Staff Design Technologist

Quick Facts

• Role: Staff Design Technologist

• Duration: 6-month W2 contract with benefits and paid holidays

• Work style: Hybrid (onsite 3x/week) in San Francisco, CA or San Diego, CA

Description

You will lead the technical direction for development of working prototypes for conversational and agentic AI experiences. You’ll build the systems and practices that enable efficient, scalable delivery across Design and Engineering, and drive large cross-functional initiatives. You’ll also set design technology strategy, create scalable prototyping frameworks, and mentor designers and engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical direction for conversational and agentic AI prototype development

• Set design technology strategy and improve design-to-code handoff processes

• Build and maintain scalable prototyping frameworks and close gaps in process, tooling, data, and team structure

• Define design system standards, component usage guidelines, and implementation patterns

• Partner with Product Design, Engineering, and Data Science to solve complex use cases

• Mentor designers and engineers on using data, analytics, research, and technology to improve design outcomes

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience as a Design Technologist, UX/UI Engineer, Front-End Engineer, or related field

• Experience integrating agentic AI, NLU, or LLMs into functional prototypes

• Expert proficiency in React, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, following WCAG 2.2 AA

• Experience with Figma, design tokens, Code Connect, or similar design-development integration tools

Benefits

• 6-month W2 contract opportunity

• Benefits

• Paid holidays