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Urgent! Staff Design Engineer Job Opening In España – Now Hiring GitHub

Staff Design Engineer



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Overview GitHub is growing its Design team, and we’re seeking a skilled Design Engineer to help shape the future of developer experiences.

As a Design Engineer, you’ll work at the intersection of design and front-end engineering to bring innovative, AI-powered solutions to life for millions of developers worldwide.

At GitHub, we build solutions that improve the developer experience of people all around the world.

As a Design Engineer, you will collaborate with designers, product managers, and other engineers to build the future of developer tools.

You’d work in the GitHub Product Design Team, a group of talented individuals with varied backgrounds in product design, design systems, design ops, front-end development, and illustration.

Youll thrive in this role if you bring a strong sense of craft, systems thinking, and a curiosity for how emerging technologies like AI and LLMs can enhance developer tools.

Locations In this role you can work from Remote, Spain Responsibilities Design Implementation: Bring design concepts to life with high-quality, accessible, and performant front-end code.

Ensure solutions adhere to GitHub’s design principles and technical standards.

Prototyping & Feasibility: Build interactive prototypes and proof-of-concepts to test ideas, evaluate feasibility, and influence product direction early in the design process.

Collaboration: Partner closely with designers, engineers, and PMs to align on UI requirements, contribute to architecture decisions, and provide feedback in design reviews.

Quality & Craft: Review code for accessibility, performance, and maintainability.

Use debugging and dev tools to proactively identify and fix issues.

Systems & Documentation: Help evolve front-end patterns and design systems.

Document best practices and share technical constraints and opportunities with cross-functional partners.

Delivery & Ownership: Estimate timelines, scope work effectively, and deliver against shared roadmaps with accountability and autonomy.

Curiosity and initiative: Stay informed on emerging UI patterns, AI capabilities, and front-end technologies to help shape the evolution of developer focused experiences.

Qualifications Required qualifications: 10 years experience in product or service design OR Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, or related field AND 8 years experience in product or service design OR Master's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, or related field AND 6 years experience in product or service design OR Doctorate in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, or related field AND 4 years experience in product or service design OR equivalent experience.

Experience as a Design Engineer working with Engineers, Product Managers, and other Designers applying UX principles, and a user-centric approach to product design Engineering experience working in React, CSS, HTML, and Vanilla JavaScript.

Experience with WCAG compliance and/or implementing accessibility best practices.

Preferred qualifications Portfolio showcasing your involvement in projects, highlighting your hands-on experience as a design engineer.

Experience working with Large Language Models and AI.

Experience building products for developer tools.

Experience contributing to or using an established design system.

Experience working with Rails Experience working with TypeScript, Jest, Storybook, and ESLint GitHub values Customer-obsessed Ship to learn Growth mindset Own the outcome Better together Diverse and inclusive Manager fundamentals Model Coach Care Leadership principles Create clarity Generate energy Deliver success Who We Are GitHub is the world’s leading AI-powered developer platform with 150 million developers and counting.

We’re also home to the biggest open-source community on earth.

Our teams are dreamers, doers, and pioneers, leading the way in AI and supporting humanitarian efforts around the globe.

We’re remote-first and offer competitive pay, growing opportunities, and excellent benefits to support you, wherever you are.

Equal Employment Opportunity GitHub is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles.

We embrace diversity and invite applications from people of all walks of life.

We don’t discriminate based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences.

If you have a disability, please let us know how we can make the interview process better for you; we’re happy to accommodate! Employment type Full-time Seniority level Not Applicable Job function Design Industries Software Development J-18808-Ljbffr


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