
UX Design Engineer
Coates Group
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Chicago • Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $114,000 - $130,000 per year
Tech Stack
About the role
- Maintain and evolve Coates’ design system to ensure consistency, accessibility, and scalability across products
- Build and document reusable UI components in Storybook; ensure they are performant, responsive, and accessible
- Partner with front-end developers and product teams to translate UX patterns into robust, reusable code
- Act as the design advocate within the engineering team, ensuring high-quality implementation of design intent
- Improve the efficiency of design-to-code workflows through better tooling, documentation, and process automation
- Embed accessibility and usability best practices into component development and review cycles
Requirements
- Proficiency in React and TypeScript (or equivalent framework experience)
- Expertise in Storybook, Figma-to-code workflows, and design token management
- Advanced proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript
- 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 (preferred)
- Experience collaborating within a component-driven development culture (e.g., Atomic Design principles) (preferred)
Benefits
- annual market competitive bonus program
- Thrive Program which includes a suite of flexible work options
- dedicated time to prioritize health and wellbeing (think virtual Yoga or meditation sessions)
- Global Wellness paid day off to recharge
- “Give Back Day” to allow opportunity to make an impact in the community
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
ReactTypeScriptHTML5CSS3JavaScriptStorybookdesign token managementFigma-to-code workflowscomponent-driven developmentAtomic Design principles
Soft Skills
collaborationdesign advocacycommunicationprocess automationusability best practicesaccessibility best practices
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in ITBachelor’s degree in Computer Science