Insight Global
Design System Engineer
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Design Systems Engineer
We are seeking a Design Systems Engineer for a 4–6 month contract to lead a proof-of-concept focused on modernizing and scaling our client's design system and component library. This individual will evaluate and implement a headless UI framework (such as Base UI, Radix UI, or similar), partner closely with designers and engineers, and help build an AI-friendly component ecosystem that enables faster front-end development through AI-assisted coding tools. The role will focus on component library architecture, design system governance, accessibility, Storybook documentation, migration planning, and improving developer experience across product teams. This position is ideal for someone who has previously built and owned production design systems and enjoys operating at the intersection of design, engineering, and emerging AI development workflows.
Day to Day:
- Build, enhance, and maintain React/TypeScript component library.
- Extend and customize accessible component libraries such as Base UI to support design system.
- Define and maintain component standards, APIs, design tokens, variants, and reusable UI patterns.
- Partner with designers to translate Figma components, tokens, and interaction designs into production-ready code.
- Own and maintain Storybook documentation, examples, usage guidelines, accessibility standards, and test coverage.
- Create documentation and development standards that enable AI coding tools such as GitHub Copilot and Cursor to effectively use the component library.
- Develop accessible components following WCAG standards, including ARIA, semantic HTML, keyboard navigation, and focus management.
- Build and maintain automated testing solutions, including unit, interaction, accessibility, and visual regression testing.
- Create migration tools and automation, including codemods, lint rules, compatibility wrappers, usage scanners, and upgrade scripts.
- Support component versioning, release management, changelogs, deprecation planning, and adoption strategies.
- Review component contributions and provide guidance to engineers on design system best practices.
- Collaborate with Product, Design, Engineering, QA, and Accessibility teams to improve UI consistency, scalability, and developer productivity.
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Qualifications:
- Proven experience building and maintaining a production design system or component library
- Strong React and TypeScript expertise
- Experience working closely with designers in Figma
- Strong understanding of accessibility standards, including WCAG, ARIA, keyboard navigation, and semantic HTML
- Experience with Storybook, component documentation, design tokens, theming, and reusable UI patterns
- Experience building scalable, reusable front-end platform infrastructure and component APIs
- Ability to work independently and collaborate across design and engineering teams in an agile environment
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Plusses:
- Experience with Base UI, Radix UI, React Aria, Ariakit, Headless UI, or similar component ecosystems
- Experience building design systems that work well with AI coding tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, or similar
- Experience with codemods, migration tooling, ESLint rules, or upgrade automation
- Experience with monorepos, CI/CD, release automation, and developer experience tooling
- Open-source contributions to design systems, UI libraries, or accessibility tooling
- Experience in enterprise, security, fintech, identity, or other regulated environments
- Portfolio, GitHub repository, Storybook instance, or examples of previous design system work
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