Design Technologist

Air Space Intelligence

$90K — $130K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in front-end engineering and design
  • Proficient in TypeScript, React, and modern CSS
  • Demonstrated ability in building and maintaining design systems
  • Experience with fluid, responsive layouts and accessibility best practices
  • Comfortable navigating dense, data-rich environments and visualization tools.
  • Strong collaboration skills with cross-functional teams
  • Portfolio showcasing shipped projects and interactive prototypes

Responsibilities

  • Build and ship UI components from design specs focused on performance and scalability.
  • Maintain a design system as living code, ensuring design consistency.
  • Prototype new interactions and visualizations for product testing.
  • Implement high-fidelity features that preserve design integrity under pressure.
  • Develop tooling to streamline the design-to-development workflow.
  • Iterate on UI solutions based on user feedback and operational metrics.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work at the intersection of design and engineering in a mission-driven context.
  • Engagement with complex airspace systems for defense and aviation sectors.
  • Collaborative work culture focusing on real-world problem solving.
  • Flexibility in the interview process, aligned with candidate’s experience.
  • Assurance of working in a high-impact environment with precise design needs.
Full Job Description
As a Design Technologist at Air Space Intelligence, you'll live at the intersection of design and engineering-translating high-fidelity design intent into production-quality interfaces that empower airlines, defense organizations, and government partners in complex airspace systems. You'll build the components, tooling, and prototypes that make mission-critical experiences feel seamless and perform under pressure. Your responsibilities include: • Build and ship production-ready UI components from design specs, prioritizing performance, reusability, and scalability. • Develop and maintain our design system as living code-keeping design tokens, component libraries, and documentation in sync across web-based applications. • Prototype novel interactions and data visualizations to pressure-test new product proposals in real, interactive environments. • Bridge design and engineering by implementing high-fidelity features that preserve design intent in high-density data environments. • Build tooling and automation that accelerate the design-to-development workflow. • Iterate on implementations based on user feedback, operational requirements, and performance insights. What we value: • Strong front-end engineering skills (e.g., TypeScript, React, modern CSS) paired with a designer's eye, demonstrated by a portfolio of shipped interfaces or interactive prototypes. • Experience building and maintaining design systems in code-design tokens, component libraries, and the tooling that keeps them consistent with their Figma (or similar) source of truth. • Fluency translating high-fidelity designs into pixel-accurate, performant implementations, especially for dense, operationally critical environments. • A strong sense of visual hierarchy, typography, and layout, with the engineering chops to realize it faithfully in the browser. • Comfort with data-rich web applications and rendering performance-canvas, SVG, WebGL, or mapping/geospatial libraries a plus. • Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams, including designers, engineers, product managers, and end users, to align implementation with real-world operational needs. • Comfort working in iterative processes, incorporating feedback, research, and performance data to refine and evolve your work. • An eye for consistency and scalability, with a drive to maintain a unified design language-in code-across multiple products and use cases. • Understanding of responsive design and accessibility best practices, ensuring interfaces work across devices and for all users. • A passion for mission-driven work, especially in domains that require precision, clarity, and real-world impact. How do we hire: We look at the interview process not as a screening or test, but rather as an opportunity to simulate what it would look like working together. We build the interview process around you. ASI works with export controlled technology and restricted U.S. Government data, including on contracts mandating U.S. immigration status and location restrictions for performing personnel. Employment offers are contingent on ability to timely obtain all required authorizations for contemplated job duties.

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