Room for focused work
Plan work around clear outcomes and enough uninterrupted time to investigate, build and improve.
Design Engineer
Shape clear, accessible writing tools and carry the details from an interaction idea into working code.
Make the work more useful.
- Team
- Product and design
- Application
- Open application
- Location
- Share your location and time zone
- Arrangement
- Discussed for the specific opportunity
We welcome introductions for this area of work. Tell us what you would bring to Citation and the kind of opportunity you are looking for. We consider each introduction against current product needs.
What you would work on.
- Design and implement interactions in the document and research workspace.
- Extend the existing design system with consistent typography, spacing and controls.
- Prototype realistic states including loading, empty results, errors and keyboard use.
- Review the finished experience on desktop and mobile with the people building it.
What you would bring.
- A portfolio of interfaces you designed and helped deliver.
- Comfort with React, CSS and responsive browser behavior.
- Good judgment about hierarchy, readable copy and interaction details.
- Ability to explain how a design decision helps someone complete a task.
A useful example
Share one interface in depth, including the original problem, your role and the states that were hardest to resolve.
Show your contribution and explain the result. You can remove names and confidential details; a public portfolio is not the only way to demonstrate your work.
How we work together.
Written collaboration
Make decisions understandable in writing so teammates can contribute without attending every conversation.
Ownership with context
Follow a problem across disciplines and understand the user need behind the implementation.
Learning through the work
Share experiments, examine difficult cases and learn from people working on a different part of the product.
Tools that fit the task
Discuss the tools, equipment and access you need as part of defining the role and working arrangement.
A sustainable arrangement
Agree on location, availability, time off and compensation before starting, with expectations clear on both sides.
From introduction to conversation.
Introduce yourself
Tell us which area interests you, how you prefer to work and where we can see a relevant example. Include your location, time zone and availability.
Discuss the fit
We review the introduction against the work we need to do. When there is a relevant opportunity, we arrange a conversation about your experience and the problem.
Explore the work
Walk through a project and explain your decisions. If a practical exercise would help, agree on its scope and expectations before it starts.
Agree on the details
Clarify responsibilities, working arrangement, compensation and start date together. An introduction does not require you to share confidential work or customer data.
Include the role name, a short introduction and a relevant example. Let us know if you need an adjustment to participate in the conversation. Applicant information is handled through our privacy policy; you can use Data requests to ask about it.