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# Senior Software Engineer, Design Systems

- **Company:** The Ladders
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $179,400.0 - $232,100.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Cursor, Software Engineering, TypeScript, ReactJS, Claude Code, Production Code, Figma, Front End Software Development
- **Published:** October 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/pq032skfv2

## About the Role

* 6+ years of industry experience in software engineering
 * Demonstrated experience as a frontend engineer building production product surfaces
 * Deep hands-on fluency with TypeScript, React, and related tools
 * Experience with AI-assisted development tools like Cursor, Claude Code, or Codex
 * Strong collaboration skills with designers, PMs, and engineering teams
 * Ability to create tools and infrastructure for user adoption and collaboration

## Description

This role will focus on building the systems and workflows that help bridge design and production code in a modern frontend environment. You will partner closely with Product Design, Developer Experience, and Frontend Infrastructure teams to improve component patterns, usability, and adoption across the organization. The work will center on enhancing a design system, prototyping AI-enabled development workflows, and creating tools that improve collaboration between designers and engineers., * Design and implement AI-assisted workflows connecting Figma and production code

 * Collaborate with Product Design on component patterns and workflows
 * Enhance the design system for integration with AI tooling
 * Partner with Developer Experience and Frontend Infrastructure teams
 * Facilitate feedback and prioritize improvements for user experience
 * Prototype and evaluate AI development tools for adoption