designer who codes

Remote (American or European time zones) or Boulder, Colorado. Zed is on a mission to build the world’s most advanced code editor, and we believe the best experiences come from designers who are also builders. We’re looking for a designer who codes. Someone who is in a codebase every day and deeply feels the reality of developer tools firsthand. You'll help us craft Zed, making it even more beautiful, powerful, simple to use, and a true piece of art. Key Responsibilities:

• Own the end-to-end user experience, ensuring Zed feels intuitive, cohesive, and awesome to use for developers.
• Design simple, effective, and clean interfaces that empower developers and scale.
• Help shape the product roadmap and build a strong vision, guiding the team toward it.
• Work directly in Zed's Rust codebase while collaborating (lots of pair programming) with a small team of engineers to fully implement the features you designed.
• Maintain and evolve Zed’s design system to make building Zed smooth and easy. Requirements:
• You love designing prototypes using AI as much as working in Figma.
• You're detail-oriented and have great taste.
• You enjoy operating on the bleeding edge, work well with ambiguity, and ship.
• You are excited to learn some Rust and get your hands dirty creating interfaces in Zed's custom-built UI framework, GPUI. Preferred Qualifications:
• Background in developer tools.
• Familiarity with the Rust programming language.