SF Compute
Staff Design Engineer
$280K–$310K
San Francisco, CA · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jul 24, 2026
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa and work permit sponsorship available.
About the job
Build polished, high-fidelity product interfaces and scalable frontend systems, while shaping product experiences and mentoring engineers.
What you'll do
- Design and build polished product interfaces, improving frontend craft, interaction, motion, visual detail, and performance.
- Partner with product and engineering to turn ideas into shippable experiences and make architectural decisions for scalable frontend systems.
- Mentor engineers and grow toward broader product ownership, including understanding customer needs and business context.
What they ask for
- Deep expertise in a modern JavaScript framework: React, Vue, Svelte, or SolidJS.
- Track record of shipping interfaces with strong visual and interaction craft.
- Experience shipping complex frontend components, including technical or experiential complexity.
- Staff+ ability to work autonomously and make sound judgments with limited direction.
Nice to have
- Experience shipping products end-to-end to external customers and connecting the work to business goals.
- Startup or early-stage experience, or experience in developer tools, infrastructure, or technically dense products.
Pay
$280K – $310K (base salary)
Tools
React, Vue, Svelte, SolidJS
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