System Design Engineer

Remote
Long-term Contractor position

Required Skills & Experience

- Someone who has built a custom design system from scratch, understanding of how themes in design systems work
- Significant experience developing valid, accessible, semantic HTML.
- Extensive CSS experience including modular CSS architecture.
- Strong experience with Design Tokens at scale.
- Deep React knowledge with emphasis on browser/DOM interactions.
- Knowledge of WCAG 2.x, ARIA, and accessibility best practices.

- Experience with modern front-end tooling (Vitest, Testing Library, Storybook).

- Experience with build tools including Vite, Webpack, Rollup.
- Strong component-based development experience.
- Experience defining Design System components and APIs.

Job Description

This design system engineer role is a hands-on senior engineering role responsible for building and maintaining this global hotel company's enterprise Design System, which powers their .com site and supports dozens of brands. This role writes production-quality code daily and partners closely with design, accessibility, and product teams to scale brand experiences.