Lead Design Engineer, AI-Driven Systems (Remote)

Samsara; Oakland (CA); Remote; USD 137,000 - 231,000; Full time

Job summary

Samsara is seeking a Lead Design Engineer to build and scale its design system, defining components, patterns, tokens, and guidelines for both designers and engineers. You will work across web and mobile, combining design and code to ship interactive experiences and codify high-quality AI generation principles.

The role emphasizes system-level quality, accessibility, and maintainability, with a remote-first setup for US-based candidates.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in design engineering, design systems, product design, or front-end engineering for web and mobile UX/UI.
• 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 portfolio/case studies or code samples.
• Experience with design tokens, theming, and accessibility standards.

Responsibilities

• Develop core system components, evals, and feedback loops to harden AI design and code generation.
• Govern taste through structure, preventing AI slop from reaching customers.
• Make sure system decisions translate into code with shared ownership of quality and performance.
• Build accessibility, responsiveness, and performance into the system by default.
• Set contribution, governance, and deprecation models balancing speed and integrity.
• Collaborate with designers/engineers to incorporate feedback and 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

UX/UI design

Front-end engineering

Portfolio

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/HCI or equivalent

Tools

Design tokens

Theming

Accessibility standards

AI design tools

Job description

Samsara is seeking a Lead Design Engineer to build and scale its design system, defining components, patterns, tokens, and guidelines for both designers and engineers. You will work across web and mobile, combining design and code to ship interactive experiences and codify high-quality AI generation principles.

The role emphasizes system-level quality, accessibility, and maintainability, with a remote-first setup for US-based candidates.