Familiarity with design systems, component libraries, or shared UI platforms is a plus
Proficient in React, TypeScript, and CSS
Strong knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG, ARIA)
Ability to collaborate closely with designers on visual language
Responsibilities
Design and build core primitives like overlays and navigation components
Manage the design-token pipeline for cross-platform consistency
Collaborate directly with design to translate systems from Figma into components
Migrate existing product surfaces to utilize shared primitives
Create accessible components by default with automated coverage
Provide support to teams through documentation and on-call assistance
Benefits
Opportunity to work on a foundational design system across multiple platforms
Exposure to a diverse set of internal users and product teams
Engagement with designers to shape the product's visual interaction
Focus on building reusable, adaptable components
Contribution to improving accessibility across products
Full Job Description
Perplexity is looking for a frontend engineer to build the design system behind every Perplexity product. It is the component library and design language shared across web, iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows - the primitives, tokens, and interaction patterns that every product team builds on top of.
Its users are internal, spanning product teams and a broad range of contributors across the company. The components you build become the foundation all of them rely on. You will develop component APIs that hold up across dozens of consuming surfaces and are easy for other teams to adopt correctly, contribute to the token pipeline that keeps five platforms visually consistent, and maintain a high bar for interaction quality and accessibility.
