Staff Frontend Engineer - Design Systems

Requirements

• Building and maintaining component libraries or platform-like products that serve multiple teams.
• TypeScript and modern frontend engineering (React experience is a plus).
• Designing maintainable systems with clear boundaries, versioning, and backwards compatibility.
• Testing practices and tooling (unit, integration, end-to-end) and a strong quality mindset.
• Accessibility and performance best practices for UI systems.
• Collaboration with designers and product engineers, and navigating tradeoffs across stakeholders.

What you'll be doing

• Set technical direction for key parts of Telescope (architecture, component standards, release practices, and quality bars)
• Drive and evolve our contribution model and how teams interact with Design Systems
• Own and improve how requests flow into the team (triage, prioritisation, and expectations)
• Improve the developer and contributor experience through tooling and automation
• Lead rituals that keep the team effective and aligned
• Represent Design Systems in cross-team initiatives and align stakeholders across Design and Engineering
• Coach and mentor engineers, and help grow technical leadership in the frontend community
• Contribute hands-on in code. This role blends strategy and execution.

Your colleagues would say you

• Lead by example and raise the bar with pragmatism and care
• Communicate clearly, listen well, and bring people along in decisions
• Enjoy breaking down complex problems, gathering input, and driving to a solution
• Coach others and create space for people to grow
• Prefer progress over perfection, while still caring deeply about quality

Perks and Benefits

• Your own Pleo card (no more out-of-pocket spending!)
• Lunch is on us for your work days - enjoy catered meals or receive a lunch allowance based on your local office
• Comprehensive private healthcare coverage options
• We offer 25 days of holiday + your public holidays
• Hybrid and fully remote working options
• Access to free mental health and well-being support
• Paid parental leave