Senior Design Engineer, Product
Buildkite · AU
Job Overview This new role on our centralised Brand & Design team exists to form a cohesive and consistent platform experience over 2026 and beyond.
Job description
Job Overview This new role on our centralised Brand & Design team exists to form a cohesive and consistent platform experience over 2026 and beyond. You'll own the craft at the intersection of user insights, design quality, and production-grade frontend engineering—working with fellow Design Engineers and collaborating across squads, including PMs and engineers. Our customers are platform engineers at companies like Shopify, Uber, and Canva. They might just be the most skeptical people on the internet—and for good reason. They're responsible for software delivery at some of the biggest engineering teams on the planet. They're going to peek under the hood. They want to know how something was actually implemented, not just how it looks. We're developing a Design System for the first time to create a better space for AI-led concept development. We have multiple product areas to elevate towards cohesion, and you'll have tangible opportunities to drive proactive, impactful work. Alongside the day-to-day where you'll operate with real ownership and autonomy, we reserve space for R&D—ensuring you have the time to innovate, bringing ideas, prototypes, and implementations that shape not onl...