Design System Engineer (UI/UX Engineer

Looking for a talented and detail-oriented Design System Engineer to join our team, with a strong focus on building accessible, reusable components using React.

In this role, you'll help design, build, and maintain a robust component library that underpins our digital products. You'll play a key role in ensuring consistency, scalability, and accessibility across the ecosystem, while collaborating closely with designers, engineers, and product managers to evolve our design system.

This is a great opportunity for someone who cares deeply about quality, accessibility, and developer experience-and enjoys working at the intersection of design and engineering., 1. Build and maintain high-quality, reusable React components for our design system

2. Ensure components meet accessibility standards (WCAG) through rigorous testing and validation
3. Develop and manage design tokens and ensure consistent implementation across platforms
4. Collaborate with product designers to translate UI/UX patterns into scalable, production-ready components
5. Partner with engineers and product teams to drive adoption and correct usage of the design system
6. Create and maintain clear documentation, guidelines, and usage examples
7. Support the wider engineering community by troubleshooting issues, answering queries, and improving developer experience
8. Contribute to the design system roadmap, including feature development, bug fixes, and enhancements
9. Advocate for best practices in accessibility, performance, and front-end architecture
10. Mentor and support other engineers, acting as a peer leader within the team

Why Join Us

Shape and evolve a design system used across multiple products

• Work at the intersection of design, engineering, and accessibility
• Influence standards, tooling, and best practices across the organisation
• Collaborate with a passionate, cross-functional team focused on quality and craft

This is a great opportunity for someone who cares deeply about quality, accessibility, and developer experience-and enjoys working at the intersection of design and engineering.

1. 5+ years of experience working with React and JavaScript/TypeScript

2. Strong expertise in HTML, CSS, and modern front-end development practices

3. Proven experience building reusable components and scalable front-end architectures

4. Solid understanding of web accessibility (WCAG standards, ARIA, semantic HTML)

6. Experience with component testing (e.g. unit, visual, accessibility testing)

7. Strong attention to detail and commitment to high-quality UI implementation

8. Excellent collaboration and communication skills

Nice to Have

• 2+ years working on design systems, component libraries, or pattern libraries
• Experience with design tokens and theming systems
• Familiarity with tools like Storybook, Chromatic, or similar documentation/testing tools
• Understanding of CI/CD workflows for front-end packages
• Experience working in cross-functional product teams