Zed

Zed

Designer

The Americas (North, Central, South)

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 277 days ago
RustGitAgentic AIDesign SystemsCollaboration

About the role

  • Zed combines high-performance local editing, real-time collaboration, and AI agents that can work directly in the codebase.
  • WHAT YOU'LL WORK ON The editor sits at the center of how developers read, understand, and evolve complex systems.
  • Small interaction decisions can meaningfully shape that process.

Responsibilities

  • Zed is building a new kind of programming environment.
  • We're designing the environment where humans and AI build software together.
  • Designers at Zed work closely with engineers, prototype ideas directly in the product, and often implement parts of the interface themselves.
  • Zed's design system and interaction patterns

Requirements

  • You enjoy operating on the bleeding edge, work well with ambiguity, and ship
  • You are excited to learn some Rust and get your hands dirty creating interfaces in Zed's custom-built UI framework, GPUI https://www.gpui.rs/

Skills

  • Developer tools or IDEs
  • Code editors or programming environments
  • Technical productivity software
  • AI-assisted tools or developer platforms
  • Complex productivity products
  • The editor is written in Rust with GPU acceleration for every frame.
  • Zed is multiplayer by default, allowing developers to work together in the same codebase in real time.
  • Much of our work happens through pair programming, with engineers collaborating directly inside the editor.
  • Join us in revolutionizing the development experience.
  • Your expertise could drive Zed's next game-changing feature!

Company info

  • We're looking for a Product Design Engineer to help shape how this environment works.

This listing is sourced directly from Zed's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.