Senior Design Engineer: AI-Driven UI Tools

Yahoo Holdings Inc.; Mountain View (CA); Hybride; USD 136 000 - 284 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Healthcare

401k

Education stipends

Backup childcare

Résumé du poste

Yahoo Holdings Inc. is building the next generation of creative and engineering tooling.

Our Central Foundations team designs the surface where our designers and engineers do their work—where AI-assisted generation meets direct manipulation, producing production-ready code. You are an engineer with a deep passion for interaction design, craft, and toolmaking, focused on how software feels through motion, layouts, and keyboard navigation.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant experience shipping interactive tools.
• Strong React and TypeScript in production.
• Visual design fundamentals with pixel-level attention to detail.
• Deep understanding of motion and visual feedback.
• Design process from framing to exploration and polished UI.
• Experience with design systems and scalable interfaces.
• Portfolio required showing live, interactive web apps or design tools.

Responsabilités

• Design and build the tool's core interactions, including selection systems, direct manipulation mechanics, panel layouts, keyboard navigation, and UI states around AI generation.
• Shape the visual language of the tool, including layout, hierarchy, typography, motion, and component states.
• Own interactive and motion authoring, implementation, and preview within the platform.
• Ship production-quality code using React and TypeScript with CI workflows.
• Partner with internal product teams to turn feedback into shipped features through observation and prototyping.
• Raise the bar for interaction quality, accessibility, and performance through reviews and standards.
• Serve as a bridge between design and engineering, and seek feedback via critiques and reviews.

Connaissances

Attention to detail

Collaboration

UI development

Motion craft

Outils

React

TypeScript

Description du poste

Yahoo Holdings Inc. is building the next generation of creative and engineering tooling.

Our Central Foundations team designs the surface where our designers and engineers do their work—where AI-assisted generation meets direct manipulation, producing production-ready code. You are an engineer with a deep passion for interaction design, craft, and toolmaking, focused on how software feels through motion, layouts, and keyboard navigation.