Frontend Design Engineer: Prototyping & Design System

present of AI; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Pace, an AI-assisted back-office platform for insurers, is hiring the first Design Engineer to blend design judgment with frontend coding. You will talk to users, prototype in code, ship UI fixes to production, and help build a shared design system.

A strong candidate has good taste, can explain choices, and works with React and TypeScript in a fast‑moving startup. You will shape interfaces where AI output and human review meet, improving trust and usability for insurers.

Qualifications

• Strong frontend design sensibility and taste.
• Ability to explain design choices clearly.
• Experience with React and TypeScript in production code.

Responsibilities

• Talk to users to understand needs and pain points.
• Prototype interfaces directly in code and iterate quickly.
• Ship UI fixes to production and monitor impact.
• Help build and maintain a shared design system.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Prototyping

Design systems

User research

Tools

Git

Figma

Job description

Pace, an AI-assisted back-office platform for insurers, is hiring the first Design Engineer to blend design judgment with frontend coding. You will talk to users, prototype in code, ship UI fixes to production, and help build a shared design system.

A strong candidate has good taste, can explain choices, and works with React and TypeScript in a fast‑moving startup. You will shape interfaces where AI output and human review meet, improving trust and usability for insurers.