Design Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-06-11, Skillenai has indexed 192 job postings with the title “Design Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is React, with demand down 32% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-06-11
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Frequently asked questions about Design Engineer jobs
+How many Design Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 192 job postings with the title “Design Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-06-11, with demand down 32% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Design Engineer jobs require?
Across Design Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-06-11, the skills mentioned most often are React, TypeScript, Figma, design systems, CSS.
+Which cities are hiring the most Design Engineer?
As of 2026-06-11, Design Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in San Francisco, New York City, London, Stockholm, Munich.
+Is Design Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 192 Design Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-06-11, with demand down 32% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Design Engineer postings is React, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Design Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Design Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| React | 150 | 78.1% |
| TypeScript | 113 | 58.9% |
| Figma | 103 | 53.6% |
| design systems | 90 | 46.9% |
| CSS | 59 | 30.7% |
| accessibility | 57 | 29.7% |
| prototyping | 50 | 26.0% |
| JavaScript | 48 | 25.0% |
| performance optimization | 39 | 20.3% |
| Next.js | 37 | 19.3% |
| Interaction Design | 34 | 17.7% |
| design system | 29 | 15.1% |
| Tailwind | 29 | 15.1% |
| component libraries | 26 | 13.5% |
| HTML | 25 | 13.0% |
Top metros hiring Design Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 37 | 19.3% |
| New York City | 20 | 10.4% |
| London | 11 | 5.7% |
| Stockholm | 5 | 2.6% |
| Munich | 4 | 2.1% |
| Palo Alto | 3 | 1.6% |
| San Jose | 3 | 1.6% |
| Time | 3 | 1.6% |
| Bellaire | 2 | 1.0% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-06-11, matching postings whose canonical role is “Design Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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- Design Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-06-11
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The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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