Senior Design Engineer, AI Platforms

Chess.com is the world's leading platform for chess, serving over 250 million players globally with a dedicated team of 600+ remote professionals. We are seeking a Senior Design Engineer to own the interfaces for our internal growth, AI-native knowledge, and agent platforms, ensuring our tools are as powerful as the community they support.

Key responsibilities

• Design compelling, clear UI/UX and produce high-quality mocks that demonstrate strong product taste.
• Turn design mocks into pixel-perfect, production-ready frontends using modern web technologies.
• Iterate on existing interfaces by improving layout, interaction quality, motion, and design consistency.
• Own and evolve the design system, including components, tokens, and patterns that enable rapid UI development.
• Prototype and build AI-native workflows, including streaming outputs and agentic task surfaces.

Requirements

• Fluency in prompting and building with AI-native development tools like Cursor or Claude Code as part of your daily workflow.
• Deep commitment to polish, with articulate taste in typography, spacing, layout, and micro-interactions.
• Strong practical skills in modern web technologies such as TypeScript, Vue, or React, with experience owning design systems in code.
• Proven ability to move fluidly between design tools like Figma and frontend implementation.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills within a fully distributed team environment.

What we offer

• A full-time position within a mission-driven, flat, and collaborative organization.
• The opportunity to work 100% remotely from anywhere in the world.
• High-leverage work on internal products that directly impact millions of chess players.
• A culture that values ownership, craftsmanship, and the integration of cutting-edge AI technologies.