Staff Design Engineer

• As a Staff Design Engineer, you are the cornerstone of delivering the ultimate user experience
• You will be entrusted with the highest level of polish, creativity, and interaction design, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in the most innovative areas of our product
• This role offers the unique opportunity to have broad creative license, empowering you to lead and create groundbreaking systems and experiences that marry aesthetics with functionality, making data more accessible and actionable for our customers
• Embed with feature teams to up-level experiences
• Setting the front-end architecture vision, not just contributing to it
• Driving adoption and influencing teams outside your direct org
• Owning the technical roadmap for a system or component pillar
• Design and build exceptional experiences, ensuring the highest level of polish, creativity, and interaction to solve complex customer problems
• Support the design and development of Snowflake’s design system, promoting quality and craft across all surfaces
• Build design components and foundations, in collaboration with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, and other designers
• Employ a keen eye for detail to ensure a seamless and visually compelling experience
• Stay abreast of emerging design trends, technologies, and methodologies to bring fresh ideas and approaches to the team

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance plans
• Health savings accounts
• Robust retirement plans
• Life and disability insurance
• Weekly online lunch and learns
• Virtual workout classes
• Ergonomic work-from-home equipment
• On-demand mental health and wellness programs
• Fertility benefits and family planning resources
• Generous time-off and various leave plans
• Onsite and Remote Work
• Employee discounts and pre-tax selections
• New hire equity + Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Quarterly bonus or commission program- Exceptional attention to detail, with a portfolio that showcases your ability to deliver polished, creative, and highly interactive designs
• 10+ years of experience designing and building high-quality UIs
• Strong web development skills (React JS, CSS3, JS/Typescript, NodeJS)
• Strong understanding of visual and interaction design fundamentals (including layout, typography, and color)
• Experience with structuring design systems for AI
• Strong collaborative and communication skills, capable of leading projects and working effectively with cross-functional teams
• Strong accessibility experience
• Experience with both consumer and B2B Design systems
• Experience embedding with feature teams
• Knowledge of databases and associated concepts