Lead Design Engineer
- Countries
- Remote, Canada
- Job Types
- software & tech, engineering & hardware
- Experience
- late
- Organization Types
- transportation & mobility, logistics & supply chain
- Location
- Canada - Remote
- Posted Date
- Company
- Samsara
- Salary
- CAD151,300 - CAD195,800 annually
AI Summary
Job Description
Build and evolve Samsara's design system: develop core components, tokens, guidelines, and feedback loops for AI design/code generation; ensure designs translate cleanly into code; embed accessibility, responsiveness, and performance; set governance and contribution models; collaborate with designers and engineers and incorporate their feedback.
Hard Requirements
- 8+ years in design engineering, design systems, product design, or front-end engineering
- Bachelor's or Master's in CS, HCI, or equivalent experience
- Shipped design system or component library work with portfolio (required)
- Strong interaction and visual design skills
- Experience with design tokens, theming, accessibility standards
- Regular use of AI tools (Cursor, Claude Code, Figma Make) with shipped attributable work
- Can explain, review, and debug AI-generated code
- Experience partnering with designers, engineers, and PMs