What are the responsibilities and job description for the Design System Engineer position at World Wide Technology?
Role : Design System Engineer
Location : Phoenix, AZ
Top skills that candidates must be able to speak to previous experience in :
- Gap coming up really quick - design system engineer - Flutter skillset a must, Figma nice to have.
- Experienced front end dev that knows the handoff to / from designers."
- Need a person that can go to bat for building our front ends in flutter correctly."
- Someone that can critique specs that come from designers and compare against standards."
- Local to PHX preferred, then west coast time zone, but then open beyond that - if it's the right person and they can work west coast.
Key takeaways :
Who is a Design System Engineer?
A Design System Engineer ensures a seamless transition from visual concept to functional code.
DSEs curate and maintain the MDS design system, a centralized repository standardizing UI components and design guidelines. They share the responsibility of code with developers and user experience and design principles with the Design Ops team.
DSEs have a broad skill set from design tools and design thinking to writing code (HTML, CSS, and Javascript) and using front-end technologies (Flutter / Dart, React, Vue, Angular, etc.). DSEs are the go-to experts for design system’s consistency, component’s structure, and cross-team collaboration within a design system team. They keep the design and development workflows cohesive and streamlined.
What Skills Does a Design System Engineer Need?
While the design system engineer is a specialist role, their skill set must be broad to meet the position’s multifaceted demands. Here are the hard and soft skills you’ll need :
Hard Skills
Soft Skills
