Staff UX Engineer ID-10163

November 22, 2024

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As a Design Technologist / UX Engineer, you will drive initiatives that empower designers to build modern world-class user experiences for our Pinners and Advertisers with high productivity, performance and quality. We’re looking for someone who bridges design and engineering, has a growth mindset and isn’t afraid to give their opinion on how we can improve. You’ll work intimately with a small innovative design team and you’ll have the opportunity to find creative solutions to thought-provoking problems while helping to ensure both design fidelity as well as technical feasibility.

What you’ll do:

Participate in the full lifecycle of product development; including ideation, design, development, implementation and validation

Design solutions that address problems at both current and future scale

Work with designers, product managers, management, internal business partners, and other subject matter experts

Ensure a seamless connection between design and engineering by maintaining design/UX visions through code, applying technical architecture and data

Work within the design system and help evolve the system to meet the needs of our users; Contribute to the continuous improvement of design standards, guidelines, and reusable components

Mentor team members and participate actively in design and code reviews, team processes and decision making

What we’re looking for:

7+ years of experience as a design technologist, engineer, or UX designer

Proven track-record of delivering highly reliable technical solutions that scale

Deep experience working in frontend web technologies (HTML, CSS, React/TS)

Experience developing a design system or leading design system initiatives

Experience with modern iOS (SwiftUI) or Android (Jetpack Compose) user interface frameworks

Experience breaking down big challenges into smaller decisions framed as trade-offs (e.g. time vs. scope)

Track record of delivering large, cross-functional projects across multiple organizations and being a champion of developer experience, performance and quality

Excellent communication and collaboration with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams

Basic awareness of accessibility principles with a commitment to further learning

Relocation Statement:

This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.

In-Office Requirement Statement:

We let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we're not always working in an office, but we continue to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection.

This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times/quarter and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.

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