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CircleBack

Design Engineer

San Francisco$150k–$220kfulltimemidAdded 1 month ago

About this role

Circleback seeks a design engineer in San Francisco who bridges design and frontend development, owning features end-to-end across web, desktop, and mobile platforms. You'll elevate the product experience through meticulous attention to detail, rapid prototyping, and close collaboration with the founding team to shape what gets built.

What you'll do

  • Design and implement features across React/Next.js (web), Electron/Swift (desktop), and React Native (mobile)
  • Solve complex design challenges around dense conversational information and user navigation
  • Build and maintain the design system with components, patterns, and design tokens
  • Craft animations, interactions, and micro-interactions that enhance product feel and responsiveness
  • Prototype and iterate quickly on experiments for onboarding, activation, and user education
  • Collaborate with founders and engineers on product direction and strategic decisions

What they're looking for

  • Frontend development (React, Next.js, Electron, React Native)
  • Product design and UX design
  • Design tools (Figma)
  • Animation and interaction design
  • Design systems and component architecture
  • Prototyping and rapid iteration
  • UI/UX attention to detail (spacing, typography, color, states)
  • AI tool familiarity (Cursor, Claude)

Benefits

  • Fast-shipping environment with high quality standards
  • Work on a novel product category in early growth stage
  • Company is profitable and growing virally
  • Small team with significant influence on product direction
  • Users actively love and depend on the product daily
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CircleBack

CircleBack builds AI-powered meeting intelligence and conversation management tools that transform how teams capture and use meeting insights. The company is hiring software engineers, design engineers, and interns to develop full-stack features across web, desktop, and mobile platforms, focusing on transcription, search, and AI automation capabilities.

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Likely interview questions

  • Walk us through a project where you owned both the design and frontend implementation end-to-end. What was the biggest challenge in bridging that gap?
  • Circleback deals with dense, conversational information. How would you approach designing an interface to make that feel effortless to navigate?
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