Be a part of Knapsack to bridge the hole between design and engineering by means of code, programs pondering, and clever tooling. Assist construct a platform the place design programs, AI, and product infrastructure come collectively to form the way forward for software program creation.
About Knapsack
Knapsack is constructing the Clever Product Engine—a platform that helps groups orchestrate design, code, and content material into sooner, extra constant digital supply. Our mission is to maneuver past static information and guide workflows, enabling structured, system-aware, AI-augmented product creation.
We work with among the most forward-thinking design programs and platform groups on the market. Our crew is small, skilled, and deeply collaborative. We care about readability, craft, and fixing the proper issues.
Overview
We’re on the lookout for a Product Designer who designs in each Figma and the browser. You have made actual UX choices, formed usable interfaces, and shipped product. You do not simply hand off designs—you carry them to life.
This position lives on the intersection of product design and front-end growth. You may design flows, parts, and product surfaces—and assist implement them in manufacturing. You may collaborate carefully with engineers, typically writing the code your self, different instances pairing or reviewing implementation.
You thrive in a componentized world, suppose in programs, and perceive how HTML, CSS, and trendy frameworks form design choices. You carry a structured mindset to complicated issues, and also you care deeply about how issues appear and feel.
What We Assume You may Do
- Design and construct product UI — from early exploration to remaining implementation
- Work fluidly between Figma and the codebase (HTML/CSS, React, Typescript)
- Translate your individual designs into responsive, accessible parts
- Establish UX gaps and inconsistencies, and enhance them proactively
- Lead UX work on system instruments, configuration interfaces, and structured workflows
- Collaborate with engineering and product to form options and UI patterns
- Contribute to and evolve our inner design system
- Prototype in code when it is the clearest solution to present intent
What We Assume You may Want
- 3+ years of product design expertise, with work that exhibits UX pondering and visible craft
- Actual expertise designing complicated digital merchandise—ideally B2B, system-oriented, or technical instruments
- Snug contributing front-end code (React, TypeScript, HTML/CSS)
- A robust grasp of UX ideas: data structure, usability, accessibility
- Familiarity with design programs, token libraries, and developer-focused tooling
- A portfolio that displays your product pondering, interplay design, and hands-on implementation
- Capability to work with out detailed specs — you understand how to discover, refine, and construct
Bonus Factors
- Expertise contributing to design programs (tokens, documentation, parts)
- Understanding of accessibility requirements (WCAG, ARIA)
- Background in developer instruments, inventive coding, or movement design
- Curiosity in AI-assisted tooling or programs design
Why This Position Issues
Knapsack helps groups design and construct interfaces in structured, scalable methods. Meaning the particular person shaping our product must suppose in each design logic and front-end structure.
You may assist outline what we construct—after which assist construct it. It is a hands-on position for somebody who feels simply as comfy debugging format as they do wireframing flows. In the event you’ve ever stated, “I design within the browser,” you will really feel at dwelling right here.
Location
Distant-friendly (US-based). Knapsack is a completely distant firm headquartered in Portland, OR.
Compensation & Advantages
- Aggressive wage and fairness
- Versatile, remote-first work tradition
- Beneficiant trip coverage
- Well being, dental, and imaginative and prescient insurance coverage
- A considerate, bold crew constructing one thing actually unique