Abaka AI
Design Technologist
$110K–$170K
Mountain View HQ · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 1 to 4 years in a design technologist, design engineer, product designer who codes, or front-end engineer with strong design skills.
About the job
Own product design and prototyping from discovery through implementation, building web and mobile interfaces and a coded design system in partnership with engineering.
What you'll do
- Lead end-to-end product design and prototyping, including user research, flows, wireframes, high-fidelity UI, and working prototypes.
- Build production-quality front-end code and a shared component library for web and mobile products.
- Validate and improve products through usability testing, research, and product data, while collaborating with engineers to ship.
What they ask for
- Portfolio or code samples demonstrating design craft and working implementation.
- Proficiency in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/TypeScript, with hands-on experience in React or a similar component framework.
- Fluency in Figma and rapid prototyping, plus strong UX and visual design fundamentals.
- Clear evidence of systems thinking and ability to explain design decisions in written and spoken English.
Nice to have
- Experience as an early or founding member of a startup design or product team.
- Experience with design tokens, component tooling such as Storybook, accessibility standards, or AI coding tools.
Pay
$110,000 - $170,000 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
HTML/CSS, TypeScript, React, Figma, Storybook, WCAG, Framer Motion, GSAP
AI focus
Use AI coding and design tools to speed up exploration, prototyping, and implementation; experience with AI products or AI coding tools is preferred.
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