[Job - 30059] Frontend Design Engineer

About CI&T

At CI&T, we help large enterprises transform the potential of AI into real business impact with AI Deployment, AI-native execution, and tech-integrated business solutions. With 30 years of experience in technological transformation, we accelerate innovation with expertise in Agentic SDLC, Application modernization, Data & AI, Martech, and Business strategy. We are 8,000 CI&Ters across more than 25 countries, collaborating to build solutions with real impact. AI is already part of how we work, evolve, and innovate every day.

The Role: Hybrid Designer/Frontend Engineer

We’re looking for a hybrid Designer/Frontend Engineer to join a cross-functional product team. You’ll work fluidly across Figma and code — prototyping, building, and shipping UI at speed. This isn’t a “designer who codes a little” or a “developer with good taste” — it’s a genuine hybrid role where both sides matter. The split is roughly 60% design / 40% frontend, though it shifts by sprint depending on what the team needs most.

Note: The candidate should be open to working on Mexico City timezone. Client meetings are held in Spanish, so the candidate must understand Spanish. Minimum B1 in English is required for internal meetings.

What You’ll Do

• Build and document components in Figma using an existing design system.
• Prototype interactions and layouts in Figma for stakeholder and user testing.
• Implement these components and features in Next.js + Tailwind.
• Own the translation layer between design intent and production code, reducing handoff friction.
• Use AI tools daily: Figma AI assistants, coding assistants, and autonomous agents as part of your standard workflow.
• Help evolve and expand the team’s AI tooling ecosystem, experimenting with new tools and sharing best practices.
• User-Centered Design (UCD) & Strategy.
• Deep Research & Insights.
• End-to-End UX Architecture.
• Design-to-Code Systems.
• Frontend Execution & Prototyping.
• High-Fidelity Engineering.
• Rapid Prototyping.
• Eliminate Handoff Friction.
• AI-Native Workflow Multipliers.
• Workflow Integration.
• Ecosystem Innovation.

What We’re Looking For

Design side:

• Strong Figma skills — component construction, variants, auto layout, prototyping.
• Familiarity with working within and contributing to an established design system.
• Good eye for visual detail and UX patterns.
• Understanding of the user-centered design process (UCD).
• Understanding of solving business challenges with design solutions.
• Understanding of UX Research methods.

Frontend side:

• Solid Next.js and Tailwind CSS experience.
• Comfortable building a real, interactive UI from a design spec.
• Understands the difference between a prototype and production-ready code — and when each is appropriate.

General:

• Bachelor’s degree with a focus in HCI, Interaction Design, Art Direction, or a design-focused qualification.
• Minimum 3-4 years of design experience.
• Fluent in Spanish (required for client meetings).
• Minimum B1 in English (for internal meetings).

Mindset:

• AI-native: you already use AI tools regularly and have a point of view on what works.
• Business Minded: You naturally anchor stunning visual design and seamless micro-interactions into solving core E-commerce business challenges (conversion funnels, average order value, retention).
• Storyteller & Communicator: Exceptional presentation skills to convey design thinking to multidisciplinary teams, stakeholders, and clients at all levels.
• Fluent in English for async collaboration with an international team.
• Comfortable switching context between design and code within the same day or sprint.

You Should Have:

• Flexible/adaptable working style.
• Comfortable with collaboration.
• Passionate about delivering high-quality work.
• Positive attitude.
• Detailed and organized.
• Excellent communicator.
• Able to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Responsible and capable of meeting tight deadlines.
• Experience in storytelling and design presentation skills.
• Experience in E-commerce.
• Solid understanding of the basic principles of User Research.

Benefits

• Premium Healthcare
• Meal voucher
• Maternity and Parental leaves
• Mobile services subsidy
• Sick pay-Life insurance
• CI&T University
• Colombian Holidays
• Paid Vacations

And many others.

Collaboration is our superpower, diversity unites us, and excellence is our standard. We value diverse identities and life experiences, fostering a diverse, inclusive, and safe work environment. We encourage applications from diverse and underrepresented groups to our job positions.