Principal Design Engineer, Storytelling

About the role

The Principal Design-Engineer will bridge the gap between design intent and engineering implementation across web and native platforms. They will translate design explorations into clear hypotheses, build interactive prototypes, and ensure shipped experiences match the original design.

Responsibilities

• Translate design explorations into clear hypotheses that can be tested, validated, and built.
• Build interactive, code-based prototypes that bridge the gap between design intent and engineering implementation across web and native platforms.
• Partner closely with designers to refine interaction models into buildable directions for iOS, Android, and web experiences.
• Work with engineers across platform teams to ensure shipped experiences faithfully reflect intended design quality and behavior.
• Create lightweight, production-adjacent implementations that reduce ambiguity across multi-platform product areas.
• Contribute to and evolve design systems so they function seamlessly across design tools, code, and production environments.
• Develop steering documents and implementation frameworks that make design intent explicit, consistent, and buildable.
• Enable designers to work more directly in live code by creating shared foundations, tools, and reusable patterns across platforms.

Requirements

Experienced product designer with strong front-end engineering or design-engineering experience. Comfortable operating at a principal IC level, shaping direction while also building hands-on prototypes and code. Strong ability to translate design intent into working software across web, iOS, and Android environments. Fluent in CSS. Familiar with modern front-end technologies (e.g., React, Next.js, Tailwind…) and familiar with native app constraints and patterns. Deep understanding of how design decisions translate into engineering implementation across multiple platforms. Proven ability to work across complex, multi-surface products spanning web and native apps. Strong collaborator who can align design and engineering around shared interpretation of quality and intent. Passionate about craftsmanship in both design execution and production-quality code.

Qualifications

Experience with consumer subscription products, digital ecosystems, or value communication within product experiences is a plus.

Skills

Strong front-end engineering skills, fluency in CSS, familiarity with modern front-end technologies (React, Next.js, Tailwind…), and experience with native app constraints and patterns.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits including health, dental, and vision. Competitive compensation with eligibility for bonus, equity, and detailed compensation data provided during the recruiting process.

Pay

$153,000 - $182,000 with eligibility for bonus, equity, and comprehensive benefits including health, dental, and vision. Actual salary will depend on location and experience.

Schedule

Hybrid role at the intersection of product design, front-end engineering, and prototyping. Work from home, in the nearest office, or a combination of both (subject to location restrictions and roles that are required to be in the office).