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About the Role
We are seeking a design engineer to build and maintain Waypoint, our design system, across both Figma and production code. This role requires fluency in both design and engineering, with the ability to define component behavior in Figma and ship components to npm. You will own the Figma library, contribute to the core Waypoint system, and help evolve it to be readable by AI models.
Responsibilities
- Own and evolve the Figma library for Waypoint, ensuring it remains a reliable source of truth.
- Build and maintain core Waypoint components within our component packages.
- Synchronize design tokens between Figma and their code representations (CSS custom properties, Tailwind config).
- Collaborate with product designers to translate new patterns into system components.
- Partner with product engineers to ensure correct adoption of components.
- Define and refine workflows and tooling that connect Figma and code, reducing manual handoffs.
- Write clear documentation and usage guidance for the system.
- Contribute to system architecture decisions regarding component additions, extensions, versioning, and packaging.
- Shape the evolution of Waypoint to serve AI systems as a consumer, structuring components, tokens, and patterns for AI legibility.
Requirements
- Own and evolve the Figma library for Waypoint: component structure, variants, properties, and documentation, so it stays a reliable source of truth for design teams.
- Build and maintain core Waypoint components, contributing directly to our component packages alongside the design engineering team.
- Work across our token pipeline, keeping design tokens in Figma and their code representations (CSS custom properties, Tailwind config) tightly synced.
- Partner with product designers to translate new patterns into system components, and with product engineers to make sure those components are easy to adopt correctly.
- Help define and refine the workflows and tooling that connect Figma and code (sync scripts, plugins, documentation sites) rather than relying on manual handoff.
- Write clear documentation and usage guidance so the system scales without you being the bottleneck.
- Weigh in on system architecture decisions: when to add a new component versus extend an existing one, how to version and package changes, how to keep the system consistent as it grows.
- Help shape how Waypoint evolves to serve a third consumer beyond designers and engineers: the model itself. That means thinking about how components, tokens, and patterns get structured so they're legible to AI systems, not just to humans.
Skills
- Design system development
- Figma library management
- Component development
- Design token synchronization
- Workflow and tooling development
- Documentation writing
- System architecture
- AI system integration
- Building or contributing to design-to-code sync tooling
- Familiarity with accessibility standards (WCAG)
- Packaging and versioning component libraries
- Multi-platform design systems work
- Experience in an AI native product environment
- Interest in how AI impacts design systems
Location
- Toronto
- London
- New York City
- San Francisco
- Montreal
- Paris
- Berlin
- Seoul
- Remote
Work Type
- Full-time
- Remote-friendly
Experience Level
- Mid-level
- Senior
Benefits
- Weekly lunch stipend ($75/£75 or equivalent)
- Full health and dental benefits
- Separate budget for mental health
- RRSP matching
- 401K
- Pension Scheme
- 100% Parental Leave top-up for up to 6 months
- Annual enrichment benefits (Arts & culture, fitness/wellness, quality time, workspace improvement)
- Education & learning stipend
- 6 weeks of paid vacation (30 working days)
- Budget for traveling to other offices
- Annual company offsite
- Daily lunch program (in office)
- Snacks (in office)
- Regular community and social events (in office)
- Co-working benefit (for remote employees not near an office)
- $500 home office stipend
About the Company
- Cohere is the leading security-first enterprise AI company.
- We build cutting-edge foundation AI models and end-to-end products designed to solve real-world business problems.
- We train and deploy frontier models for enterprises building AI systems.
- We believe our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI.
- We are a team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, passionate about their craft.
- We are a global technology company headquartered in Toronto with key offices in London, New York City, San Francisco, Montreal, Paris, Berlin and Seoul.
Equal Opportunity
- We strive to create an inclusive work environment for all; we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to providing equal opportunities.
- Should you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, please submit an Accommodations Request Form, and we will work together to meet your needs.
- We may use AI-enabled tools to screen and assess applicants against the criteria for this position.
- Beware of Scams: Cohere will never ask for payment or third-party services (e.g., CV writing) as part of our hiring process. All legitimate roles are listed on the Cohere careers page and LinkedIn only, with all communications from Cohere employees coming from an @cohere.com or @cw.cohere email alias. If jobs are viewed on other sites then please verify these through our official careers page.