Designer

Zed is building a new kind of programming environment.

We’re not just designing a code editor. We’re designing the environment where humans and AI build software together.

Zed combines high-performance local editing, real-time collaboration, and AI agents that can work directly in the codebase.

We’re looking for a Product Design Engineer to help shape how this environment works.

Designers at Zed work closely with engineers, prototype ideas directly in the product, and often implement parts of the interface themselves.

The editor sits at the center of how developers read, understand, and evolve complex systems. Small interaction decisions can meaningfully shape that process.

You might work on:

• Collaborative programming workflows

• Interaction models for AI agents that read and modify code

• Navigating and understanding large codebases

• Keyboard-driven workflows and command systems

• Interfaces for Git, debugging, and code exploration

• Zed’s design system and interaction patterns

• Prototyping and implementing UI in the product

Many of the interaction patterns we’re exploring don’t yet have established precedents.

Design is tightly integrated with engineering.

Designers often pair with engineers, exploring ideas directly in the product. Many interactions start as small experiments in the codebase rather than static mockups.

We care deeply about clarity, performance, simplicity, and craft.

Location: Remote (American or European time zones)

full-time

remote