Senior Design System Engineer

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Why Hearst?

Hearst Magazines' portfolio includes more than 25 powerful brands in the U.S. such as Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Harper's BAZAAR, and Popular Mechanics. Through sophisticated content creation, cutting-edge technology, and industry-leading data capabilities, we make media and products that move people across all platforms.

Your Impact

We are seeking a passionate and enthusiastic Senior Design System Engineer to drive the design system team, build a performant, scalable design system that supports our mobile-first web applications and overall platform, and help create best-in-class digital experiences for our audience. You will be accountable for the vision, roadmap, build, and implementation of Hearst Magazine's UI components, design and engineering tools, and the applications that serve 150 million people worldwide.

You will join a diverse, supportive community of engineers building a modern content technology stack built from the ground up to give clients and users tools that enable them to tell incredible stories and run their businesses more effectively. We use modern web technologies like JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, GraphQL, React, and Python on AWS with Kubernetes, and deploy through automated tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and enhance our design system, including a library of reusable components, design patterns, UI guidelines with Figma and internal design system tools across our platform.
• Work with design system team members through implementation details, ensuring alignment with project goals.
• Collaborate and support designers and engineers to build scalable platforms that support front-end teams in creating user-centric digital experiences.
• Relentlessly simplify and distill complex processes into intuitive and elegant UI.
• Innovate by questioning and refining existing processes or establishing new ones.
• Conduct regular peer code reviews, ensuring high standards of quality.
• Identify, monitor, and tackle technical debt and seek out areas for optimization.

Qualifications

Who You Are :

Working at Hearst Magazines

The base salary for this role is between $133,000 – $150,000. The actual base pay offered depends on transferable skills, work experience, business needs, and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Hearst Magazines is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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