Senior Design Engineer - UI​/Front End

We're looking for a Senior Design Engineer to join a multi-disciplinary product team with an incredible “tech for good” business in an exciting period of growth and expansion.

This is a hybrid role, you’ll need to be in the office in Amersham at least 3 days a week.

This is a design-led, individual-contributor role: you'll design interfaces in Figma and bring them to life by building them in code.

Design is the heart of the role - you'll shape how our product looks, feels and delights users - with the front-end skills to take your own work all the way to production and keep design and code in step.

You'll partner closely with our UX designer, work alongside developers, Business Analysts and QA, creating and Implementing new design systems & screens for our platform that helps thousands of families year in year out.

Brand application is also critical here you’ll work closely with and take direction from the brand team to ensure our web design system faithfully reflects the look, feel and ethos of the brand.

It's a senior craft role focused on hands-on design and delivery – rather than line management – but you will be expected to mentor a junior front-end developer and designer.

The external (public) experiences are mobile-first; our back-office experiences for internal users and partners are desktop-first. You'll be comfortable designing and building for both.

• Design:
  Figma (essential), Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign)

• Demonstrable experience in UI/product design, with strong front-end build skills and a portfolio that leads with design
• Designer-first, with the engineering ability to ship your own work - confident in Figma, capable in code
• Operating at a senior individual-contributor level - leading through your craft and delivery rather than managing people
• Experienced implementing WCAG accessibility and test IDs for automation
• Collaborative - contributes to shared solutions rather than working in isolation
• Emotional intelligence and natural empathy for end-users, with a desire to create a great brand experience