LiveKit · 13 hours ago
Design Engineer, Design Systems
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$120K/yr - $250K/yr
7+ years expLiveKit is building the infrastructure layer for the voice-driven era of computing, and they are seeking a Design Engineer to lead and evolve their Design System. The role involves owning the design system's roadmap, ensuring high-quality UI components, and advocating for best practices in design and interaction.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud InfrastructureReal Time
Responsibilities
Lead and evolve the design system
Own the roadmap for LiveKit’s design system, including components, tokens, foundations, and interaction patterns
Define and maintain standards for component quality, accessibility, and usability
Establish governance and contribution models so teams can scale safely
Architect and implement robust, accessible, production-grade UI components
Maintain design tokens, theming infrastructure, and shared foundations
Ensure components are performant, composable, and easy to adopt
Invest in documentation, examples, and tooling to drive system adoption
Partner deeply with designers and engineers to improve visual polish, interaction quality, and cross-product consistency
Help teams move to systematic, reusable patterns
Advocate for best practices in layout, motion, accessibility, and interaction design
Build high-fidelity prototypes to explore new patterns, validate UX decisions, and influence product direction
Push on motion, micro-interactions, and expressive UI where it enhances usability and clarity
Help shape how AI tools and models consume LiveKit’s design system
Explore ways for LLMs and automation to generate UI using system primitives
Build or influence tooling so design tokens, components, and patterns are machine-readable and model-friendly
Think about how design systems can become inputs to generative workflows, not just humans
Qualification
Required
7+ years of experience in front-end engineering or design engineering
Strong design taste, with deep care for layout, motion, affordances, and visual polish
Expertise in TypeScript, React, Tailwind, component-driven architectures, and accessibility best practices
Experience building or maintaining design systems (components, tokens, docs, governance, tooling)
A portfolio that demonstrates UI engineering craft, component thinking, and prototyping ability
A systems mindset — you think in primitives, abstractions, and reusable patterns, not one-off solutions
Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence cross-functionally
Preferred
Have experimented with LLMs generating UI or consuming design systems
Have built tooling that lets AI compose interfaces from structured components
Are thinking about how design systems become inputs to generative or agentic workflows
Have deep curiosity about the future of human + AI collaboration in design and UI engineering
Company
LiveKit
The Realtime Cloud. Build and scale voice and video applications.
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$81.3MKey Investors
Altimeter CapitalRedpoint
2025-04-11Series B· $45M
2024-03-13Series A· $22M
2022-09-06Seed· $7.3M
Leadership Team
David Zhao
Co-Founder and CTO
Russell D'Sa
Founder
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