Senior Design Engineer

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Salary: Not specified

StackBlitz is redefining how developers build for the web. We’re looking for a Senior Design Engineer to bridge the gap between design and front-end engineering while driving architectural excellence and technical innovation across our platform. This role is perfect for someone who combines deep front-end architectural expertise with a passion for crafting intuitive user experiences. You thrive on building scalable systems, sweating the small details, and implementing UI improvements that make a big impact.

Responsibilities

• Own front-end design refinements, improving UI/UX across our site and products.
• Evolve our frontend architecture, ensuring maintainability, scalability, and performance across our platform.
• Drive technical excellence by identifying and reducing technical debt, establishing best practices, and implementing architectural improvements.
• Implement design updates and polish interactions, ensuring a seamless user experience.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Engineering, and Marketing to translate ideas into visually compelling, high-performance interfaces.
• Architect and expand our design system and component library, ensuring consistency across all user touchpoints.
• Lead the development of reusable React components and establish patterns that enhance developer productivity and code maintainability.
• Implement and optimize complex UI interactions, while maintaining a focus on performance, accessibility, usability, and performance, ensuring our platform remains intuitive for both technical and non-technical users.
• Prototype and iterate quickly, refining designs based on feedback and data.
• Champion modern frontend development practices, mentoring team members and contributing to technical decision-making.

How You’ll Contribute

• Architect & Innovate: Lead the evolution of our frontend architecture while improving the look, feel, and usability of StackBlitz and Bolt.new to create a smoother user experience.
• Bridge Design & Code: Work alongside engineers and designers to bring polished, high-quality UI components to life.
• Drive Technical Excellence: Identify opportunities for architectural improvements, lead technical debt reduction initiatives, and implement scalable solutions.
• Refine the User Journey: Identify and fix usability issues, improving navigation, interaction, and overall clarity.
• Own Small but Meaningful Details: Whether it’s refining button states, animations, or typography, you’ll ensure a consistent and delightful experience.
• Build for Users: Create solutions that align with how our users think and work with our platform.
• Lead & Mentor: Champion modern frontend practices, guide architectural decisions, and help grow the technical capabilities of the team through mentorship and knowledge sharing.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in front-end development, design engineering, or a hybrid role.
• Proficiency in React, TypeScript, and modern frontend technologies.