Design Engineer

Description

At Gifthealth, we're revolutionizing the way people experience healthcare by simplifying the process of managing prescriptions and health services. Our mission is to provide a seamless, personalized, and efficient healthcare experience for all our customers. We're a dynamic, innovative, and customer-centric company dedicated to making a positive impact on people's lives.

Reporting to the Director of Engineering, the Design Engineer partners closely with Product Design and Product Engineering to build high-quality, user-centered software experiences. This role focuses on translating product and design intent into scalable, accessible, and performant interfaces and systems. The Design Engineer bridges design and engineering by contributing to design systems, frontend architecture, and implementation details that directly impact end-user experience. The role plays a critical part in shaping how Gifthealth’s products look, feel, and function.

We are seeking a Design Engineer to support the product team, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, operational excellence, and compliance standards.

• Builds and maintains user-facing product features with a strong emphasis on usability, accessibility, and performance
• Partners with Product Designers to translate design concepts, prototypes, and UX flows into production-ready implementations
• Contributes to and evolve the product design system, component libraries, and UI patterns
• Collaborates with Product and Engineering teams to define interaction patterns, technical constraints, and implementation approaches
• Ensures design fidelity, responsiveness, and cross-browser compatibility across supported platforms
• Advocates for best practices in frontend architecture, design quality, and developer experience

• Education: 
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, design, or related field OR equivalent practical experience (Required)
• Formal training in UX, HCI, or interaction design (Preferred)
• Licensure/Certification: None
• Experience: 
• 3–5 years of experience working on user-facing software products (Required)
• Demonstrated experience collaborating with designers on production applications (Required)
• Experience at product-led technology companies (Preferred)
• Experience working with design systems or platform-level UI infrastructure (Preferred)
• Experience building or maintaining shared design systems (Preferred)
• Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:  
• Knowledge of modern frontend web technologies and frameworks; product design principles, including usability, accessibility, and interaction design; and design systems and component-based architecture (Required)
• Knowledge of healthcare or regulated digital product environments; performance optimization and web standards (e.g., WCAG); and server-rendered or edge-based web platforms (Preferred)
• Strong frontend development (e.g., React, TypeScript, modern CSS) skills (Required)
• Cross-functional collaboration skills with design and product partners (Required)
• Skilled in leveraging modern product-team tooling to streamline workflows, enhance cross-functional collaboration, and support efficient, data-driven delivery (Preferred)
• Ability to translate design artifacts (Figma or similar) into high-quality code (Required)
• Ability to balance design intent with technical constraints (Required)
• Ability to make thoughtful tradeoffs between speed, quality, and scalability (Required)
• Ability to communicate design and engineering decisions clearly (Required)
• Ability to influence product quality through design-driven engineering decisions (Preferred)
• Ability to iterate quickly based on user feedback and product insights (Preferred)

Work Environment

• Location: Remote
• Schedule: 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Monday through Friday with night and weekend hours on occasion as determined by the needs of the business and cross-facility travel as needed
• Regular meetings with internal Product Design, Product Management, Software Engineering, and Quality/Accessibility stakeholder teams.

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position for extended periods while writing or reviewing documentation
• Must be able to work on a computer for the entire shift
• Must be able to attend virtual meetings with cross-functional teams

Status: Full-time
FLSA: Exempt  

Gifthealth is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. 

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you do not meet every requirement but still feel you would be a great fit for this role, we encourage you to apply!

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, or skills required of personnel. Gifthealth reserves the right to modify job duties or descriptions at any time.