Design Engineer

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GC AI is the trusted AI platform for in‑house legal teams. We help lawyers draft, review, and analyze with precision and confidence. More than 1,000 companies use GC AI to move faster and work smarter across their legal teams, including 50+ public companies, 25+ unicorns, and brands such as News Corp, Nextdoor, Skims, Liquid Death, Vercel, Zscaler, and TIME Inc. We’ve 10x‑d revenue in the past 12 months, raised a $60 million Series B ($555 million valuation), and are growing faster than ever.

We are backed by incredible investors, including Scale Venture Partners, Northzone, Sound Ventures, and Guillermo Rauch, CEO of Vercel. Come build the future of legal AI with us!

We're seeking a Design Engineer to bridge the gap between design and engineering at GC AI. In this role, you'll help shape our design system implementation, architect front-end solutions, and ensure seamless user experiences across our platform. You'll be instrumental in creating intuitive interfaces that transform how legal professionals work, making sophisticated legal tasks feel simple and accessible.

Legal teams today are drowning in work. Our platform changes that, but only if we build it right. As a Design Engineer, you'll be crafting the visual systems and interactions that make sophisticated legal work feel simple and intuitive. Your work won't just look good – it will fundamentally change how legal teams operate, making their work faster, smarter, and more impactful.

• Architect and implement complex UI components and systems that balance aesthetics with technical performance.
• Lead the technical implementation and evolution of our design system across our marketing.
• Create prototypes to explore new interaction models and validate design concepts for legal workflows.
• Establish best practices for front‑end development and component architecture.
• Mentor engineers on design principles and implementation techniques.
• Develop tools and processes to improve design-to-development workflow.
• Contribute to design reviews.
• Champion accessible, responsive, and performant user interfaces for legal teams.
• Build marketing landing pages.

• Define the visual language and interaction patterns for AI‑native legal workflows so teams complete reviews faster and with more confidence.
• Turn ambiguous user pain points into elegant, production‑ready interfaces that measurably reduce time‑to‑answer and error rates.
• Establish a reusable design system that speeds up iteration across product, growth, and integrations surfaces.
• Partner with AI + product engineering to make complex model behavior legible through clear affordances, states, and explanations.

• 5+ years of experience in front‑end development with a strong design sensibility.
• Expert‑level knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript/Type Script, and React.
• Deep experience with modern front‑end frameworks (React preferred).
• Strong understanding of design systems and component‑based architecture.
• Experience implementing complex UI animations and interactions.
• Proven ability to translate design concepts into production‑ready code.
• Strong communication skills to effectively collaborate with both design and engineering teams.
• Experience with accessibility standards and best practices.

• Experience with Framer.
• Understanding of legal tech or B2B SaaS.

GC AI's compensation package includes a competitive base salary benchmarked against real‑time market data, as well as equity for all full‑time roles. We also offer exceptional benefits, and commission plans for applicable roles. Our US‑based compensation range for this role is $150,000 – $220,000. Final offers may vary from the amount listed based on geography, candidate experience, and other factors.

GC AI is an equal opportunity employer that supports workplace diversity and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender identity/expression, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, physical or mental disability, or any other protected class. GC AI is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities.