What Staff Design Jobs Ask For
Across 104 open Staff Design postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are ai, prototyping, interaction-design.
Updated November 1, 2026
117 open Staff Design postings. The percentages below are measured over the 104 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| ai | 87% |
| prototyping | 37% |
| interaction-design | 27% |
| agentic-ai | 25% |
| figma | 22% |
| accessibility | 18% |
| user-research | 17% |
| cad | 13% |
| machine-learning | 13% |
| automation | 12% |
| css | 12% |
| typography | 12% |
| api | 11% |
| python | 11% |
| saas | 11% |
| analytics | 10% |
| cloud | 10% |
| react | 10% |
| user-flows | 10% |
| fintech | 9% |
| generative-ai | 9% |
| html | 9% |
| llm | 9% |
| networking | 9% |
| solidworks | 9% |
| wireframing | 9% |
| agile | 7% |
| backbone | 7% |
| cpp | 7% |
| information-architecture | 7% |
| motion-design | 7% |
| assembly | 6% |
| fea | 6% |
| javascript | 6% |
| android | 5% |
| catia | 5% |
| data-science | 5% |
| design-patterns | 5% |
| gcp | 5% |
| java | 5% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
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Across all Design levels
Most Design postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- ai 1,692
- figma 1,238
- prototyping 704
- photoshop 545
- typography 532
- user-research 513
- accessibility 512
- illustrator 484
- interaction-design 478
- wireframing 449
- cloud 372
- cad 371