Design Systems Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Texas.

📋 Description

• Design, scale, and manage the design systems to guarantee a precise 1:1 correspondence between design assets and the front-end codebase, thereby eliminating technical and UI debt.

• Develop systems that empower UX, product management, and development teams to make informed design choices.

• Take ownership of and enhance the visual component library, ensuring strict architectural consistency between design variations and development frameworks.

• Oversee the creation of new patterns by actively reviewing and approving or rejecting custom UI requests to avoid system bloat.

• Manage and expand centralized design system documentation as the main reference for all stakeholders.

• Collaborate closely with development teams to align design tokens with code variables, enhancing the developer experience.

• Serve as the essential link between Product and Development, translating validated product and UX strategies into polished, functional interfaces ready for development.

• Oversee the UX Enablement intake process, managing component requests and offering UI/IXD consultations.

• Create precise design artifacts, interaction specifications, and redlines that minimize ambiguity for the development team.

• Conduct research and usability tests aimed at validating system patterns for both end-users and internal developers.

• Utilize market trends in UI/UX architecture, emerging AI interfaces, and WCAG accessibility standards to influence the design systems.

• Organize and maintain machine-readable design documentation for AI-supported development.

⛳️ Requirements

• 3–5 years of relevant experience with a demonstrated ability to connect design assets and front-end code.

• Strong knowledge of development delivery automation and design-to-code integrations; regularly reviews coded front-end components to ensure visual parity with design assets.

• Capacity to operate with minimal supervision as a direct technical partner to Development, collaborating with software developers to guide UI implementation rather than relying on traditional design deliverables.

• Advanced skills in modern design collaboration platforms and design-to-code automation integrations.

• Expertise in component-based front-end frameworks, UI component development environments, and agile project management tools.

• Ability to project 1–2 quarters ahead to foresee what coded UI components will need to be created, refactored, or safely adjusted to avoid technical debt.

• Experience in conducting usability testing to guarantee new patterns are intuitive for teams to adopt.

• Proficiency in leveraging AI to boost development productivity by refining technical prompts, synthesizing complex UI logic, and incorporating AI-assisted coding tools into workflows.

• Bachelor’s degree in Interaction Design, HCI, Computer Science, or related experience (preferred but not mandatory).

• Familiarity with configuring design token management systems or automated data pipelines that transfer assets directly from design platforms to code repositories.

• Background in enhancing the developer experience (DX) through the development of interactive component sandboxes or developer playgrounds.

• Experience in managing complex system deprecation strategies.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexibility to work remotely.

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage with both company-paid and employee-paid options.

• Paid holidays, sick leave, and personal time off.

• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that promote connection and inclusion.

• On-site amenities such as a covered basketball court, soccer field, track, pickleball/tennis courts, gym, etc.

• Dog-friendly campus and WiFi-enabled courtyards.

• 401(k) plan with a 5% company match.

• Support for employee professional development and wellness initiatives.