Pace
Design Engineer
New York City · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 11, 2026
About the job
The first Design Engineer will lead end-to-end product design, prototype in code, and ship production UI/UX improvements and design-system solutions.
What you'll do
- Own design from discovery through delivery, engaging users, customers, and stakeholders.
- Build interactive prototypes in code and independently ship UI/UX improvements to production.
- Develop and maintain a cohesive design system and experiment with product experiences.
What they ask for
- Comfort working in a production codebase using React/TypeScript.
- Strong collaboration across design, customer needs, and engineering, with experience shipping production code.
- Experience building AI products professionally or as a side project.
- Ability to work autonomously amid ambiguity and deliver strong outcomes.
Nice to have
- Startup background or founder experience.
- Frontend engineering experience (intern level or above) or computer science coursework; stays current with frontend trends.
Tools
React, TypeScript
AI focus
Build an AI-native product and explore how new AI capabilities can become useful products for users; prior AI product-building experience is expected.
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