Lead Design Engineer

SamsaraNorth AmericaLead8+ years experienceFront-end & Design Systems

The role

Samsara, the connected operations cloud company, is hiring a lead design engineer to build its design system in code across web and mobile. The role is remote and open to people living in Canada.

What you will do

  • Define components, patterns, tokens and guidelines for people and AI agents to build with
  • Ship interactive UI across web and mobile in both design and code
  • Codify design principles and quality standards for AI-generated UI

What they ask for

  • 8+ years in design engineering, design systems or front-end engineering for web and mobile
  • Degree in Computer Science, HCI or equivalent practical experience
  • Experience with design tokens, theming and accessibility standards
  • Regular use of AI coding tools such as Cursor or Claude Code, connected to a design system
  • Experience working with designers, engineers and product managers in short cycles

What they offer

  • Initial RSU grant with no vesting cliff
  • Performance-based bonus
  • Remote work model

This is our own short reading of the posting. The full description, and anything that has changed since, is on Samsara's careers page behind the apply button.

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