Member of Technical Staff (Design Systems)

Perplexity
San Francisco, Seattle, New York
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 220,000 - 405,000 annuallyFunction: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)Experience: 4+ yearsSkills: ["Collaboration","Accessibility-minded development","Documentation","Quality focus","Reusability mindset"]

Build the design system powering every Perplexity product. You’ll design and implement core UI primitives (overlays, inputs, navigation, feedback) with coherent component APIs, contribute to the design-token pipeline, and translate Figma systems into typed, documented, testable components. You’ll migrate teams from bespoke implementations, ensure accessibility by default, and support consumers with docs, visual regression coverage, and on-call rotation across multiple platforms.

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Member of Technical Staff (Design Systems)

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Job Summary

Build the design system powering every Perplexity product. You’ll design and implement core UI primitives (overlays, inputs, navigation, feedback) with coherent component APIs, contribute to the design-token pipeline, and translate Figma systems into typed, documented, testable components. You’ll migrate teams from bespoke implementations, ensure accessibility by default, and support consumers with docs, visual regression coverage, and on-call rotation across multiple platforms.
Location: San Francisco, Seattle, New York
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and build core UI primitives (overlays, inputs, navigation, feedback) with coherent component APIs as consumers grow
  • •Work across the design-token pipeline—author, generate, and publish per-platform for web, iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows
  • •Partner with design to translate Figma systems into typed, testable, documented components
  • •Migrate product surfaces from bespoke implementations onto shared primitives without breaking them
  • •Build accessible components by default (keyboard, focus, contrast, screen readers) and support teams via docs, visual regression coverage, and on-call rotation

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 220,000 - 405,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •4+ years building production frontend, with experience in a design system/component library or shared UI platform a plus
  • •Interest in building reusable components
  • •Strong React and TypeScript, and working knowledge of CSS
  • •Working accessibility knowledge, including WCAG and ARIA patterns and assistive technologies
  • •Comfort collaborating closely with designers on visual and interaction language
Experience:4+ years
Skills:CollaborationAccessibility-minded developmentDocumentationQuality focusReusability mindset
Tech Stack:ReactTypeScriptCSSDesign TokensFigma

Company Brief

Perplexity
Perplexity AI provides an AI-powered answer engine that returns conversational, citation-backed answers to user queries and offers Pro/Enterprise products and APIs for research, knowledge work, and search augmentation.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Revenue: USD 50M to 100M
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series D
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2022
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