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Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Design System)

Perplexity· AI Products
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Hybrid (San Francisco), Hybrid (Seattle), Hybrid (New York City)$220k - $405kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Frontend engineer to build the design system behind every Perplexity product. Develop component APIs, contribute to the design-token pipeline across multiple platforms, and ensure accessibility and quality through documentation and tooling.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build core primitives – overlays, inputs, navigation, feedback – with APIs that stay coherent as consumers multiply
  • Work across the design-token pipeline – authoring, generation, and per-platform publishing across web, iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows
  • Partner directly with design on the design language itself, translating Figma systems into typed, testable, documented components
  • Migrate product surfaces off bespoke implementations onto shared primitives without breaking them
  • Build accessible components by default – keyboard, focus, contrast, screen readers – backed by automated coverage
  • Support consuming teams through docs, visual regression coverage, and on-call rotation

Qualifications

  • 4+ years building production frontend; experience with a design system, component library, or shared UI platform is a plus
  • Interest in building reusable components
  • Strong React and TypeScript, and CSS
  • Working accessibility knowledge (WCAG, ARIA patterns, assistive tech)
  • Comfort collaborating closely with designers on the visual and interaction language

Skills

Required:ReactTypeScriptCSSAccessibility

Benefits

  • Full-time U.S. benefits including equity, health, dental, vision, retirement, fitness, commuter and dependent care accounts, and more
  • International benefits tailored to region of residence
Last updated Aug 19, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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