Design Engineer: Frontend & Design Systems Architect

GC AI; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

GC AI is seeking a Design Engineer to bridge design and engineering across our legal AI platform. You’ll shape the design system, architect front-end solutions, and ensure intuitive experiences for legal professionals.

You’ll mentor engineers, build reusable components, and collaborate with product and AI teams to translate concepts into production-ready code. This distributed team emphasizes asynchronous communication and impactful work.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in front-end development with a strong design sensibility.
• Expert-level knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, and React.
• Deep experience with modern front-end frameworks (React preferred).
• Strong understanding of design systems and component-based architecture.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement complex UI components and systems that balance aesthetics with technical performance.
• Lead the technical implementation and evolution of our design system across our marketing.
• Create prototypes to explore new interaction models and validate design concepts for legal workflows.
• Establish best practices for front-end development and component architecture.
• Mentor engineers on design principles and implementation techniques.
• Develop tools and processes to improve design-to-development workflow.
• Contribute to design reviews.
• Champion accessible, responsive, and performant user interfaces for legal teams.
• Build marketing landing pages.

Skills

Front-end development

Design sensibility

HTML/CSS/JS/TS

React

Design systems

Tools

Framer

Job description

GC AI is seeking a Design Engineer to bridge design and engineering across our legal AI platform. You’ll shape the design system, architect front-end solutions, and ensure intuitive experiences for legal professionals.

You’ll mentor engineers, build reusable components, and collaborate with product and AI teams to translate concepts into production-ready code. This distributed team emphasizes asynchronous communication and impactful work.