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Remote Design Engineer jobs

13 open positions in the United States, newest first.

Design engineers at software companies work at the boundary of product design and frontend engineering. They both design and code interfaces, building the prototypes, interactions, animations and design system components that neither a pure designer nor a pure engineer would finish alone. In manufacturing the same title means an engineer who designs physical parts in CAD, a different job.

About the Design Engineer role

What the work looks like

  • Prototype interaction ideas directly in code so the team can evaluate them in a real browser.
  • Build and maintain design system components that match the Figma library and are pleasant for engineers to use.
  • Polish shipped interfaces: motion, transitions, spacing, typography and behavior at different screen sizes.
  • Pair with product designers early to shape what is feasible and with engineers to land it in production.
  • Build design tooling, such as token pipelines that keep design files and code in sync.

What employers ask for

  • React and TypeScript
  • Advanced CSS and animation
  • Figma and visual design fundamentals
  • Design systems and component API design
  • A portfolio of shipped interface work
  • Accessibility and interaction design

Doing this job remotely

The role produces code and design files that can be shared and reviewed from anywhere, and prototypes in the browser communicate well across distance. The harder part is the close back-and-forth with designers over details, which benefits from shared hours and frequent short reviews in place of long written handoffs.

Where it comes from and where it leads

Design engineers are usually frontend engineers with a strong visual sense or product designers who learned to code. They move on to senior and staff design engineering, lead design systems teams, or settle into product design or frontend engineering leadership.