Senior UX Design Engineer

Aware Health Labs Inc•Hybrid, CA, CA

1h•$150,000 - $200,000•Onsite

About The Position

Aware Health is seeking a Senior UX Design Engineer to combine frontend engineering skills with visual design and user-experience expertise, working within the product engineering team to design and build interfaces across AI-powered web and mobile applications. The role bridges product requirements and user experience engineering, with ownership of the user experience from initial concepts through production implementation. The company will also consider strong mid-level candidates who are an excellent fit. This is an in-person role for candidates in the San Francisco Bay Area or willing to relocate, with three days per week required at the downtown San Francisco office. A fast-paced startup environment, flexibility, proactivity, and urgency are important; critical deadlines may sometimes require extra effort. Applicants must provide a portfolio or other examples of work, such as UX design portfolios, Figma projects, or GitHub repositories.

Requirements

Strong proficiency with React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, including experience building modern, responsive web applications.
Strong visual design skills and an exceptional eye for typography, layout, spacing, color, and overall UI polish.
Hands-on experience with Figma, including wireframes, high-fidelity visual designs, interactive prototypes, and reusable design components.
Solid understanding of UX principles, interaction design, responsive design, and accessibility best practices.
Experience building and maintaining reusable frontend components and design systems.
Ability to independently translate loosely defined product requirements into well-designed, production-ready user interfaces.
Comfort working in an ambiguous, fast-paced startup environment, operating with urgency and adapting when processes are not fully established.
Genuine excitement about AI, with an open and curious mindset that supports experimentation and creativity.
Desire to continually grow in frontend engineering, UX/UI design, and AI-powered product development.
Provide links to previous work, such as product/UX design portfolios, Figma projects, or GitHub repositories.

Nice To Haves

Background in digital health.
Experience designing and building conversational AI interfaces, agentic experiences, or other AI-powered products.
Experience building mobile applications with React Native and Expo.
Experience with Next.js, Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui, or similar frontend frameworks and component libraries.
Experience with frontend animations, transitions, and microinteractions.
Comfort working across the full stack, including integrating frontend applications with backend APIs.
Experience with AI-assisted design and development tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, or Figma AI.
Degree in computer science, design, human-computer interaction, or a related field.
Four or more years of experience as a frontend software engineer, UX engineer, design engineer, or in a similar role, with demonstrated UX/UI design experience.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain polished, intuitive user interfaces across web and mobile applications.
Translate product requirements into user experiences, from Figma wireframes and visual designs through production-ready frontend implementations.
Build responsive, accessible, visually compelling interfaces emphasizing usability, consistency, and attention to detail.
Develop and maintain reusable UI components, design systems, and frontend architecture that support rapid development and consistent user experiences.
Design intuitive interactions, user flows, and microinteractions that simplify complex workflows.
Collaborate with product, clinical, and engineering teams to understand user needs, iterate on designs, and deliver high-quality product experiences.
Improve existing user experiences by identifying usability issues, refining visual designs, and optimizing frontend performance.
Use AI-powered development tools to accelerate design, prototyping, and frontend engineering.
Keep up with developments in frontend engineering, UX/UI design, AI user interfaces, and AI-powered development tools.

Benefits

Market-competitive base salary.
Early equity stake in a fast-growing startup (pre-Series A).
Medical insurance options (PPO, HMO, HDHP), with employee premiums covered at 100%.
Dental insurance, with employee premiums covered at 100%.
Vision insurance, with employee premiums covered at 100%.
FSA administration.
Life insurance.
Short- and long-term disability coverage.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
Commuter benefits.
401(k).
On-site gym.