Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Design System)

Perplexity; New York (NY); On-site; USD 220,000 - 405,000; Full time

Job summary

Perplexity is seeking a frontend engineer to build the design system behind every Perplexity product. The component library and design language are shared across web, iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows—providing primitives, tokens, and interaction patterns for every product team.

You will design and build core primitives, collaborate with design on the design language, and maintain a high bar for accessibility.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of production frontend development.
• Experience with a design system or shared UI platform is a plus.
• Strong React and TypeScript skills.
• Knowledge of WCAG/ARIA accessibility.

Responsibilities

• Design and build core primitives—overlays, inputs, navigation—with coherent APIs.
• Work on design-token pipeline across web and platforms.
• Partner with design to translate Figma systems into typed, documented components.
• Migrate product surfaces to shared primitives without breaking them.
• Build accessible components by default with keyboard, focus, contrast.
• Support teams via docs, visual regression coverage, and on-call rotation.

Skills

Frontend development

Design system

Accessibility

Collaboration

Tools

React

TypeScript

CSS

Job description

Perplexity is looking for a frontend engineer to build the design system behind every Perplexity product. It is the component library and design language shared across web, iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows – the primitives, tokens, and interaction patterns that every product team builds on top of.

Its users are internal, spanning product teams and a broad range of contributors across the company. The components you build become the foundation all of them rely on. You will develop component APIs that hold up across dozens of consuming surfaces and are easy for other teams to adopt correctly, contribute to the token pipeline that keeps five platforms visually consistent, and maintain a high bar for interaction quality and accessibility.

Tech Stack

React

• TypeScript
• CSS
• Design Tokens

What you'll do

• Design and build core primitives - overlays, inputs, navigation, feedback - with APIs that stay coherent as consumers multiply
• Work across the design-token pipeline - authoring, generation, and per-platform publishing across web, iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows
• Partner directly with design on the design language itself, translating Figma systems into typed, testable, documented components
• Migrate product surfaces off bespoke implementations onto shared primitives without breaking them
• Build accessible components by default - keyboard, focus, contrast, screen readers - backed by automated coverage
• Support consuming teams through docs, visual regression coverage, and on-call rotation

What we're looking for

• 4+ years building production frontend; experience with a design system, component library, or shared UI platform is a plus
• Interest in building reusable components
• Strong React and TypeScript, and CSS
• Working accessibility knowledge (WCAG, ARIA patterns, assistive tech)
• Comfort collaborating closely with designers on the visual and interaction language

Compensation Range: $220K - $405K