Design System Engineer (Phoenix)

One of our financial enterprise client is looking for an experienced Design Systems Engineer based out of their office in Phoenix, Arizona. Role Description : Designs, evolves, and maintains scalable design systems that enable consistent,accessible, and high-quality user experiences across products and platforms. Develops and documents reusable components, patterns, and guidelines that support efficient and cohesive product design and development. Partners with product designers, engineers, and cross-functional teams to ensure design system adoption and alignment with product needs. Uses design tools to create and maintain component libraries, documentation, and usage standards. Ensures system scalability by incorporating accessibility, usability, and performance best practices. Analyzes user needs, product requirements, and system performance to continuously improve the design system. Reviews product implementations for alignment with system standards and provides guidance on system usage. Creates and maintains documentation, templates, and governance models to streamline workflows and ensure consistency across teams.

Key Responsibilities : Develops, maintains, and evolves design system components, patterns, and guidelines across platforms Ensures consistency, scalability, and accessibility of UI components and design patterns Creates and maintains design system documentation, including usage guidelines best practices Collaborates closely with product designers and engineers to support adoption and implementation of the design system Reviews product designs and implementations to ensure alignment with design system standards Contributes to governance models, versioning, and release processes for the design system Partners with cross-functional teams to identify gaps and opportunities for system improvements Presents design system updates, decisions, and rationale to peers and stakeholders with minimal support Participates in and contributes to the broader design systems and design community Qualifications : • At least 2 years of hands-on experience in design systems or UI systems • Strong proficiency in Figma, including component libraries, variants, and tokens • Understanding of design systems, UI architecture, and scalable design practices • Working knowledge of accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG) and inclusive design principles • Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering partners (understanding of front- end constraints is a plus) • Communicates clearly and effectively, with strong attention to detail • Shares solutions and system thinking approaches in an engaging way • Knowledge of, or at least serious interest in, artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential use in design systems. • Familiarity with Agile methodology Skills : • Design Systems & Component Libraries • Accessibility & Inclusive Design • UI Architecture & Pattern Development • Design Tokens & Theming • Documentation & Governance • Cross-functional Collaboration • Figma (Components, Variants, Libraries) • Front-End Awareness (HTML/CSS/React concepts – preferred)