Design Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-05-17, Skillenai has indexed 159 job postings with the title “Design Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is React, with demand down 43% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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+How many Design Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 159 job postings with the title “Design Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 43% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Design Engineer jobs require?
Across Design Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the skills mentioned most often are React, TypeScript, Figma, design systems, accessibility.
+Which cities are hiring the most Design Engineer?
As of 2026-05-17, 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 159 Design Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 43% 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 | 121 | 16.3% |
| TypeScript | 92 | 12.4% |
| Figma | 90 | 12.1% |
| design systems | 72 | 9.7% |
| accessibility | 51 | 6.9% |
| CSS | 47 | 6.3% |
| prototyping | 42 | 5.6% |
| JavaScript | 38 | 5.1% |
| performance optimization | 36 | 4.8% |
| Interaction Design | 30 | 4.0% |
| Next.js | 29 | 3.9% |
| design system | 27 | 3.6% |
| Tailwind | 26 | 3.5% |
| component libraries | 23 | 3.1% |
| Motion design | 20 | 2.7% |
Top metros hiring Design Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 36 | 44.4% |
| New York City | 17 | 21.0% |
| London | 11 | 13.6% |
| Stockholm | 4 | 4.9% |
| Munich | 3 | 3.7% |
| Palo Alto | 3 | 3.7% |
| Time | 3 | 3.7% |
| Berlin | 2 | 2.5% |
| Helsinki | 2 | 2.5% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, 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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- 2026-05-17
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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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