with accessibility standards and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement complex UI components and systems balancing aesthetics and performance.
• Lead technical implementation and evolution of design system across marketing.
• Create prototypes to test interaction models for legal workflows.
• Establish best practices for front-end development and component architecture.
• Mentor engineers on design principles and implementation.
• Develop tools to improve design-to-development workflow.
• Contribute to design reviews.
• Champion accessible, responsive, performant UIs for legal teams.
• Build marketing landing pages.

Skills

5+ years frontend

HTML

CSS

JavaScript/TypeScript

React

Design systems

UI animations

production-ready code

communication

Accessibility

Tools

Framer

Job description

GC AI seeks a Design Engineer to bridge design and engineering, shaping our design system implementation and front-end solutions for a legal tech platform. You’ll craft intuitive interfaces that simplify complex legal tasks and improve user experiences across the product.

You’ll lead UI components, mentor engineers, and collaborate with AI + product teams to make model behavior legible through clear interactions and accessibility. This is a distributed, fast-paced role with growth opportunities.