Design Technologist

What You’ll Do

• Own the architecture, strategy, design, engineering, and evolution of Elation’s design system.
• Lead an AI-agent-first rearchitecting of the design system.
• Encode composition rules and component guidelines for an agent to discover and apply.
• Help define Elation’s AI-native experience through component design, pattern development, and an opinionated point of view that moves how design and engineering build.
• Shape our application’s design direction and visual language.
• Deeply understand and research our users — their problems, workflows, and jobs-to-be-done — to build the best-in-class tools for their work.
• Support your partners in design and engineering to leverage these systems.

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years of experience creating and shipping complex, web-based products in a cross-functional team as a designer, engineer, or related role.
• 2+ years leading cross-functional projects or initiatives, with a proven record of driving strategy and execution.
• A genuine multi-discipline practitioner. Strong at both design craft and building with modern frontend frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of design systems.
• Experience in health tech or other compliance-heavy industries.
• AI-native work practices and experience building with agentic tools like Claude Code or Cursor.
• Nice to have:
• Experience designing or building for AI-native user experiences.
• Strong API literacy and data modeling experience.
• Accessibility and WCAG experience.
• Experience building AI platform or infrastructure (MCP servers, eval harnesses, token build pipelines).

Elation welcomes individuals from all backgrounds and walks of life. Elation is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and is dedicated to creating and maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment. We are committed to equal opportunity for all employees and applicants, and value individuals with diverse perspectives including, but not limited to: race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. Elation also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. We firmly believe a strong culture that supports a diverse and inclusive workforce allows us to achieve Elation’s mission of helping independent primary care thrive.