Clera

Founding Design Engineer

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Base Salary

$180k - $220k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own and evolve the design system, including design tokens, the shadcn/ui component library, and Tailwind conventions.
  • Define consistent frontend patterns using React Query, React Hook Form, and Zod.
  • Enforce WCAG accessibility standards and integrate brand guidelines into the codebase.
  • Audit and maintain frontend tooling and quality, including Biome configuration, Playwright end-to-end coverage, and frontend performance.
  • Translate design intent into component abstractions and lint rules that preserve UI coherence.
  • Serve as the company-wide bar-raiser for frontend UX quality.
  • Integrate AI coding tools into frontend workflows and ensure their output follows established standards.

Requirements

  • Five or more years of experience building polished, production-grade product interfaces.
  • A portfolio of shipped features demonstrating high craft.
  • Demonstrated ownership of a production design system or component library, verifiable through a public repository, portfolio, or detailed walkthrough.
  • Deep expertise in React, strict TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui, and Radix UI.
  • Hands-on production experience with AI coding tools such as Claude Code or Cursor.
  • Experience operating as a hands-on Design/UX Engineer rather than a product designer.
  • Nice-to-have experience with streaming responses, generative views, conversational or chatbot interfaces for B2B users, constrained UI environments, or animation libraries such as Framer Motion.
  • Must be authorized to work in the United States.

Benefits

  • Salary range is $180,000 to $220,000 USD annually.
  • On-site five days per week in San Francisco, California.
  • Candidates must be based in San Francisco or willing and able to relocate.
  • Visa sponsorship is not available.

Tech Stack

ReactTailwind CSSTypeScript

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