Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Applied Systems is a worldwide leader in insurance technology that develops software and services for the insurance industry. The Senior Design Systems Engineer will collaboratively design, build, and maintain design systems for the company’s agency management products, improving consistency and efficiency for UX teams. The role focuses on reusable patterns, interactive prototypes, production-ready components, and collaboration between design and engineering teams.
Responsibilities
- Advise, collaborate with and synthesize feedback from UX designers, researchers and consumers of the design system
- Define reusable patterns and modular approaches to support rapid iteration and product consistency
- Implement complex interactions, motion, and state management with attention to detail and UX best practices
- Build advanced interactive prototypes and proof-of-concepts for exploratory design and usability validation
- Deliver high-quality, production-ready component designs with a focus on scalability and long-term maintainability
- Facilitate seamless communication between design and engineering teams to implement design system features and enhancements
- Design and manage UI components in Figma as a shared resource for all UX designers at Applied
- Manage your own time, and work well both independently and as part of a team
- Develop a strong understanding of our users’ end-to-end experience in our suite of products
- Articulate with ease the why behind your design decisions
- Balance technical and business constraints with achieving the best outcomes for our users
- Gain buy-in and support from various departments of the company (engineering, product, quality assurance, etc.)
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field — or equivalent professional experience
- 5+ years of front-end development or UX engineering experience, including ownership of complex features or systems
- Experience designing and implementing user interfaces
- Experience with design systems and atomic design principles
- Experience with build systems, testing frameworks, and CI/CD pipelines
- Extensive knowledge of interaction and visual design heuristics
- Superior knowledge of Figma, especially in creating complex Figma components
- Advanced proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and frameworks like React or Vue
- This position requires the employee to reside and work from one of the following provinces: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, PEI, Saskatchewan
Benefits
- We flex our time together, collaborating remotely and in-person to empower our teams to work in the ways that work best for them.
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
- Holiday and Vacation Time
- Health & Wellness Days
- A Bonus Day for Your Birthday
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