Software Engineer, Design Systems
Software Engineer owning the technical vision and architecture of Assembled's new design system. Lead component APIs, token architecture, AI-assisted UI generation workflows, frontend modernization, and best practices across teams. Requires 3+ years frontend experience with design system ownership.
About the job
What you'll do
- Own the technical direction of our design system, from token architecture and components to tooling, testing, and adoption
- Shape how AI coding agents build UI, through component APIs, documentation, guardrails, and developer workflows
- Modernize our frontend foundations, including component architecture, tooling, and development patterns
- Raise the bar for frontend quality, including performance, accessibility, responsiveness, and interaction detail
- Build the infrastructure that keeps the system reliable at scale, including testing, visual regression, CI/CD, and versioned releases
- Establish frontend best practices across teams, helping engineers build more consistent, maintainable, and high-quality user experiences
- Influence product decisions early, surfacing technical constraints, tradeoffs, and opportunities throughout the design process
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience building frontend products, with meaningful ownership over architecture and technical direction
- Has owned or significantly evolved a design system used across multiple teams or products
- Deep frontend expertise, including TypeScript, component architecture, and modern frontend tooling
- Has raised the quality bar of a product, improving performance, accessibility, usability, and interaction design
- Strong product and design instincts, with a sharp eye for craft and user experience
- Communicates clearly and collaborates effectively, especially across engineering and design
- Excited about AI-assisted development workflows, and how design systems can help guide and accelerate AI-generated code
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with our full stack: React, Storybook, and data visualization libraries such as visx, D3, or Chart.js
- Experience building B2B SaaS or highly interactive, data-rich applications
Compensation
- Estimated base salary range: $160,000 - $270,000 per year
- Stock options are provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
Skills
TypeScript, React, Storybook, Visx, D3, Chart.Js, Component Architecture, Design Systems, Frontend Tooling, CI/CD, Accessibility, Performance Optimization
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