Design System Architect / Principal Design Engineer
Apply on TalentechTalentech is developing a unified product experience and seeks a Design System Architect / Principal Design Engineer to help evolve Duo, their new design system, into a shared foundation across Talentech. The role is based in Helsinki, Finland, and involves leading technical direction, building the system, and driving adoption across the organisation while working with design and engineering teams across the Nordics. The work includes aligning Figma, design tokens, components, documentation and production code, and addressing accessibility and AI-related considerations.
AI skillsThis role asks for AI & agentic skills, exactly what we teach at Into Design SystemsWhat you'll do
- Lead the technical architecture of the design system foundations, tokens and components.
- Work hands-on with the system and turn architectural decisions into working implementation.
- Help product teams adopt the design system in real products.
- Solve recurring problems at system level to avoid parallel solutions.
- Keep Figma, documentation, components and implementation aligned.
- Define component APIs, behaviour and technical conventions together with design and engineering.
- Help modernise older UI foundations and component libraries gradually.
- Build accessibility into components, including semantics, keyboard interaction and focus management.
What they're looking for
- Has strong experience with frontend architecture, design systems or shared UI infrastructure.
- Has built or maintained production design systems or large component libraries.
- Understands modern component architecture, design tokens and scalable UI systems.
- Can move comfortably between architecture and hands-on implementation.
- Understands that a design system succeeds through adoption, not just through the number of components it contains.
- Works well across design, engineering and technical leadership.
- Understands the technical side of accessibility.
- Can find practical shared solutions across different frontend stacks.
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