NewStaff Frontend Engineer - Design Systems
Apply on VerkadaVerkada is a company building an integrated, privacy-sensitive AI-powered platform for video security, access control, air quality sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management, with more than 30,000 customers (including 100+ of the Fortune 500), a $5.8B valuation, over $1 billion in annualized bookings, and more than 2 million devices deployed across 170+ countries. The company is hiring an experienced front-end engineer to join its core engineering group with a specific focus on Design Systems and UI architecture. The role centers on building, scaling, and maintaining the foundational component library that powers their enterprise applications and acting as a bridge between Design and Engineering. The engineer will work closely with 8+ product teams and within a platform environment that includes microfrontends and core infrastructure initiatives.
AI skillsThis role asks for AI & agentic skills, exactly what we teach at Into Design SystemsWhat you'll do
- Collaborate with engineering leadership to develop and scale a centralized, React-based component library that is highly reusable and easy to consume
- Partner with the Product Design team to translate design visions and Figma tokens into pixel-perfect, interactive web components
- Support, collaborate with, and mentor engineers across 8+ product teams to drive system adoption and UI best practices
- Advocate for and implement strict accessibility standards (WCAG) across all shared components
- Write comprehensive automated tests (unit, visual regression) for components and optimize UI rendering performance for complex single-page applications
- Maintain documentation and tooling (e.g., via Storybook) and usage guidelines to help product teams discover and implement components
- Ensure the design system integrates with the company's microfrontend architecture and contribute to core frontend tooling and infrastructure as needed
What they're looking for
- 4+ years of relevant industry experience in front-end web development with a strong focus on UI/UX
- Expertise with modern web technologies, specifically React, TypeScript, and modern styling solutions (e.g., CSS-in-JS, CSS Modules)
- Proven track record of building, maintaining, or significantly contributing to design systems, component libraries, or comprehensive UI frameworks
- Deep experience with component-driven development and documentation tools like Storybook
- Strong, practical knowledge of web accessibility standards (ARIA, WCAG) and how to build compliant components
- Experience collaborating directly with designers and a strong understanding of design tokens, typography, layout systems, and responsive design
- Degree in Computer Science, HCI, or a similar technical/design field of study
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