Senior Staff Engineer, Design Systems
Apply on AmplifyAmplify is hiring a Senior Staff Engineer on its Product Brand team to lead the technical architecture and implementation strategy for Amplify’s next-generation Design System. The role works at the intersection of Engineering, Product Design, accessibility, and emerging technologies to translate shared design standards into scalable technical solutions. It is a hands-on technical leadership position responsible for shaping technical foundations, engineering standards, workflows, AI-assisted practices, and mentoring engineers to support Design System adoption across the Amplify ecosystem.
✦ AI skillsThis role asks for AI & agentic skills, exactly what we teach at Into Design SystemsWhat you'll do
- Architect and build technical foundations of the next-generation Design System, including reusable component libraries, design tokens, and frontend infrastructure.
- Partner with Design, Product, and Engineering leads to align technical strategy, priorities, and implementation approaches.
- Build relationships across Amplify to identify dependencies, navigate competing requirements, and communicate technical decisions and tradeoffs.
- Lead cross-team technical discussions, build consensus around shared standards, and drive Design System adoption without direct reporting authority.
- Collaborate with Product Designers to translate design standards and component contracts into scalable, maintainable, and accessible implementations.
- Establish engineering standards, implementation patterns, and code quality practices supporting consistency, accessibility, and maintainability.
- Develop and maintain design system infrastructure, including repositories, component documentation, release processes, and contribution workflows.
- Explore and implement AI-assisted development workflows to improve component development, testing, and documentation.
What they're looking for
- 8+ years of relevant work experience.
- Relevant fields include Front-end Developer, UI Engineer, Design Technologist, or Design engineer.
- Fluent in Modern React, TypeScript, and JavaScript.
- Fluent in semantic HTML, CSS, and responsive design.
- Fluent in design systems architecture, reusable UI components, and design tokens.
- Fluent in Figma for design-to-code workflows.
- Fluent in Git and collaborative software development.
- Fluent in frontend build tools, component packaging, and testing.
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