Retell AI
Design Engineer
San Francisco Bay Area · Mid
Work authorization required$180k-$300kDetected 68 days ago
TypeScriptReactHTMLCSSAPI DevelopmentFigmaDesign SystemsAccessibilityCRMNegotiationLogisticsMentoring
About the role
- AI tools are a first-class part of how you work, not a side experiment.
- This is a role for someone who cares as much about the craft as the output.
- You ship real components to a real product used by thousands of companies running AI voice agents at scale.
Responsibilities
- Work AI-first: use Cursor and Claude Code as your starting point for component work, with your own judgment refining quality
- Build and own the Retell design system: component library, Storybook, design tokens, and Figma variables
- Translate Figma designs into production-grade components with pixel-level accuracy
- Own design-code parity across Retell's core product: dashboard, agent config, CRM views
- Document and share AI-native prompts and workflows with the design and engineering team
- Partner with the product designer to evolve the visual language as the product scales
- You write clean React + TypeScript and care about component API design
- Let's build the future together.
Requirements
- Since launching 18 months ago, thousands of companies now utilize Retell's AI voice agents to handle sales, support, and logistics calls that once required large teams of human agents.
Nice to have
- Whether your components are clean, reusable, and visually accurate
- Whether you use AI tools fluently and can show us how
- Whether designers and engineers both want to work with you
- Whether you sweat the details that make products feel polished
- Cash: 180k - 300k
- US Visas: Retell AI is open to sponsoring work authorization for qualified candidates, including H1B/H-1B, TN, L-1, E-3, F-1 (OPT/CPT), and O-1 visas.
Skills
- component library, variables, auto layout
- Solid frontend: HTML, CSS, React, TypeScript
- Experience building and maintaining UI component libraries
- Active use of AI coding tools with clear opinions on where they help and where they don't
- Has shipped real components to production products
- Nice to have
- Experience with Storybook
- Motion and interaction design sensibility
- Familiarity with accessibility standards
- Background at a design-forward SaaS company
- Interest in mentoring others on AI-native workflows
- We care less about where you went to school and more about:
Benefits
- 100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision insurance
- $200/month wellness reimbursement (gym, fitness classes, etc.)
- $300/month commuter reimbursement (gas, Caltrain, etc.)
- $75/month phone bill reimbursement
- $50/month internet reimbursement
- Our vision for 2026 is to build a modern CX platform where entire contact centers are powered by AI.
- Equity Provided
- Small teams, >$1M revenue/employee, and significant equity.
- You notice when spacing is off and can't leave it alone
Visa & Work Authorization
- Retell AI is open to sponsoring work authorization for qualified candidates, including H1B/H-1B, TN, L-1, E-3, F-1 (OPT/CPT), and O-1 visas.
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