AssemblyAI

Senior Design Engineer

AssemblyAI · Chicago

Posted 27 days ago · $180,000 - $240,000

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
27 days
AssemblyAI's roles stay open a median of 21 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
95% of AssemblyAI's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at AssemblyAI
low
2 stale, 0 reposted of 19 open
Hiring momentum
26 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from AssemblyAI's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for AssemblyAI.

About this role

As a Senior Design Engineer at AssemblyAI, you will be responsible for the end-to-end design and development of the product interfaces, ensuring they are visually appealing and functionally effective. You will collaborate closely with engineering, marketing, and sales teams to transform rough concepts into polished, high-fidelity user experiences, utilizing your strong design background and frontend engineering skills in React and TypeScript.

Our read on this posting3.8out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
4/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
5/5

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What you need

  • Strong portfolio of shipped product work demonstrating design taste and craft
  • Genuine UX and visual design ability from concept through high-fidelity execution
  • Deep proficiency in Figma, capable of moving from low-fidelity to high-fidelity designs
  • Solid frontend engineering skills in modern React and TypeScript
  • Fluency with AI-assisted design and development
  • Comfort operating with ambiguity and owning outcomes end to end

Nice to have

  • Motion design skills for animation and micro-interactions
  • Illustration or visual storytelling ability for creating original graphics
  • Experience designing for developer platforms or API-first products

What you get

  • Salary range of $180,000 - $240,000

Worth weighing

  • No specific mention of additional benefits or perks beyond salary
  • The role requires a blend of design and engineering skills, which may not suit all candidates
  • The company emphasizes a lean structure, which may involve a high level of responsibility and ownership

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Listed by AssemblyAI on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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