Frontend Engineer, Design System

Requirements

• 2-5 years of frontend engineering experience, with proficiency in JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Experience with modern frontend frameworks (e.g., React, Vue, Angular) and state management solutions.
• Familiarity with building and maintaining frontend components or libraries.
• Experience with frontend build tools, module bundlers, package managers, and codemods.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to debug frontend issues.
• Strong oral and written communication skills and ability to collaborate with designers, product managers, and product engineers.

Nice to haves

• Experience with TypeScript or other statically typed languages for frontend development.
• Familiarity with frontend performance optimization techniques.
• Experience on UI platform teams, or building or contributing to a design system.

What you'll be doing

• Develop and execute against both short and long term roadmaps to evolve Stripe’s design system.
• Contribute to the continuous evolution of the design system, developing new components and integrating across various Stripe products.
• Make effective tradeoffs that consider business priorities, user experience, and a sustainable technical foundation.
• Assist in establishing and maintaining guidelines and documentation for the design system to ensure consistent usage and implementation.
• Partner heavily with product designers and engineers to design and refine user interface patterns and components that support a wide range of use cases.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to incorporate accessibility, internationalization, and performance considerations into design system components.
• Engage in troubleshooting, debugging, and optimizing components to ensure reliable and efficient user interface delivery.