Senior Frontend Engineer (Design System)
at N-iX
- Seniority
- Senior
- Location
- Ukraine
- Posted
- 5d ago
at N-iX
<p>We're looking for a Senior Frontend Engineer to own and evolve our design system - not just consume it. You'll turn Figma designs into reusable, accessible React + TypeScript components and drive their adoption across product teams.</p> <p><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Build and maintain our component library (React + TypeScript): tokens, layout primitives, complex components.</li> <li>Translate Figma designs into accessible, responsive, production-ready components.</li> <li>Document components and usage guidelines in Storybook.</li> <li>Own versioning/publishing of the library as an internal npm package.</li> <li>Drive adoption across squads and prevent UI drift/duplication.</li> <li>Ensure accessibility (WCAG/ARIA) and cross-browser consistency.</li> <li>Mentor other frontend engineers on the design system.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Requirements:</strong></p> <ul> <li>5+ years frontend experience, strong React + TypeScript</li> <li>Proven experience building or scaling a design system/component library — not just using one.</li> <li>Strong grasp of component API design and reusable styling (CSS-in-JS, Tailwind, or similar).</li> <li>Experience with Storybook and accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1+).</li> <li>Experience versioning/publishing internal npm packages.</li> <li>Comfortable working directly from Figma, including design tokens.</li> <li>AI-first workflow: regularly delegates real, multi-step tasks to AI coding agents (Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, or similar) — provides proper context, reviews diffs critically, verifies output, and has a clear process for when the AI gets it wrong.</li> <li>Bonus: AI-native, not just AI-using — creates or customizes skills/MCP servers, manages context deliberately, picks the right model for the task, and can speak to specific failures and trade-offs (not just tool/brand names).</li> </ul> <p><strong>Nice to Have:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Design tokens tooling (Style Dictionary).</li> <li>Prior experience as a design system owner/lead.</li> </ul><div class="content-conclusion"><p><strong>We offer*:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Flexible working format - remote, office-based or flexible</li> <li>A competitive salary and good compensation package</li> <li>Personalized career growth</li> <li>Professional development tools (mentorship program, tech talks and trainings, centers of excellence, and more)</li> <li>Active tech communities with regular knowledge sharing</li> <li>Education reimbursement</li> <li>Memorable anniversary presents</li> <li>Corporate events and team buildings</li> <li>Other location-specific benefits</li> </ul> <p>*not applicable for freelancers</p></div>