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Founding Product Designer

Tempo· Tempo
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TorontoCA$125k - CA$200kFull-timePosted 11mo ago

About the role

Founding UI/UX Design Engineer to own Tempo's design engineering process end-to-end, shaping the design system, AI-driven workflows, and production-ready components in a leadership role.

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end UI: concept → flows → wireframes → prototypes → production-ready, high-fidelity UI.
  • Build real product: implement responsive, accessible components in React + TypeScript + Tailwind, using Radix UI / shadcn patterns.
  • Shape complex UX: partner with Product, Eng, and AI/ML to design clear interactions for real-time, multi-user features.
  • Evolve our design system: drive tokens, theming, documentation, and component APIs for scalability and consistency.
  • Design with AI in the loop: integrate AI-assisted design-to-code workflows and author patterns that our agents can reliably compose.
  • Polish the feel: add motion, micro-interactions, and states that improve comprehension.
  • Collaborate in real time: help build collaborative UX using Liveblocks/WebSockets, optimizing presence, conflict-resolution, and latency.
  • Ship accessible, fast UI: ensure accessibility standards, optimize Core Web Vitals, and measure UX with meaningful product metrics.

Qualifications

  • Portfolio of shipped, product-quality UI showing strong visual taste and systems thinking (case studies highlighting design systems, interaction patterns, accessibility, and measurable product impact).
  • Fluency with Figma (flows, prototypes, component props/variants).
  • Experience building within a design system (tokens, theming, component APIs).
  • Strong grasp of UX principles, interaction design, and accessibility fundamentals.
  • Interest in AI-augmented workflows (promptable components, agent-safe patterns).

Skills

Required:Portfolio of shipped UIFigmaDesign systemsUX principles & accessibility
Nice to have:AI-augmented workflows

Benefits

  • Competitive salary — aligned with impact.
  • Equity ownership in Tempo.
  • In-house team environment with lunch provided 3 days a week.
  • Flexible vacation & sick policy.
  • Quarterly team events & outings.
Last updated Aug 12, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About Tempo

Visual Editor for React, powered by AI

Tempo is a visual editor for react that gives PMs, designers, and engineers the ability to collaborate visually on code. It offers the familiar UX of a design tool but functions like an IDE under the hood. Tempo is optimized for Vite and Tailwind.

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