UX Design Engineer

Overview

Be Part of Our Next Chapter. For over almost 60 years, our solutions have enabled impactful connections between some of the world’s leading brands and their customers. We’re a global technology company focused on creating dynamic, smart, personalized and engaging customer experiences powered by our range of digital hardware, our proprietary content management system and our industry leading signage solutions. We work in over 50 global markets and have 9 offices around the world, with a global headquarters located in our founding home of Sydney, Australia.

Coates Group has the values of a family-owned business and the innovative spirit of a start-up, both which fuel our purpose –
Creating Connections. Empowering Partnerships. Always Evolving
. Through hard work, dedication and creativity, we’ve become industry leaders who have won awards and set records while remaining focused on continual growth and evolution. We are a 2x Australia Good Design Award winner and successfully completed the largest hardware deployment in Quick Service Restaurant history. We are curious, charismatic, authentic and we value and leverage the diversity of our crew.

We are imaginers, kindness enthusiasts, experts, creators, thinkers, challengers, collaborators and over-achievers. And together, as a Crew, we are revolutionizing the way the world’s leading brands leverage technology to drive the best customer experiences.

• Design System Stewardship – Maintain and evolve Coates’ design system to ensure consistency, accessibility, and scalability across products.
• Component Library Development – Build and document reusable UI components in Storybook; ensure they are performant, responsive, and accessible.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration – Partner with front-end developers and product teams to translate UX patterns into robust, reusable code.
• Design-Development Alignment – Act as the design advocate within the engineering team, ensuring high-quality implementation of design intent.
• Tooling & Workflow Optimization – Improve the efficiency of design-to-code workflows through better tooling, documentation, and process automation.
• Accessibility & Quality Assurance – Embed accessibility and usability best practices into component development and review cycles.

• Hybrid Design-Engineering Mindset – Equally comfortable discussing design philosophy and writing production-ready code.
• System Thinking – Designs for reuse, scalability, and consistency across multiple digital touchpoints.
• Collaboration & Communication – Effectively bridges design and engineering disciplines, simplifying complex ideas for diverse audiences.
• Attention to Detail – Obsess over quality, accessibility, and fidelity between design and implementation.
• Continuous Improvement – Seeks new tools, methods, and frameworks to improve design system scalability and team productivity.

Technical

Skills:

• Proficiency in React and Type Script (or equivalent framework experience).
• Expertise in Storybook, Figma-to-code workflows, and design token management.
• Advanced proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript, including experience with modular design, CSS animations, and performance optimization.
• Experience integrating design systems into engineering pipelines (e.g., npm packages, monorepos).
• Familiarity with UX design principles, motion design, and user-centered design methodologies.

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science or a related field.
• Experience collaborating within a component-driven development culture (e.g., Atomic Design principles).
• Understanding of content management systems or digital signage applications is a plus.
• Experience with cross-browser compatibility and debugging, ensuring consistent experiences across various devices and platforms.

Salary: $114,000 - $130,000 a year. Full Salary Range: $114,400/year (minimum), $122,200/year (midpoint), $130,000/ (maximum).

Pay is based on relevant experience, skills, education, internal equity, and market data. Well-qualified candidates can generally expect offers around the midpoint. Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications but have more limited…