
Senior Software Engineer, Design Systems
Vanta
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $207,000 - $244,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Build, maintain, and update existing shared UI components to ensure they are consistent across our system and product, bug free, well tested, and well documented
- Be a leader for and advise on UI/UX best practices and standards at Vanta, bringing a high bar for design craft to ensure our components are both functional and refined
- Educate all engineers in UX and industry standards and best practices, our Design System guidance, and how to implement in code
- Support product team use cases through building new shared patterns when it makes sense to extend the system, or updating guidance
- Drive technical direction within your team and make key technical decisions that will form the system's stance and recommendations for product teams
- Identify, scope, and lead technical projects that lay the groundwork for building highly performant and reliable systems
- Mentor and uplevel more junior teammates through code reviews, pair programming, and knowledge sharing
Requirements
- 5-8 years of industry experience with deep expertise in frontend engineering, design systems, and accessibility
- Proven ability to drive complex technical initiatives independently, delivering high-quality results in fast-paced environments
- Extensive experience building shared UI components and developer tooling that results in exceptional user-facing experiences
- Mastery in system design and software architecture, with an emphasis on user experience and accessibility standards, and a strong sense of design craft
- Strong expertise in TypeScript, React, component architecture, state management, and frontend performance optimization
- Demonstrated leadership through mentoring teammates, driving technical decisions, and influencing engineering standards
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to educate and collaborate effectively across engineering teams.
Benefits
- 100% covered medical, dental, and vision benefits with dependents coverage
- 16 weeks fully-paid parental Leave for all new parents
- Health & wellness and remote workplace stipends
- Family planning benefits through Carrot Fertility
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible work hours and location
- Open PTO policy
- 11 paid holidays in the US
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
frontend engineeringdesign systemsaccessibilityTypeScriptReactcomponent architecturestate managementfrontend performance optimizationsystem designsoftware architecture
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringcommunicationcollaborationknowledge sharingtechnical decision makingeducating engineersdriving technical initiativesinfluencing engineering standardscode reviews