Senior Design Engineer: AI-Driven UX & Design System Leader

Ravenna Software, Inc.; Seattle, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Meaningful Equity

Choose Your Setup

Flexible Time Off

Job summary

Ravenna Software, Inc. seeks a Senior Design Engineer to bridge interaction design, systems thinking, and front-end engineering. You will move between designing flows, prototyping with real data, implementing components, and improving internal tools, tokens, and documentation.

You will collaborate with product and engineering, champion accessibility and clarity, and contribute to long-term UX strategy while shaping AI-powered internal support experiences.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in product design, UI engineering, or design engineering.
• Strong fluency with Figma and modern UX/UI principles.
• Experience contributing to or maintaining a design system.
• Strong visual design and a sharp eye for layout and motion.
• Appreciation for documentation, critique, and collaboration.
• Clear communication and cross-functional partnership.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creation and evolution of Ravenna's cross-platform design system across design tools and front-end code.
• Design and prototype product flows that simplify complex tasks and make AI automation intuitive.
• Build polished, accessible, responsive UI with strong interaction and motion.
• Maintain reusable components, design tokens, and documentation for fast, consistent shipping.
• Partner with engineers to define clean, predictable component APIs that scale.
• Use Figma, browser prototypes, and AI tools to explore ideas and test assumptions.
• Turn early concepts into structured flows, prototypes, and production-ready interfaces.
• Work with product, AI, and engineering teams to clarify problems and unify experiences.
• Provide design critique, technical feedback, and mentorship.
• Contribute to long-term product vision and UX strategy.
• Champion accessibility, usability, and clarity.
• Identify and fix UX issues without waiting for permission.
• Build tools and workflows that shorten the path from idea to shipped product.

Skills

UX/UI design

Figma

Design systems

Visual design

Documentation & collaboration

Communication

Tools

Frontend tooling

Job description

Ravenna Software, Inc. seeks a Senior Design Engineer to bridge interaction design, systems thinking, and front-end engineering. You will move between designing flows, prototyping with real data, implementing components, and improving internal tools, tokens, and documentation.

You will collaborate with product and engineering, champion accessibility and clarity, and contribute to long-term UX strategy while shaping AI-powered internal support experiences.