Staff Frontend Engineer (Design Systems, Remote)

Job summary

This role involves leading the engineering direction and execution of a design system for web and mobile applications, enhancing product delivery and UI quality.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in building and maintaining component libraries or platform-like products.
• Proficiency in TypeScript and modern frontend technologies; React experience is advantageous.
• Strong understanding of maintainable system design, including versioning and backwards compatibility.
• Familiarity with testing practices and tools, emphasizing quality.
• Knowledge of accessibility and performance best practices for UI systems.
• Experience collaborating with designers and product engineers, managing stakeholder trade-offs.

Responsibilities

• Define technical direction for key components of the design system, including architecture and quality standards.
• Enhance the contribution model and streamline team interactions with the design system.
• Manage request flows into the team, including triage and prioritization.
• Improve developer and contributor experiences through tooling and automation.
• Lead team rituals to maintain effectiveness and alignment.
• Represent the design system in cross-team initiatives and align stakeholders.
• Mentor engineers and foster technical leadership within the frontend community.
• Engage in hands-on coding as part of the role.

Skills

• Leadership by example with a focus on pragmatism and care.
• Clear communication and active listening skills.
• Ability to simplify complex problems and drive solutions.
• Coaching mindset to support the growth of others.
• Commitment to quality while valuing progress.

Education

• Not specified.

Tools

• Not specified.