• Supervise, coach, and develop OSP Design Engineers and/or contract design resources. • Assign and prioritize design workloads to meet project schedules and milestones. • Enforce established design standards, quality expectations, and performance goals. • Conduct performance reviews and provide ongoing feedback and technical guidance. • Serve as the escalation point for complex or high-risk design issues. • Oversee the design and implementation of OSP facilities. • Ensure quality control of FTTX and MDU designs produced by internal staff and engineering contractors. • Confirm designs comply with established engineering standards, constructability requirements, and company parameters. • Review and approve change orders, OSP additions, and design revisions as required. • Oversee development of construction and cost estimates related to outside plant designs. • Ensure designs are optimized for constructability, cost control, and schedule adherence. • Identify design risks or conflicts that could impact construction, permitting, or budgets.

• Create accurate solar layouts for residential solar energy systems • Analyse rooftop suitability and prepare system performance assessments • Produce technical documentation such as Bills of Materials (BOM), Single Line Diagrams (SLDs), and solar design drawings • Conduct residential solar system designs using OpenSolar • Perform indicative design tasks including rooftop analysis and preparation of design inputs for quotations • Collaborate with the pricing team to assist with project costing and quotations • Perform switchgear and cable selection and voltage rise assessments where required • Create and maintain solar design drawings and templates using CAD software such as AutoCAD

• Act as the technical bridge between Tactacam and external partners by reviewing ODM designs • Facilitate the development of ODM mechanical architecture • Propose innovative solutions to complex ODM obstacles • Apply advanced engineering expertise to influence design direction and optimize mechanical performance • Review ODM rapid prototyping efforts and oversee testing protocols • Collaborate with internal teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers • Stay on the leading edge of mechanical engineering trends and technologies • Review, approve, and oversee documentation provided by ODMs

Pie's mission is to empower small businesses to thrive by making commercial insurance affordable and as easy as pie. We leverage technology to transform how small businesses buy and experience commercial insurance. Like our small business customers, we are a diverse team of builders, dreamers, and entrepreneurs who are driven by core values and operating principles that guide every decision we make. A Staff Product Design Engineer at Pie serves as the technical owner and architect of Pie’s Design System, Amber, ensuring scalable, performant, and intelligent user interfaces across our platform. This role sits at the intersection of Design and Engineering, combining front-end architecture, design systems development, and emerging AI-assisted workflows. This individual will spend approximately 60–70% of their time hands-on building and evolving Pie’s Design System, Amber, with the remainder focused on system governance, documentation, tooling, and enabling teams through automation and AI-powered development practices. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in modern front-end engineering, design systems implementation, and experience integrating developer tooling with AI platforms such as Cursor, Claude Code, or similar. How You’ll Do ItDesign System Architecture and Engineering: Own and evolve the technical architecture of Pie’s Amber Design System, including component libraries, tokens, theming, accessibility standards, and front-end patterns.Build scalable, production-ready UI components that enable consistent experiences across internal and customer-facing applications.Establish engineering standards and contribution models that allow product teams to safely adopt and extend Amber.Partner closely with Product Design to translate design intent into performant, reusable code.Ensure system scalability through strong versioning, dependency management, and backward-compatibility strategies. Development & Integration: - Develop and maintain Amber’s component library using modern front-end frameworks and tooling. - Integrate design tokens and system primitives across applications to reduce duplication and technical debt. - Collaborate with platform and application engineering teams to embed Amber deeply into the SDLC. - Improve developer experience through tooling, automation, and improved implementation workflows. - Optimize performance, accessibility, and responsiveness across all system components. AI-Enabled Development & Automation: - Lead integration of Amber with AI-assisted development workflows (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, and emerging AI coding tools). - Define patterns that allow AI agents and developers to generate UI consistently using Amber standards. - Create structured documentation and machine-readable patterns that improve AI code generation accuracy. - Explore and implement AI-driven approaches to component generation, testing, and documentation maintenance. - Partner with engineering leadership to establish safe and scalable AI development practices. Document & Enablement: Own Amber documentation strategy, ensuring clarity for designers, engineers, and AI tooling alike.Build developer onboarding materials, usage guidelines, and implementation examples.Establish governance models for contributions, reviews, and system evolution.Drive adoption through workshops, office hours, and cross-functional collaboration.\ Stakeholder Collaboration: - Partner with Product, Design, and Engineering leadership to align system investments with business priorities. - Act as a technical thought partner helping teams balance speed, quality, and long-term scalability. - Advocate for system-level thinking that improves consistency and reduces rework across teams. Technical Thought Leadership: - Anticipate industry shifts in front-end architecture, design systems, and AI-assisted development. - Introduce modern patterns that improve velocity while maintaining strong engineering rigor. - Champion experimentation and continuous improvement across tooling, workflows, and developer experience. The Right Stuff - High school diploma/GED required. - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, Design Engineering, or related field preferred. - 8+ years of experience building front-end applications or design systems in modern web environments. - Proven experience owning or significantly contributing to a production design system. - Deep expertise in modern JavaScript frameworks (React preferred) and component-driven architecture. - Strong understanding of design tokens, theming, accessibility (WCAG), and responsive design principles. - Experience working within Agile software development environments. - Demonstrated experience collaborating closely with Product Designers and translating design artifacts into scalable implementations. - Familiarity with AI-assisted coding tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot, or similar platforms. - Strong documentation and communication skills enabling adoption across technical and non-technical audiences. - Ability to influence technical direction without direct authority. - Experience with Figma, Storybook (or similar), Git workflows, and modern CI/CD practices. - Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives. Ability to travel up to 15% may be required. The use of AI in Application Review: To support a fair, efficient, and consistent hiring process, we use AI-powered tools to assist in the initial screening of applications. These tools help us identify qualifications and prior work experiences that align with the requirements of the role. We may also use AI assistant video tools during interviews to support note-taking and candidate evaluation. All AI-powered outputs are still subject to human oversight and decision-making at multiple stages of the process. By submitting your application, you acknowledge and consent to Pie utilizing these AI technologies to assist in our evaluation process. Base Compensation Range $165,000—$205,000 USD Compensation & Benefits - Competitive cash compensation - A piece of the pie (in the form of equity) - Comprehensive health plans - Generous PTO - Future focused 401k match - Generous parental and caregiver leave - Our core values are more than just a poster on the wall; they’re tangibly reflected in our work Our goal is to make all aspects of working with us as easy as pie. That includes our offer process. When we’ve identified a talented individual who we’d like to be a Pie-oneer , we work hard to present an equitable and fair offer. We look at the candidate’s knowledge, skills, and experience, along with their compensation expectations and align that with our company equity processes to determine our offer ranges. Each year Pie reviews company performance and may grant discretionary bonuses to eligible team members. Location Information Unless otherwise specified, this role is remote. Remote team members must live and work in the United States (territories excluded) and have access to reliable, high-speed internet. Additional InformationPie Insurance is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, disability, national or ethnic origin, military service status, citizenship, or other protected characteristic. Pie Insurance participates in the E-Verify program. Please click here, here and here for more information. Pie Insurance is committed to protecting your personal data. Please review our Privacy Policy. Safety First: Pie Insurance is committed to your security during the recruitment process. We will never ask you for credit card information or ask you to purchase any equipment during our interview or onboarding process. Pie Named to 2025 America's Best Startup Employers Pie Insurance 2025 State of Workplace Safety Report #LI-REMOTE #BI-REMOTE