Design Engineer

Foxglove Technologies, Inc

$120K — $150K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in tech or startup environments
  • Proficiency in Figma for design work
  • Exceptional visual design skills with a strong understanding of UX/UI principles
  • Strong front-end development abilities with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and frameworks like React
  • Experience with reusable component libraries and design system refinement
  • Strong organizational skills and attention to documentation
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills across teams

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to front-end code and collaborate with Product Managers and Designers
  • Deliver data visualization and interaction solutions for ML and autonomy workflows
  • Ship accessible UI components using modern front-end technologies
  • Gather customer feedback to drive user-centered design improvements
  • Maintain and evolve Foxglove's component library and design system

Benefits

  • $300 monthly budget towards commuter or workspace needs (remote only)
  • Competitive equity grant in a Series B company
  • 100% employee coverage for medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
  • 401(k) matching up to 4%
  • 4 weeks vacation plus holidays and winter break
  • All expenses paid company off-sites twice a year
Full Job Description
About the role

Design Engineers at Foxglove work at the intersection of design and engineering, transforming complex data and workflows into clear, efficient user experiences. In this role, you'll partner with cross-functional teams to prototype and build features that improve both the usability and overall capability of our platform. You'll also help evolve and scale Foxglove's design system and component library, enabling engineers to rapidly develop new features that are performant, accessible, and high-quality.

What you'll do
  • Contribute directly to front-end code and partner with Product Managers and Product Designers to launch new tooling features.
  • Deliver advanced data visualization and interaction solutions that support the workflows of ML and autonomy engineers.
  • Ship accessible UI components using modern front-end technologies.
  • Work closely with customers to gather feedback and drive impactful, user-centered design improvements.
What we're looking for
  • At least 5 years of experience in tech or startup environments.
  • Proficiency in Figma.
  • Exceptional visual design skills and a strong understanding of UX/UI principles, with a background in visual or interaction design.
  • Excellent front-end development skills-including semantic HTML, modern CSS, JavaScript, and contemporary frameworks (e.g., React, TypeScript)-with strong prototyping and implementation abilities.
  • Experience maintaining reusable component libraries and refining design details at the code level.
  • Strong organizational skills and a passion for clear, thorough documentation.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration abilities, especially when working across design and engineering teams.


Bonus points
  • Deep familiarity with React.
  • Experience designing tools for engineers working in robotics or autonomous vehicles.
  • Experience building complex interactive systems or data analytics products.
  • Experience using AI-assisted coding tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, etc.


What we offer
  • Competitive equity grant in a Series B company.
  • Medical, dental, vision, and term life insurance coverage at 100% for employees and 75% for dependents, for U.S. full-time employees.
  • 401(k) matching up to 4%, for U.S. full-time employees.
  • 4 weeks of vacation, plus holidays and winter break.
  • All-expenses-paid company offsites 1-2× per year.
  • $300 monthly budget toward commuter benefits or building your personal workspace, depending on role/location.


Learn more about how we hire and work foxglove.dev/careers

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