Design Engineer | Mid-Senior| Saily

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• Join us as a Design Engineer and help shape Aurora, our design system, across both design and code.
• You'll build and evolve reusable UI components, craft polished interactions, and create tooling that makes design and development workflows faster and more consistent.
• Working closely with designers and engineers, you'll bridge Figma and front-end implementation while driving accessibility, quality, and design system adoption across teams.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop, maintain, and evolve Aurora component kits: ReactKit, AstroKit, and AppKit - going deep on whichever kit the roadmap needs while keeping component contracts consistent across all of them.
• Contribute to Aurora's visual and interaction language: component anatomy, variants, states, interaction behavior, and motion, in Figma and in code, often moving between the two in the same working session.
• Build internal design tooling: Figma plugins, CLI utilities, CI checks, prototyping tools and other ai-native workflows.
• Evangelize & Innovate: Champion best practices and drive the adoption of design automation, tooling (like Storybook), and testing strategies within the design engineering context.
• Enable Teams: Guide, train, and support product development teams in effectively adopting and utilizing the Aurora design system.
• Bridge Design & Code: Actively participate in the design process, providing technical input, prototyping interactions, and translating design concepts into polished, interactive, and performant UI components (the "front-of-the-frontend").
• Craft Interactions: Implement engaging animations and micro-interactions to enhance user experience, especially for key user-facing elements.
• Ensure Accessibility: Build and maintain accessible components, ensuring compliance with relevant standards (e.g., WCAG AA) to create inclusive experiences.
• Technical Ownership: Own the technical implementation and architecture of the design system components, ensuring high standards for code quality, performance, and design fidelity.

CORE REQUIREMENTS

• Design System Expertise: Proven experience building, maintaining, and scaling design systems. Deep understanding of design system principles, component architecture, and token strategies.
• Design Craft: Strong product design fundamentals, visual hierarchy, typography, spacing, and interaction design. Able to make sound design decisions independently and contribute to design, not just implement it.
• Front-End Proficiency: Strong command of Javascript, modern CSS (including TailwindCSS), and semantic HTML. Demonstrated ability to become productive in an unfamiliar stack quickly.
• Figma fluency: variables, component architecture, accurate design-to-code translation; Plugin API or MCP experience is a strong signal.
• Tooling: Advanced knowledge and practical experience with Storybook.js for component development, documentation, and testing.
• Collaboration Skills: Excellent ability to collaborate effectively across disciplines (design, engineering, product) and drive adoption of best practices.
• Design Tool Familiarity: Experience working with design tools like Figma, translating designs accurately into code.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Sharpen your edge: training, mentorship, and room to grow — always.
• Take the time you need: extra vacation days, sick days, and time off when life calls.
• Get premium healthcare: private health insurance in Lithuania and Poland — fully covered.
• Protect your peace: enjoy free subscriptions to Calm, Headspace, and Mindletic, and our own resilience and mindfulness trainings.
• Own your fitness: in-house gyms, sport cards, online workouts, and personal guidance — on us.
• Pack your bags for workation: experience our company-wide trip abroad to the fullest.
• Work from anywhere: work from wherever keeps you in the zone.
• Celebrate your milestones: birthdays, weddings, and new family members — all deserve a gift.
• Parent with ease: children's summer camps and flexibility around the schedule — because parenting never pauses.
• Join the party: team building and company events people talk about for months.
• Unlock Cyber City: coffee bar, open gyms, kids' room, music room, massage chairs — our Vilnius HQ is yours to enjoy.

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• We expect all candidates to provide accurate and complete information during the recruitment process.
• While limited use of AI tools to refine application materials is acceptable, candidates remain fully responsible for ensuring that their submissions reflect their own qualifications, skills, and experience.
• Any failure to do so may negatively affect participation in the recruitment process.
• If broader AI assistance is allowed for a particular role or stage, we'll let you know in advance.
• By submitting your application, you acknowledge that it may be processed using automated tools for evaluation purposes.
• As part of our recruitment process, we may use an AI-based application review tool to help assess applications based on skills and experience relevant to the role.
• This technology is used to support - not replace - human decision-making, and every application is ultimately reviewed by a recruiter.

If you would like more information about how AI is used in this process or wish to exercise your rights under applicable data privacy laws, please contact us at [email protected]. Should you prefer to opt out of the automated evaluation, please submit your application directly to [email protected].