Senior Frontend Engineer — Design Systems
About the Role
We're looking for a Senior Frontend Engineer to join our Design Systems team. You'll own the component library used by hundreds of internal teams and millions of users through our platform. Expect deep work in accessible, performant, and beautiful UI components built with React, TypeScript, and modern CSS.
You'll collaborate directly with product designers and backend engineers to ship components that are used across vercel.com, the dashboard, and our open-source design system.
What you'll do:
- Architect and build scalable, accessible React components - Define CSS architecture and design token standards for the system - Write comprehensive tests and documentation for every component - Partner with design to ship the design system roadmap - Mentor junior engineers on best practices in frontend development
Requirements
- 5+ years of frontend engineering experience
- Expert-level CSS knowledge — cascade, specificity, custom properties, modern layout
- Strong TypeScript and React skills
- Experience building or contributing to a component library or design system
- Deep understanding of web accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA)
- Familiarity with Storybook, Chromatic, or similar documentation tools
Nice to Have
- Experience with CSS-in-JS or zero-runtime CSS (vanilla-extract, Panda CSS)
- Contributions to open-source frontend projects
- Experience with animation and motion design
Skills
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