Senior Front-End Engineer - Scalable Design System (Remote)

MENA Alliances; United Arab Emirates; Remote; AED 253,000 - 455,000; Part time

Job summary

MENA Alliances is seeking an experienced Senior Front-End Developer to build a scalable, component-based design system based on Figma designs. The role focuses on translating UX/UI concepts into reusable, production-ready code to be integrated with Umbraco CMS by back-end developers.

The position is remote, UK-based collaboration with cross-functional teams including UI/UX designers and back-end developers.

Qualifications

• Experience translating UX/UI designs into scalable, production-ready front-end components.
• Ability to build reusable UI components and a component-based design system.
• Familiarity with Umbraco CMS integration and design tokens/theming workflows.
• Strong knowledge of accessibility (WCAG) and semantic HTML, with performance-minded coding.
• Experience with modern front-end tooling and CI/CD workflows.

Responsibilities

• Translate Figma designs into responsive, accessible front-end components.
• Build modular, reusable UI components based on atomic design principles.
• Develop a component-based design system that supports multi-site/brand consistency.
• Collaborate with UI/UX designers to implement prototypes faithfully.
• Write clear documentation and handover guidelines for the Umbraco CMS team.
• Maintain front-end performance with lazy loading and code splitting.
• Ensure WCAG compliance, including ARIA roles and keyboard navigation.
• Participate in Agile/Scrum workflows and version control practices.

Skills

TypeScript

React

Vue.js

Angular

Razor views

Umbraco CMS

Storybook

Atomic design

Design tokens

Theming

Flexbox

CSS Grid

Tools

Webpack

Vite

Gulp

Git

GitHub

Bitbucket

Beanstalk

npm

Yarn

pnpm

CI/CD

Job description

MENA Alliances is seeking an experienced Senior Front-End Developer to build a scalable, component-based design system based on Figma designs. The role focuses on translating UX/UI concepts into reusable, production-ready code to be integrated with Umbraco CMS by back-end developers.

The position is remote, UK-based collaboration with cross-functional teams including UI/UX designers and back-end developers.