Lead Design Engineer, AI-Driven Systems (Remote)

Samsara; New York (NY); Remote; USD 137,000 - 231,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-friendly policy

Flexible working model

Professional development stipend

Health and parental leave

Job summary

Samsara is seeking a Lead Design Engineer to build systems powering our product and scale our design impact across web and mobile. You will define components, patterns, tokens, and guidelines for teams to build with, working in design and code.

You’ll codify principles and quality standards, shaping how quickly teams can ship high-quality AI-enabled design. This is a remote role open to candidates residing in the US, with opportunities to evolve your career in a hyper-growth environment and

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 with a portfolio, case studies, or code samples.
• Strong interaction and visual design skills with judgment to reuse or invent patterns.
• Experience with design tokens, theming, and accessibility standards.
• AI tools in regular practice (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, Figma Make) with shipped work.

Responsibilities

• Develop core system components, evals, and feedback loops to harden AI design and code generation.
• Govern taste through structure, preventing AI slop from entering user-facing products.
• Ensure system decisions translate into code with shared ownership of quality, performance, and maintainability.
• Embed accessibility, responsiveness, and performance into the system by default.
• Set contribution, governance, and deprecation models balancing speed with integrity.
• Meet regularly with designers and engineers to incorporate feedback and data into next builds.
• Share AI tools, workflows, and tactics with wider teams.
• Champion Samsara’s cultural principles as the company scales globally.

Skills

UX/UI

Web and mobile

Design systems

Front-end engineering

Education

Bachelor's/Master in CS or HCI

Tools

Figma Make

Cursor AI

Claude Code

Job description

Samsara is seeking a Lead Design Engineer to build systems powering our product and scale our design impact across web and mobile. You will define components, patterns, tokens, and guidelines for teams to build with, working in design and code.

You’ll codify principles and quality standards, shaping how quickly teams can ship high-quality AI-enabled design. This is a remote role open to candidates residing in the US, with opportunities to evolve your career in a hyper-growth environment and