UX Engineer

Auger Inc.; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Auger Inc. is seeking a frontend engineer who blends design and engineering to turn sketches into real UI. You will prototype early, advocate for end users, and move fluidly between design and code while maintaining fidelity.

You'll collaborate with designers, researchers, and product partners to ship polished, accessible interfaces and contribute to internal UX tooling as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, HCI, Design, or related field.
• 4+ years at the intersection of design and engineering.
• Proficiency with React, JavaScript, TypeScript, and CSS.
• Experience with Azure or similar cloud platforms.
• Strong accessibility standards knowledge and production-grade UI.
• Fluent prototyping skills and workflows.
• Ability to translate between designers, engineers, and product while preserving fidelity.
• User-focused mindset and ability to advocate for end-user experience.

Responsibilities

• Translate design intent into working UI while grounding decisions in technical reality.
• Build prototypes early and surface issues before timelines/budgets.
• Advocate for UX in cross-functional discussions and with product/engineering teams.
• Implement polished, accessible UIs with strong programming fundamentals.
• Collaborate with designers, researchers, and product partners; build internal UX tools.

Skills

React

JavaScript

TypeScript

CSS

Accessibility

Prototyping

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / HCI / Design

Tools

Azure

Job description

About the Team & Role

Great design and great engineering don't always speak the same language, and the gap between them is where good ideas die on the way to production. This role closes that gap: turning design intent into working UI, and grounding design decisions in what's actually buildable, from the earliest sketch through shipped product.

You'll prototype before you polish, advocate for the end user in rooms full of competing priorities, and be fluent enough in both design and code to move fluidly between them without losing fidelity in either direction.

What You’ll Do

• Serve as the connective tissue between design and engineering, translating design intent into working UI while grounding design decisions in technical reality.
• Build prototypes early and often, surfacing opportunities, mistakes, and overlooked details at the prototyping stage before they impact timelines and budgets.
• Advocate strongly for UX in cross-functional discussions, speaking to content strategy, creative direction, and engineering complexity, while championing the end user's perspective.
• Implement polished, accessible UIs with a solid command of programming fundamentals, fluent in both design ("pixels") and code ("pointers").
• Collaborate closely with designers, researchers, and product partners, and build internal tools that streamline the broader UX process.

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, Design, or another relevant field.
• 4+ years of experience working at the intersection of design and engineering.
• Proficiency with React, JavaScript, TypeScript, and CSS.
• Experience working with Azure or a comparable cloud platform.
• Strong command of accessibility standards and a track record of shipping polished, production-grade UI.
• Fluency in prototyping tools and workflows, with the judgment to know when a prototype is answering the right question.
• Comfort operating as the interpreter in a room of specialists: you translate between designers, engineers, and product without losing precision in either direction.
• A strong point of view on end-user experience, and the confidence to advocate for it even when it creates friction.