Lead Design Engineer – AI Design Systems (Remote)

Samsara; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 137,000 - 231,000; Full time

Job summary

Samsara is seeking a Lead Design Engineer to build and scale design systems across web and mobile, defining components, tokens, and guidelines for rapid, high-quality UI. You will work in design and code, shaping how teams use AI-generated design outputs while maintaining accessibility and performance standards.

You will collaborate with designers, engineers, and product managers on short cycles, promoting Samsara's growth mindset and customer-focused principles while delivering tangible impact

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in design engineering, design systems, product design, or front-end engineering.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Human Computer Interaction Design, or equivalent practical experience.
• Shipped design system or component library work with a portfolio or code samples.
• Strong interaction and visual design skills with good pattern vs invention judgment.
• Experience with design tokens, theming, and accessibility standards.
• Experience with AI design tools and integrating them into design systems.
• Experience partnering with designers, engineers, and product managers on short cycles.

Responsibilities

• Develop core system components, evals, and feedback loops to harden AI design and code generation.
• Govern taste through structure to prevent AI slop in customer-facing work.
• Ensure system decisions translate into clean code with shared ownership of quality and performance.
• Incorporate accessibility, responsiveness, and performance by default.
• Set governance and deprecation models balancing speed with system integrity.
• Collaborate with designers and engineers to iterate based on usage data.
• Share AI tools and workflows with design and engineering teams.
• Champion Samsara's cultural principles as the company scales globally.

Skills

Design systems

UI design

Front-end engineering

Web/mobile UX

Design tokens

AI tools usage

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or HCI

Tools

Figma Make

Cursor

Claude Code

Job description

Samsara is seeking a Lead Design Engineer to build and scale design systems across web and mobile, defining components, tokens, and guidelines for rapid, high-quality UI. You will work in design and code, shaping how teams use AI-generated design outputs while maintaining accessibility and performance standards.

You will collaborate with designers, engineers, and product managers on short cycles, promoting Samsara's growth mindset and customer-focused principles while delivering tangible impact