Senior Design Engineer, Product

Buildkite

Australia, Australia
On-site
Product designer or design engineer experience
React and tailwind css
Figma/figjam tooling
This new role on the centralised Brand & Design team exists to form a cohesive and consistent platform experience over 2026 and beyond, owning the craft at the intersection of user insights, design quality, and production-grade frontend engineering

Job Summary

  • This new role on the centralised Brand & Design team exists to form a cohesive and consistent platform experience over 2026 and beyond, owning the craft at the intersection of user insights, design quality, and production-grade frontend engineering.
  • You will drive the Buildkite product forward with high standards for ideation and execution, working collaboratively and transparently with craft engineers respect, and design and build prototypes that go beyond static files.
  • Buildkite values kindness, autonomy, and collaboration, offering a competitive compensation and benefits package, a flexible, remote-first culture, and meaningful technical challenges at scale.

Matching Summary

This new role on the centralised Brand & Design team exists to form a cohesive and consistent platform experience over 2026 and beyond, owning the craft at the intersection of user insights, design quality, and production-grade frontend engineering.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Product Designer or Design Engineer experience
  • React and Tailwind CSS
  • Figma/Figjam tooling
  • Close gap between concept and shipped product
  • Translate brand into lived product experience
  • Collaborate across product and engineering

Nice-to-have

  • High empathy and effective communication
  • Deep work and minimize tool distraction
  • Understanding of DevOps field
  • Knowledge of CI/CD developer tools
  • AI in process understanding

Key Requirements

  • Experience working within SaaS
  • Documented experience with React, Tailwind, Vite
  • Proven ability to tackle complex problem-solving
  • Proven ability to give and receive constructive feedback
  • Proven ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts

Work Rights

Not specified

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