UI Developer - Design Systems

***We do not accept applications for this role via Linkedin. Please see job description and formally apply here: https://www.webconnex.com/careers/ui-developer-design-systems

Primary Role

We are seeking a UI Developer motivated by the opportunity to define how designers and engineers work together to deliver exceptional experiences. You will be the technical owner of our web components-based GUI framework and Design System implementation, working at the intersection of design and engineering to help shape how UI is built across the organization.

The role involves more than just building components - you'll drive the adoption, documentation, and evolution of the Design System while collaborating with our senior designer and engaged engineers.

Greatest Benefit to the Team

This role will be responsible for empowering our design and engineering teams to deliver better, more consistent experiences across all our products and platforms. This is a role for an individual contributor with a genuine desire to learn from the best and have a significant impact across the entire product and customer experience.

Responsibilities

• Help maintain and evolve the design and development of Webconnex’s cross-product design system
• Contribute to the design and user experience for our core product by evolving the design system, patterns and communication through documentation and guidelines
• Work directly with product/engineering/design teams to develop and implement tooling with a focus on maintaining quality and speed
• Champion the user experience and accessibility of our products, and help keep our quality bar as high as possible
• Evangelize the adoption, implementation and growth of the design system among our teams
• Advocate for our users by continuously iterating on and evolving our core products and experiences. Identify areas of improvement and deliver value to customers every day
• Collaborate with and support designers to evolve our long-term product vision, design systems, and internal design collaboration process
• Collaborate with and support engineerings with elegant and consistent component APIs and a focus on the developer experience

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of tech/startup or digital product agency experience or equivalent
• Excellent front-end development skills in HTML, CSS (up to date on latest features) and CSS Frameworks (like Tailwind), and Javascript (and frameworks, pref. React)
• Experience maintaining a reusable component library and sweating the design details in code
• Extraordinary visual design skills and a strong understanding of UX and UI principles and background in visual/interaction design, and a strong understanding of Product Design software is a plus (pref. Figma)
• Strong organizational skills and a love for documentation
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, bridging the gap between design and engineering
• Ability to articulate complex concepts to technical and non-technical peers
• Solid understanding of A11y development practices

Common Technologies

• CSS/SASS, HTML, Javascript (React, Angular, Storybook), GIT
• Familiar with CSS Frameworks like Tailwind
• Figma

Benefits (for U.S.-based full-time employees)

• $110K-$130K/yr. Opportunity for growth and bonuses.
• 401k with company match and equity pool opportunities
• Aetna (Kaiser Permanente health for CA) care package, vision plan, and health savings account (HSA)
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (DCFSA)
• Benevolence Fund for larger medical expenses
• $1,200 annual mental health benefit
• Connection Credits for team experiences
• Participation in 3 company trips (including tropical summer experience with company & families)
• 10 vacation days (15 vacation days after 2 years), 5 sick days, 1 floating holiday, and 2 personal days