Senior Design Engineer - AI-Driven Creative Tools

Yahoo Holdings Inc.; Nashville (TN); Hybrid; USD 136,000 - 284,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401k

Backup childcare

Education stipends

Job summary

Yahoo Holdings Inc. is seeking an experienced engineer to design and build the tool's core interactions, focusing on selection, direct manipulation, panel layouts, and keyboard navigation.

You will shape the visual language and motion, ensuring a cohesive experience across components and states. Responsibilities include implementing production-quality React/TypeScript code, collaborating with product teams, and raising accessibility and performance standards.

Qualifications

• 8+ years shipping interactive tools that users rely on.
• Strong React and TypeScript in a production environment.
• Pixel-perfect visual design with typography, layout and hierarchy.
• Experience with design systems and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Design and build core tool interactions including selection systems, manipulation, panels and keyboard navigation.
• Shape the visual language of the tool, including layout, typography, motion and UI states.
• Own interactive and motion authoring and previews within the platform.
• Deliver production-quality React/TypeScript code following standard workflows.
• Collaborate with product teams to turn feedback into shipped features.
• Raise accessibility and performance standards through reviews and prototypes.
• Bridge design and engineering, surfacing issues and proposing solutions.

Skills

React

TypeScript

UI development

Motion design

Design systems

Pixel-perfect

Collaboration

Accessibility

Education

Portfolio

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Yahoo Holdings Inc. is seeking an experienced engineer to design and build the tool's core interactions, focusing on selection, direct manipulation, panel layouts, and keyboard navigation.

You will shape the visual language and motion, ensuring a cohesive experience across components and states. Responsibilities include implementing production-quality React/TypeScript code, collaborating with product teams, and raising accessibility and performance standards.