Sr. UX Engineer

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:

• Contribute to strategic technical direction for our design systems’s cross platform libraries
• 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 
• Use AI to create, develop, and distribute high fidelity prototypes for product alignment and user testing
• Build tooling that helps designers and engineers leverage AI capabilities in their daily workflows

What we’re looking for: 

• Minimum 5 years of experience as a design technologist, engineer, or UX engineer 
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, or equivalent experience 
• Proven track-record of delivering highly reliable technical solutions that scale
• Deep experience working in mobile native UI development (Android SDK, Kotlin, UIKit, Swift)
• Experience developing a design system or leading design system initiatives 
• 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
• Demonstrated ability to use AI to improve speed and quality in your day-to-day workflow for relevant outputs.
• Strong track record of human-in-the-loop best practices through critical evaluation and verification of AI-assisted work (e.g., testing, source-checking, data validation, peer review)

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 recognize that the ideal environment for work is situational and may differ across departments. What this looks like day-to-day can vary based on the needs of each organization or role.

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

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