Software Developer, Design System

SAS

Front-End Developer in SAS’s R&D team building components for marketing and post-purchase experiences. Collaborating across teams to ensure accessibility and performance.

Posted 6/12/2026full-timeCary • North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JavaScriptNext.jsReact

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop front-end components based on design specifications, ensuring implementations match design intent and meet quality, performance, and accessibility standards.
Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code following established patterns, conventions, and best practices for the component library.
Implement responsive, accessible components that meet WCAG compliance standards and work seamlessly across browsers, devices, and assistive technologies.
Collaborate with designers to refine component specifications, provide technical feasibility input, and ensure smooth design-to-development handoff.
Participate in code reviews, providing and receiving constructive feedback to maintain code quality and share knowledge across the team.
Write unit tests, integration tests, and accessibility tests to ensure component reliability and prevent regressions.
Contribute to component documentation in Storybook, including usage guidelines, prop specifications, and interactive examples.
Consume and extend Filament design tokens and foundational components, ensuring consistency with the broader design system.
Participate in sprint planning, estimation, and retrospectives.
Be encouraged to participate in open-source projects on behalf of SAS.
Ensure all applicable security policies and processes are followed to support the organization’s secure software development goals.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field (or equivalent practical experience)
5 years of front-end development experience
Proficiency with modern front-end technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and component frameworks (particularly React, including meta-frameworks like Next.js), and Web Components
Experience building web components or working within component-based architectures
Experience implementing accessible web interfaces with an understanding of WCAG standards and assistive technology compatibility
Strong understanding of responsive design, CSS layout techniques, and cross-browser compatibility
An understanding of the current AI landscape and a familiarity with AI/Agentic AI dev tooling and version control system (Git)
Equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental and vision plans.
Medical plan options include: PPO with low annual deductible and copays.
HDHP combined with a health savings account with a contribution from SAS.
Onsite Health Care Center (HQ) that’s free to employees and family members enrolled in the PPO plan.
An industry-leading 401k plan.
Tuition Assistance Program and programs and resources to support your development.
Generous time away including vacation time, a variety of paid holidays, and our much-loved U.S. Winter Wellness Break between December 25 and January 1.
Volunteer Time Off, parental leave and unlimited paid sick days.
Generous childcare benefits for all full-time employees.

ATS Keywords

✓ Tailor your resume

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools

HTMLCSSJavaScriptReactNext.jsWeb ComponentsWCAG complianceunit testingintegration testingaccessibility testing

Soft Skills

collaborationfeedbackcommunicationproblem-solvingadaptability

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s degree in Software Engineering