Samsara
Lead Design Engineer
$137K–$231K
Remote - US · Remote · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years in design engineering, design systems, product design, or front-end engineering, building UX/UI for web and mobile applications.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Human Computer Interaction Design, or equivalent practical experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Offers are contingent on the ability to secure and maintain the legal right to work at the company and in the specified work location, if applicable.
About the job
Build and govern a design system for web and mobile, including interactive UI and AI-assisted design and code generation.
What you'll do
- Develop system components, evaluations, and feedback loops to improve AI design and code generation.
- Ensure design-system decisions translate into quality code, with accessibility, responsiveness, performance, and maintainability built in.
- Set contribution and governance models, incorporate user feedback and usage data, and share effective AI workflows with design and engineering teams.
What they ask for
- Shipped design-system or component-library work, with a portfolio, case studies, or code samples.
- Strong interaction and visual design skills; experience with design tokens, theming, and accessibility standards.
- Regular use of AI tools with attributable shipped work, experience connecting them to a design system, and ability to explain, review, and debug generated code.
- Experience partnering with designers, engineers, and product managers on short cycles.
Pay
$137,445 — $231,000 USD (annual base salary)
Tools
Cursor, Claude Code, Figma Make
AI focus
Develop and evaluate AI design and code-generation systems, connect AI tools to the design system, and establish quality standards for AI-generated work.
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