Senior Software Developer, Design Systems

Responsibilities

• Develop front-end components based on design specifications, ensuring implementations match design intent and meet quality, performance, and accessibility standards.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code following established patterns, conventions, and best practices for the component library.
• Implement responsive, accessible components that meet WCAG compliance standards and work seamlessly across browsers, devices, and assistive technologies.
• Collaborate with designers to refine component specifications, provide technical feasibility input, and ensure smooth design-to-development handoff.
• Participate in code reviews, providing and receiving constructive feedback to maintain code quality and share knowledge across the team.
• Write unit tests, integration tests, and accessibility tests to ensure component reliability and prevent regressions.
• Contribute to component documentation in Storybook, including usage guidelines, prop specifications, and interactive examples.
• Consume and extend Filament design tokens and foundational components, ensuring consistency with the broader design system.
• Participate in sprint planning, estimation, and retrospectives.
• Be encouraged to participate in open-source projects on behalf of SAS.
• Ensure all applicable security policies and processes are followed to support the organization’s secure software development goals.
• Embrace curiosity, passion, authenticity and accountability.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field (or equivalent practical experience)
• 2-3 years of front-end development experience
• Experience with modern front-end technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, component frameworks such as React and meta-frameworks like Next.js, and Web Components, with hands‑on experience building component‑based architectures
• Strong understanding of responsive design, CSS layout techniques, cross-browser compatibility, and accessible web development, including WCAG standards and assistive technology considerations
• Experience with collaborative engineering practices including Git-based version control, team-based development workflows, effective communication with designers and developers, and exposure to Agile software development practices
• Familiarity with emerging technologies and tooling, including the current AI and agentic AI landscape, supported by an available code portfolio, Git Hub profile, or work samples demonstrating component development, responsiveness, and accessibility.