Cohere
Design Engineer
United States · Full-time
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About the role
- This is not a "designer who codes a little" or an "engineer who dabbles in Figma" role.
- You should be genuinely fluent on both sides, comfortable defining a component's behavior and states in Figma one hour and shipping the same component to npm the next.
- If the idea of being the single point of continuity between a Figma frame and a production component sounds exciting rather than exhausting, this is your role.
Responsibilities
- We build cutting-edge foundation AI models and end-to-end products that are designed to solve real-world business problems.
- We're training and deploying frontier models for enterprises who are building AI systems.
- We obsess over what we build.
- We strive to create an inclusive work environment for all; we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to providing equal opportunities.
Requirements
- Familiarity with accessibility standards (WCAG) and how to bake them into components rather than bolt them on.
- Experience packaging and versioning component libraries for multiple consuming teams (npm scoped packages, semver, changelogs).
- Own and evolve the Figma library for Waypoint: component structure, variants,, and documentation, so it stays a reliable source of truth for design teams.
- Build and maintain core Waypoint components, contributing directly to our component packages alongside the design engineering team.
- Work across our token pipeline, keeping design tokens in Figma and their code representations (CSS custom, Tailwind config) tightly synced.
- Partner with product designers to translate new patterns into system components, and with product engineers to make sure those components are easy to adopt correctly.
- Help define and refine the workflows and tooling that connect Figma and code (sync scripts, plugins, documentation sites) rather than relying on manual handoff.
- Write clear documentation and usage guidance so the system scales without you being the bottleneck.
- Weigh in on system architecture decisions: when to add a new component versus extend an existing one, how to version and package changes, how to keep the system consistent as it grows.
- Help shape how Waypoint evolves to serve a third consumer beyond designers and engineers: the model itself. That means thinking about how components, tokens, and patterns get structured so they're legible to AI systems, not just to humans.
- Experience building or contributing to design-to-code sync tooling (Figma plugins, token pipelines, MCP-based workflows, or similar).
- Exposure to multi-platform design systems work (iOS/SwiftUI, Android/Jetpack Compose, or token build tools like Style Dictionary).
Compensation
- Annual enrichment
Benefits
- 6 weeks of paid vacation (30 working days!)
- Everyone receives a $500 home office stipend to set up your workspace properly.
- A weekly lunch stipend of $75/£75 or equivalent in your local currency for lunch.
- Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget for mental health.
- RRSP matching, 401K, Pension Scheme.
- 100% Parental Leave top-up for up to 6 months, for either parent.
- Arts & culture, fitness/wellness, quality time, and a workspace improvement credit.
- Education & learning stipend for conferences, courses, and coaching.
- For those not near an office: a co-working benefit so you can work alongside others in your city.
Company info
- We believe that our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI and we are looking for folks that want to be part of that.
- We are a global technology company headquartered in Toronto with key offices in London, New York City, San Francisco, Montreal, Paris, Berlin and Seoul.
- Beware of Scams: Cohere will never ask for payment or third-party services (e.g., CV writing) as part of our hiring process.
- Each one of us is responsible for contributing to increasing the capabilities of our models and the value they drive for our customers.
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