Design Engineer

Gifthealth Inc • Columbus, OH

7h • $132,000 - $165,000 • Remote

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, design, or related field OR equivalent practical experience (Required)
• 3–5 years of experience working on user-facing software products (Required)
• Demonstrated experience collaborating with designers on production applications (Required)
• 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)
• Strong frontend development (e.g., React, TypeScript, modern CSS) skills (Required)
• Cross-functional collaboration skills with design and product partners (Required)
• 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)

Nice To Haves

• Formal training in UX, HCI, or interaction design (Preferred)
• 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 of healthcare or regulated digital product environments; performance optimization and web standards (e.g., WCAG); and server-rendered or edge-based web platforms (Preferred)
• Skilled in leveraging modern product-team tooling to streamline workflows, enhance cross-functional collaboration, and support efficient, data-driven delivery (Preferred)
• Ability to influence product quality through design-driven engineering decisions (Preferred)
• Ability to iterate quickly based on user feedback and product insights (Preferred)

Responsibilities

• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level