Senior Software Engineer – Design Engineering

Benepass

Senior Design Engineer building and evolving UI systems for fintech company Benepass. Collaborating closely with design and product teams to create reusable components and drive frontend innovations.

Posted 4/17/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $170,000 - $200,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ReactTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and Evolve the Design System
Contribute to the development and evolution of Benepass’s design system and component library.
Build reusable, accessible, and scalable React/TypeScript components.
Help define and refine component APIs with a focus on usability and composability.
Ensure consistency in styling, theming, and responsive behavior across the product.
Partner Closely with Design, Product, and Engineering
Collaborate with Design to translate UI/UX concepts into reusable components and patterns.
Work with Product to understand requirements, constraints, and tradeoffs.
Support engineers in adopting and using design system components effectively.
Help ensure strong alignment between design intent and implementation.
Act as a bridge between design vision and engineering execution at an organizational level
Deliver High-Quality Frontend Systems
Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.
Apply best practices across React, TypeScript, styling, and accessibility.
Identify opportunities to improve performance, consistency, and code quality.
Contribute to frontend architecture decisions in partnership with senior and lead engineers.
Improve Developer Experience
Contribute to documentation, examples, and tooling (e.g., Storybook, styleguides).
Help streamline workflows for building and using UI components.
Identify and address friction in the frontend development process.
Support Team Growth and Standards
Provide guidance and feedback to other engineers through code reviews and collaboration.
Help uphold frontend standards and best practices across the team.
Take ownership of projects and drive them to completion with minimal oversight.
Drive Innovation in UI Development
Explore and implement modern approaches to UI development, including AI-assisted workflows.
Improve the speed and quality of the design → code pipeline through automation and tooling.
Evaluate emerging technologies and introduce those that meaningfully improve team velocity.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of frontend experience with deep knowledge of React and TypeScript.
Experience building and maintaining component libraries or design systems.
Solid understanding of component architecture, performance, and accessibility.
Comfortable working closely with Design and Product.
Able to translate ambiguous requirements into clear, structured solutions.
Communicates tradeoffs and decisions clearly.
Takes ownership of features or systems and drives them to completion.
Strong system design skills across UI architecture, performance, and scalability.
Deep understanding of accessibility standards and best practices.
Experience influencing engineering practices across teams or organizations.
Bonus: experience with schema-driven UI, design tooling, or AI-assisted development.

Benefits

Comp & perks

95% coverage of medical, dental, and vision
$250 WFH setup (one time)
$500/year Learning & Development Benefit
$150/month cell phone + internet
$100/month Wellness
$100/month Co-working and Commuter Benefit
Flexible PTO

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Hard Skills & Tools

ReactTypeScriptcomponent librariesdesign systemsfrontend architectureperformance optimizationaccessibilityUI developmentautomationschema-driven UI

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationownershipproblem-solvingguidancefeedbackinnovationadaptabilityattention to detailteamwork