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Principal Software Development Engineer, Design Systems (Web)
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About this role
Role overview
Own the technical direction of a web design system used across hundreds of codebases. You will shape its architecture, releases, performance, accessibility, and adoption, working closely with design system peers and platform teams. The role also sets expectations for how shared web foundations support AI-assisted development and generated interfaces while maintaining a high quality bar.
Responsibilities
- Define the system’s technical vision, including component architecture, styling, framework upgrades, and major releases. - Make and explain architecture decisions that help teams build consistent web experiences across varied application structures. - Partner with platform teams and senior engineering leaders to coordinate technical changes and guide adoption. - Own performance across complex pages, diagnose issues spanning multiple sub-applications, and coordinate fixes. - Uphold release safety, code quality, and accessibility standards for published packages, contributing code where useful. - Mentor senior engineers and help shape support for coding agents, AI-generated interfaces, and server-driven UI.
Requirements
- Deep experience leading web software engineering and setting technical direction for shared front-end systems. - Ability to make evidence-based architecture decisions and communicate trade-offs to senior technical and product stakeholders. - Experience supporting adoption and upgrades across teams with different technology stacks and application architectures. - Strong understanding of web performance, release quality, and accessibility, including troubleshooting complex applications. - Technical leadership and mentoring skills, with the ability to build alignment across engineering, design, and platform partners.
Benefits and work setup
- Remote role for eligible US-based employees, who work from a chosen physical location. - Base salary ranges vary by location; listed ranges include $185,800–$312,400 annually across specified US regions.