The OpportunityWe9re looking for a design engineer who lives at the intersection of design and code. Bridgeway runs like a startup - a small, talent-dense team bringing startup speed inside Adobe, with Adobe9s platform and reach behind it. If you want early-stage pace and ownership plus enterprise-scale resources, this is that combination.
Work directly with product and engineering to prototype, build, and ship the experiences that make Bridgeway feel like a partner. Our engineers already build with AI-native workflows, and we want design at that same clock speed - motivated by generating options, not just refining one, so 44which direction44 becomes today9s conversation instead of next week9s.
What great looks likeWe look for builders who have shipped - people who9ve launched something real and are proud of the outcome - more than a specific title or pedigree.
Everyone here operates across three lenses: product, design, and engineering. That means real design sense, production-quality code, and product-manager-level reasoning, without outsourcing any of it. What sets people apart isn9t which of the three they can do - it9s which one they lead with.
Taste and judgment sharp enough to orchestrate AI-assisted prototyping at high speed while holding a bar most teams miss even working slowly.
TasteIdentify what good looks like before it exists - faced with dozens of AI-generated directions, can immediately spot the two worth refining.
JudgmentKnow what to build, not just how. Understand our user - a solo business owner with 90 seconds to spare - well enough to make the call without a committee.
Speed of orchestrationOperate AI tools like instruments - fast prototyping loops, rapid evaluation, continuous refinement - getting through in days what would take a team weeks, without cutting corners.
Ownership breadthOwn a design surface end to end: concept, prototype, production code, and the system it plugs into.
The Challenge- Turn a single problem into several distinct, high-fidelity prototypes so the team chooses between real options, not one idea presented one way
- Build production-quality UI components and interactions in code, so what we9re evaluating is close to what we9d ship
- Ground decisions in first-principles thinking about our users - solo business owners with 90 seconds to spare
- Champion simplicity: cut, collapse, and clarify so the product feels effortless for non-designers and non-technologists
- Bridge design and engineering - translating concepts into real code, and feasibility into the design process from the start
- Evolve Bridgeway9s design system so the team ships faster and quality compounds instead of resetting each screen
- Two things matter most in this role: 1. Systems - Can you build a design system and prototyping workflow that compounds - so every new prototype starts stronger than the last? 2. Review - Can you judge quality at an unreasonably high bar - spotting the two options worth building out of a wall of AI-generated ones, and saying why?
What is needed to succeed- Comfortable in Figma and a code editor - and increasingly reach for the code editor first
- Strong front-end skills (React, TypeScript, CSS, animation)
- Strong sense of build - an understanding of craft, hierarchy, restraint - and can explain why something works
- Naturally explore multiple directions before converging, and you9d rather show than describe
- Prototype in hours, not days, using AI tools without cutting corners on quality
- A bias toward simplicity and love designing for real people - SMB owners, not power users
- Think in systems and build reusable components, not one-off screens
- Genuinely excited about AI agents and new interaction paradigms, not just AI as a buzzword
*If interested in applying please provide links to projects you have completed
Expected Pay Range:Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this position is $146,300 -- $274,300 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.
In California, the pay range for this position is $189,400 - $274,300
At Adobe, for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC = base + commission), and short-term incentives are in the form of sales commission plans. Non-sales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).
In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.
