UX Engineer — Design System Lead for AI Apps

GILLIG; Livermore (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

GILLIG is seeking a UX Engineer to own the look, feel, and usability of every application the AIO team delivers. The role blends design and front-end engineering, translating branding into a living design system and reusable templates.

You will be the single UX focal point for a growing portfolio of internally developed applications. You will partner with the Creative Director to ensure branding alignment, accessibility, and a consistent user experience across products, while shaping the

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HCI, design, CS, or related field, or equivalent practical experience with a strong portfolio.
• Minimum 2 years of UX engineering or front-end development with strong design sensibility.
• Proficiency with design tools like Figma for wireframes and prototyping.
• Experience contributing to or maintaining a design system or UI template.
• Portfolio demonstrating shipped interfaces and reasoning behind them.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with LLM-based development tools preferred.
• Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG) and responsive design preferred.

Responsibilities

• Translate branding into UI standards, components, and patterns with Creative Director.
• Create wireframes and clickable prototypes at project inception to shape scope with stakeholders.
• Build and maintain a reusable UI template and component library (design tokens, layouts, styled components) for LLM tooling.
• Gather stakeholder needs and serve as the team’s UX focal point.
• Ensure every application meets branding guidelines, is intuitive, and satisfies stakeholders.
• Maintain UX consistency across the full portfolio.
• Review frontend implementations and improve the design system as the portfolio grows.
• Establish lightweight UX standards (accessibility, responsive behavior, interaction patterns).
• Support AI Fluency by teaching teams to use the design system and templates.
• Define and standardize the front-end technology stack.

Education

Bachelors in HCI/Design/CS

Tools

Figma

Design tokens

Styled components

LLM tooling

Job description

GILLIG is seeking a UX Engineer to own the look, feel, and usability of every application the AIO team delivers. The role blends design and front-end engineering, translating branding into a living design system and reusable templates.

You will be the single UX focal point for a growing portfolio of internally developed applications. You will partner with the Creative Director to ensure branding alignment, accessibility, and a consistent user experience across products, while shaping the