Design System Engineer

What You'll Do

• Own the day-to-day development and evolution of PermitFlow's React component library
• Build and maintain components across all levels of the Atomic Design hierarchy — atoms, molecules, organisms, and templates — ensuring each is robust, accessible, and documented in Storybook
• Define and enforce component standards: API contracts, design token usage, prop interfaces, and variant patterns
• Review PRs into the component library, maintaining quality bar and ensuring consistency
• Partner with designers using Figma to translate design specs into production-grade components with fidelity
• Manage the library's roadmap, balancing new component development with migration work as we bring the broader application into alignment
• Work with Chromatic for visual regression testing and manage the Storybook instance as the source of truth for component documentation
• Lead the Design Systems Guild — a cross-team working group of engineering champions — sharing updates, aligning on patterns, and reviewing proposals before implementation
• Reduce overall frontend complexity: our migration work has already yielded thousands of lines of consolidation, and there's more to go

What We're Looking For

• Strong React and TypeScript fundamentals — you think in components, not just in pages
• Demonstrated experience building and maintaining a production design system or component library, not just consuming one — a portfolio, GitHub profile, or Storybook instance you can share carries more weight than a resume line
• A sharp eye for visual and interaction design — you notice when something is off and can articulate why clearly
• Experience working in close partnership with product designers: giving and receiving feedback on specs, negotiating tradeoffs, and aligning on the right abstraction before something gets built
• Familiarity with design tooling (Figma) and developer experience tooling (Storybook, Chromatic, or equivalents)
• Strong written communication — you'll be setting standards that product engineers read and follow, and documenting decisions that outlast you
• Experience with Tailwind CSS is a strong plus
• Experience with ShadCN or Radix UI primitives is a strong plus
• Familiarity with accessibility standards (WCAG) is a plus