Senior Design Engineer - AI Agentic
Zoom · Seattle, WA · 5 days ago
Engineering$172k/yrFull-time
Responsibilities
- Designing UI for agentic AI experiences, from interaction frameworks and motion systems to pixel-level polish.
- Using AI-assisted coding tools to build and ship your own designs.
- Making rapidly prototyped ideas to validate them before committing to full implementation.
- Pushing the creative and visual quality bar for AI products across Zoom.
- Contributing to component libraries, design tokens, and shared tooling.
- Partnering with product, research, and leadership to shape what we build and why.
Requirements
- Possess a BS or equivalent experience with typically six or more years designing consumer or B2B software products while working independently at a senior level.
- Demonstrate exceptional product expertise, showcasing motion, rhythm, timing, and brand expression through a portfolio of original consumer or B2B work.
- Highlight craftsmanship and intentionality, presenting a portfolio that captivates and explain the reasoning behind specific creative decisions.
- Design in Figma and use AI coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, v0) to prototype and deliver your own work effectively.
- Prioritize design experience with component libraries or design systems over traditional front-end engineering expertise.
- Understand their structure, know when to adhere to them, and identify when exceptions are necessary.
- Apply systems thinking and communication by understanding how features integrate into broader UX and technical architecture while balancing creativity with system consistency.
- Communicate design rationale effectively to executives and discuss technical tradeoffs with engineers, demonstrating sound judgment in adapting to each conversation.
- Demonstrate ownership by managing features end-to-end and taking accountability for outcomes, not just deliverables.
- Embrace feedback, advocate for ideas based on merit, and prioritize the best solution regardless of origin.
- Exhibit excellent product intuition and adapt quickly to evolving AI tools.
- Show enthusiasm for frontier AI and agentic technology, with a focus on simplifying, building trust, and ensuring usability for everyday, non-technical users beyond early adopters.
Qualifications
- Have familiarity with React, TypeScript, or CSS is a big plus.
- Have experience with AI/agentic product design, conversational UI, or animation libraries (Framer Motion, GSAP, Lottie).
Benefits
As part of our award-winning workplace culture and commitment to delivering happiness, our benefits program offers a variety of perks, benefits, and options to help employees maintain their physical, mental, emotional, and financial health; support work-life balance; and contribute to their community in meaningful ways.
Pay
Minimum Salary Range or On Target Earnings: $171,800.00 Maximum $375,900.00
Schedule
We have a location-based compensation structure; there may be a different range for candidates in this and other locations.