Staff Frontend Engineer - Design Systems
$185,000–$265,000 year
On-siteSan Mateo, Calabarzon, Philippines
Job Summary
Evolve the Design System by collaborating with engineering leadership to develop and scale a centralized, React-based component library. Bridge Design and Engineering by partnering with the Product Design team to translate Figma tokens into robust, pixel-perfect web components. Empower product engineering across 8+ teams by mentoring engineers, driving system adoption, and implementing UI best practices. Champion accessibility standards (WCAG) and ensure UI quality through comprehensive automated testing and performance optimization. Maintain documentation via Storybook and integrate the design system into the microfrontend architecture.
Required Qualifications
- 4+ years of relevant industry experience in front-end web development with a strong focus on UI/UX
- Expertise working with modern web technologies, specifically React, TypeScript, and modern styling solutions (e.g., CSS-in-JS, CSS Modules)
- Proven track record of building, maintaining, or significantly contributing to design systems, component libraries, or comprehensive UI frameworks
- Tooling proficiency: Deep experience with component-driven development and documentation tools like Storybook
- Accessibility focus: Strong, practical knowledge of web accessibility standards (ARIA, WCAG) and how to build compliant components
- Design fluency: Experience collaborating directly with designers and a strong understanding of design tokens, typography, layout systems, and responsive design
- Degree in Computer Science, HCI, or a similar technical/design field of study
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with microfrontend architecture
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