Member of Technical Staff, Design Engineering

GC AI is a legal intelligence platform built for in-house legal teams and companies. The Design Engineer will bridge design and engineering by shaping the design system, architecting front-end solutions, and creating intuitive user experiences for AI-native legal workflows. The role also involves prototyping interactions, establishing front-end best practices, mentoring engineers, and building accessible, responsive interfaces.

Responsibilities:

• Architect and implement complex UI components and systems that balance aesthetics with technical performance
• Lead the technical implementation and evolution of our design system across our marketing
• Create prototypes to explore new interaction models and validate design concepts for legal workflows
• Establish best practices for front-end development and component architecture
• Mentor engineers on design principles and implementation techniques
• Develop tools and processes to improve design-to-development workflow
• Contribute to design reviews
• Champion accessible, responsive, and performant user interfaces for legal teams
• Build marketing landing pages
• Define the visual language and interaction patterns for AI-native legal workflows so teams complete reviews faster and with more confidence
• Turn ambiguous user pain points into elegant, production-ready interfaces that measurably reduce time-to-answer and error rates
• Establish a reusable design system that speeds up iteration across product, growth, and integrations surfaces
• Partner with AI + product engineering to make complex model behavior legible through clear affordances, states, and explanations

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in front-end development with a strong design sensibility
• Expert-level knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, and React
• Deep experience with modern front-end frameworks (React preferred)
• Strong understanding of design systems and component-based architecture
• Experience implementing complex UI animations and interactions
• Proven ability to translate design concepts into production-ready code
• Strong communication skills to effectively collaborate with both design and engineering teams
• Experience with accessibility standards and best practices
• Strong written communication is a core part of how we build
• Experience with Framer
• Understanding of legal tech or B2B SaaS