Product Design Engineer – Tax Product Development

BDO USA; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

BDO USA is seeking a Senior Product Design Engineer to bridge product design and front‑end development. The role combines approximately 70% engineering and 30% design, collaborating with Product, Engineering, and Design teams across global time zones to deliver scalable, accessible interfaces.

You will contribute to the design system, build high‑performance UI, and accelerate product delivery with AI-assisted workflows while ensuring accessibility and usability across products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in design/CS or HCI; 5+ years experience in product design/UX engineering
• Experience translating design concepts into production interfaces
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams across time zones

Responsibilities

• Translate product concepts and Figma designs into production-ready user experiences
• Build responsive, accessible, and performant front-end applications
• Contribute to evolution of design systems and reusable components
• Collaborate asynchronously with globally distributed teams in a follow-the-sun model
• Prototype concepts rapidly to validate ideas and improve decisions
• Leverage AI-assisted tools to accelerate design, development, testing, and documentation
• Use qualitative and quantitative insights to improve user experiences
• Champion accessibility and usability across products
• Mentor peers and contribute to engineering best practices
• Other duties as required

Skills

Product design engineering

Front-end development

UX engineering

Accessibility

Collaboration across time zones

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Design, HCI, CS

Tools

React

Angular

TypeScript

Next.js

TailwindCSS

Figma

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Tax Digital Transformation & Innovation practice at BDO USA drives the success of our business through intuitive and human-first digital experiences that our employees and clients engage with. We're elevating the way tax professionals deliver services to our clients and the way we help them manage their taxes and tax strategies.

The Tax Digital Transformation & Innovation practice at BDO USA delivers human-centered digital experiences for tax professionals and clients. The Senior Product Design Engineer bridges product design and front-end engineering, transforming complex, data-heavy tax workflows into intuitive, scalable, and accessible experiences.

This role is approximately 70% engineering and 30% design. The ideal candidate can move seamlessly from concept and prototype to production-quality implementation, partnering closely with Product, Engineering, and Design teams across global time zones. You will contribute to our design system, build high-performance user interfaces, and help accelerate product delivery through modern AI-assisted workflows.

Job Duties

• Translates product concepts and Figma designs into production-ready user experiences
• Builds responsive, accessible, and performant front-end applications
• Contributes to the evolution of shared design systems and reusable component libraries
• Collaborates asynchronously with globally distributed teams in a follow-the-sun model
• Prototypes concepts rapidly to validate ideas and improve decision-making
• Leverages AI-assisted tools and workflows to accelerate design, development, testing, and documentation
• Uses qualitative and quantitative insights to improve user experiences
• Champions accessibility, usability, and consistency across products
• Mentors peers and contribute to design and engineering best practices
• Other duties as required

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Acts as a career advisor and mentor as assigned

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Bachelor’s degree and five (5) or more years of experience in product design engineering, front-end development or UX engineering required; OR High School Diploma/GED and six (6) or more years of experience in product design engineering, front-end development or UX engineering required
• Bachelor’s Degree in focus in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, preferred

Experience

• Experience translating design concepts into production-quality interfaces, preferred
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional product teams, preferred
• Strong portfolio demonstrating product thinking, interaction design, and front-end implementation, preferred

Software

• Fluency in modern IDEs (e.g. Visual Studio, Cursor, etc.), required
• React, Angular, TypeScript, Next.js, TailwindCSS, and Figma, preferred
• Design systems and component-based architecture, preferred
• Accessibility standards and responsive design, preferred
• REST APIs and modern web application architecture, preferred
• Familiarity with AI tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude, and v0, preferred

Language

• N/A

Other Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Knowledge of leading practices in frontend execution with a data-driven approach to informing decisions
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Comfortable operating in ambiguous and fast-moving environments
• Strong problem-solving and organizational abilities

Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and geography.

National Range: $80,000 - $140,000

Maryland Range: $80,000 - $140,000

NYC/Long Island/Westchester Range: $80,000 - $140,000

About Us

At BDO, how we show up matters. We build strong relationships by supporting one another, our clients, and our communities with care, curiosity, and a commitment to helping one another grow and succeed. Here, you’ll find meaningful work, leaders invested in your success, and opportunities to build a career around what matters most to you.

Our purpose is to be the people our clients count on to grow with confidence and achieve what matters most. Our values guide how we bring that purpose to life each day. Together, they shape how we work with one another, serve our clients, and create meaningful impact.

BDO provides assurance, tax, and advisory services to clients across the U.S. and around the world. No matter your role, you’ll be part of a team helping clients navigate complexity and move forward with clarity.

We are proud to be an ESOP company, offering participants a stake in the firm’s success through beneficial ownership and a unique opportunity to enhance their financial well‑being. As a qualified retirement plan, the ESOP is a meaningful addition to our comprehensive compensation and Total Rewards benefits* offerings. It also reinforces an ownership mindset that strengthens our connection to one another, our clients, and the future we’re building together.

Benefits may be subject to eligibility requirements.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/vets

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

BDO USA, P.A. is an EO employer M/F/Veteran/Disability