Design Engineer

Tandem
New York
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)Skills: ["Ownership","Low-ego","Collaboration","Rigor","Resourcefulness"]

Own how the product and public surfaces look, feel, and perform by building and evolving a reusable design system. Create and refine the public web presence (marketing site and campaign pages), and partner across product design, engineering, product, and marketing to raise craft standards. Define AI-native workflows, document prompt patterns, and run web experiments with measurable outcomes.

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Tandem
Tandem
1 month ago

Design Engineer

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Job Summary

Own how the product and public surfaces look, feel, and perform by building and evolving a reusable design system. Create and refine the public web presence (marketing site and campaign pages), and partner across product design, engineering, product, and marketing to raise craft standards. Define AI-native workflows, document prompt patterns, and run web experiments with measurable outcomes.
Location: New York
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own the design system, including components, patterns, and standards used across product and web surfaces to ship high-craft work faster.
  • •Build and polish the public web presence, from the marketing site to campaign pages, with the same rigor as in-product experiences.
  • •Raise the craft bar on in-product surfaces by partnering with designers and product engineers to simplify complex clinical and operational workflows.
  • •Own interaction and motion fundamentals, treating typography, layout, accessibility (WCAG), and performance as core system elements.
  • •Define and share AI-native workflows (including documenting prompts/patterns), and run web experiments while instrumenting surfaces for measurable outcomes.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceVisionDentalPaid LeaveParental Leave401kCommuter BenefitsDashpass

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of experience spanning both design and front-end engineering, with a track record of operating in both worlds.
  • •Strong front-end skills: React/TypeScript, modern HTML and CSS, and WebGL with an eye for interaction.
  • •Experience building or significantly evolving a design system or component library at a product company.
  • •A strong visual and interaction design eye with a portfolio demonstrating your work.
  • •Comfort building on a CMS (Sanity preferred), running web experiments, and managing web analytics.
Skills:OwnershipLow-egoCollaborationRigorResourcefulness
Tech Stack:ReactTypeScriptHTMLCSSWebGLDesign systemCMSSanityCursorClaude CodeWCAG

Company Brief

Tandem
Builds a virtual office platform that helps remote teams connect, collaborate, and communicate in real time with presence, audio rooms, and workspace tools designed to recreate an in-person office experience online.
Industry: Enterprise Software
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