GitHub · 10 hours ago
Principal Design Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$160K/yr - $425K/yr
8+ years expGitHub is the world’s leading platform for agentic software development, and they are seeking a Principal Design Engineer to shape the future of their product experience. In this leadership role, you will drive technical impact and design leadership while mentoring others and collaborating across teams to enhance the product and developer experience.
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Responsibilities
Define and communicate long-term technical and design vision for core experiences at GitHub
Partner with product and design leaders to set product strategy and roadmap priorities
Anticipate and influence needs across teams by identifying opportunities where design engineering can elevate the product and developer experience
Own high-impact initiatives from concept through production delivery
Ship production-ready code that reflects strong design thinking, solid engineering, and attention to user needs
Lead technical design discussions, make architectural decisions, and guide cross-team implementation efforts
Advance GitHub’s design system by setting standards, creating reusable components, and driving consistency across products
Champion performance, accessibility (WCAG), and maintainability in UI engineering
Ensure design engineering work scales with GitHub’s growing suite of products
Mentor design engineers and cross-disciplinary partners on technical craft, execution practices, and user-centered thinking
Establish best practices for collaboration, code quality, review feedback, and shared ownership
Advocate clearly and effectively for design engineering priorities at the executive level
Engage with teams across design, product, platform engineering, and research to align on goals and solutions
Shape cross-team processes that improve planning, predictability, and delivery outcomes
Represent design engineering in architectural and strategic discussions
Qualification
Required
12+ years experience in product or service design
OR Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, or related field AND 10+ years experience in product or service design
OR Master's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, or related field AND 8+ years experience in product or service Design
OR Doctorate in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, or related field AND 6+ years experience in product or service Design
OR equivalent experience
Experience shipping production-ready experiences
Hands-on experience with modern front-end technologies (e.g., React, CSS, HTML, JavaScript/TypeScript) and design systems
Experience in design engineering, front-end engineering, product design, or a related technical discipline
Preferred
Experience building AI and agentic experiences
Experience influencing technical and design choices across teams
Experience leading design systems initiatives or platform-level UI engineering
Background in mentoring and developing engineering and design talent
Experience advancing accessibility and performance best practices in shipped products
Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Benefits
Annual bonus
Stock
Company
GitHub
GitHub is a software company that offers code hosting services that allow developers to build software for open-source and private projects. It is a sub-organization of Microsoft.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$350MKey Investors
Sequoia CapitalAndreessen Horowitz
2018-06-03Acquired
2015-07-29Series B· $250M
2015-06-19Secondary Market
Leadership Team
PJ Hyett
Co-Founder
Kyle Daigle
Chief Operating Officer
Recent News
2026-02-04
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