Design Engineer

Partner with Product Design and Product Engineering early to shape elegant, feasible solutions

Build functional prototypes that make complex ideas tangible and help the team test assumptions quickly

Define interaction patterns for AI agents, legal documents, citations, generated content, and multi-step workflows

Use AI coding and prototyping tools to accelerate exploration and implementation without compromising judgment or craft

Translate design intent into reusable, responsive, and accessible components and product patterns

Build accessibility into the product from the start, applying WCAG standards across interaction, navigation, content, and implementation

Help keep Figma, shared components, and the production experience aligned as the product evolves

Use customer feedback, research, analytics, and session replays to identify and improve critical product experiences

Raise the quality bar across typography, spacing, motion, microcopy, loading states, empty states, and edge cases

Operate with autonomy in a fast-moving environment where many AI interaction patterns are still being invented

What we’re looking for

Strong experience designing and building sophisticated digital products

A true 50/50 design engineer, equally credible in product design and front-end implementation

An exceptional eye for visual design, interaction quality, and detail

Strong front-end fundamentals, including TypeScript, React, HTML, and CSS

Fluency in Figma and confidence working in GitHub and production codebases

Experience taking features from exploration and prototyping through to release and iteration

Strong product judgment and the ability to simplify complex, information-dense workflows

Experience using AI tools as a meaningful part of your design and development process

A strong understanding of responsive design, reusable components, scalable UI architecture, and WCAG accessibility standards

Strong cross-functional instincts and the ability to collaborate with designers, engineers, product managers, and domain experts

High ownership, clear communication, and genuine comfort with ambiguity

Nice to have

Experience designing AI-native products, copilots, agents, or generative interfaces

Experience with enterprise software, professional tools, or document-heavy workflows

Experience in legal technology, research products, or knowledge-management systems

Experience building or scaling a design system and component library

Familiarity with component tooling such as Storybook

Our Interview Practices

To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we’re getting to know you—not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process.

Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.