Product Design Engineer

Zed Industries; Colorado; On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech company focused on code editing tools is seeking a designer who codes to enhance their product, Zed. You will own the user experience, design clean interfaces, and shape product features while collaborating with engineers in a Rust codebase. The ideal candidate has a passion for design, a strong sense of detail, and experience with developer tools.

Qualifications

• Experience designing intuitive and cohesive user experiences.
• Strong understanding of developer tools and workflows.
• Detail orientation with a focus on aesthetics.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end user experience for Zed.
• Design effective interfaces that empower developers.
• Shape the product roadmap and collaborate with engineers.

Skills

Designing clean interfaces

Familiarity with Rust

Prototyping with AI

Detail-oriented

Job description

Remote (American or European time zones) or Boulder, Colorado

Zed is on a mission to build the world’s most advanced code editor, and we believe the best experiences come from designers who are also builders.

We’re looking for a designer who codes.Someone who is in a codebase every day and deeply feels the reality of developer tools firsthand.You'll help us craft Zed, making it even more beautiful, powerful, simple to use, and a true piece of art.

• Own the end-to-end user experience, ensuring Zed feels intuitive, cohesive, and awesome to use for developers
• Design simple, effective, and clean interfaces that empower developers and scale
• Help shape the product roadmap and build a strong vision, guiding the team toward it
• Work directly in Zed's Rust codebase while collaborating (lots of pair programming) with a small team of engineers to fully implement the features you designed
• Maintain and evolve Zed’s design system to make building Zed smooth and easy
• You love designing prototypes using AI as much as working in Figma
• You're detail-oriented and have great taste
• You enjoy operating on the bleeding edge, work well with ambiguity, and ship
• Familiarity with the Rust programming language

Join us in revolutionizing the development experience. Your expertise could drive Zed's next game-changing feature!