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EXA

Design Engineer

San Francisco, California$150k–$280kfulltimemidAdded today

About this role

Exa, a well-funded AI lab building next-generation search infrastructure, seeks a versatile Design Engineer to lead product design across web and brand experiences. You'll shape developer-friendly interfaces for AI-powered search, working closely with engineering to translate high-fidelity designs into web experiences while exploring how autonomous agents change product discovery and integration.

What you'll do

  • Lead product design strategy across all platforms and customer touchpoints
  • Design and prototype web-native experiences using Figma, translating designs into functional interfaces
  • Explore and design agent-native product experiences and workflows
  • Identify growth opportunities and create product flows with high-fidelity visuals
  • Collaborate with front-end engineers on API playground and developer tools
  • Design onboarding, documentation, and debugging experiences for coding workflows

What they're looking for

  • Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite
  • UX/UI design for complex technical products
  • Product design and interaction design
  • Prototyping and rapid iteration
  • Experience with coding agents (Claude, Cursor, Codex)
  • Front-end web technologies and implementation knowledge
  • Design thinking and product strategy
  • Visual design and design systems

Benefits

  • Premium healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
  • Fertility benefits
  • 16 weeks fully paid parental leave
  • Monthly wellness stipend
  • In-person collaboration in San Francisco
  • Visa sponsorship available
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EXA

Exa builds AI-powered search infrastructure that powers major products and serves hundreds of thousands of developers through APIs, SDKs, and web crawling technology. The company is hiring full-stack engineers, research engineers, distributed systems architects, customer-facing deployment engineers, and growth engineers to expand its platform and customer base.

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Likely interview questions

  • How have you used coding agents or design-to-code tools in your recent work, and what impact did they have on your iteration process?
  • Walk us through a complex technical product you've designed—how did you approach educating users on its capabilities?