Senior Design System Engineer

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Design System Engineer to lead the development, implementation, and governance of our enterprise Design System. The role bridges design and engineering to ensure consistency, scalability, accessibility, and reusability across digital products.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build, maintain, and evolve a scalable Design System and reusable component library.
• Collaborate with product designers, UX researchers, product managers, and engineering teams.
• Develop high-quality, accessible, responsive, and reusable UI components.
• Define and enforce design system standards, guidelines, and best practices.
• Establish governance processes to ensure design consistency across products.
• Translate design tokens, patterns, and specifications into production-ready code.
• Drive adoption of the Design System across multiple teams and business units.
• Ensure compliance with WCAG accessibility standards and responsive design principles.
• Monitor system performance, scalability, and usability improvements.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership for front-end architecture decisions.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, HCI, or a related field.
• 5-10 years of experience in front-end engineering, UI engineering, or Design System development.
• Strong expertise in JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3, and modern front-end frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with React and component-based architecture.
• Proven track record building and maintaining enterprise-scale Design Systems.
• Deep understanding of Design Tokens, Atomic Design, and component libraries.
• Experience with Storybook, Figma, and design-to-development workflows.
• Knowledge of WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards and responsive design principles.
• Familiarity with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile development methodologies.

Required skills

• JavaScript
• TypeScript
• HTML5
• CSS3
• React
• Component-based architecture
• Design Tokens
• Atomic Design
• Storybook
• Figma
• WCAG 2.1 accessibility
• Git
• CI/CD pipelines
• Agile development