Principal Design Engineer

League; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Bonus program

Stock options

Unlimited PTO

Spending accounts

Wellness days

Growth opportunities

Mentorship program

Flexible working

Job summary

League is building the next generation of intelligent design systems for web, iOS, and Android. We’re seeking a Principal Design Engineer to own the bridge between design and code and to drive the design system end-to-end across platforms.

You’ll own tooling, theming, and the infrastructure enabling AI agents to build with consistency, while shipping production code and maintaining accessibility as a default. This senior IC role emphasizes craft, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in a hybrid design/frontend role, frontend engineering, product design or design engineering.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the design system: component authoring, theming architecture, and parity between the design library and what ships in code.
• Own the tooling between design and code, including token pipelines, plugins, and automated checks that catch drift before people do.
• Build the infrastructure that lets AI agents use our design system correctly, including agent skills, reference documentation, and evals that measure whether the output holds up.
• Ship production code into the design system and the surfaces that consume it.
• Hold the cross-platform constraint across web, iOS, and Android, so one design decision serves all 3.
• Set the accessibility bar inside the system so teams inherit it by default.
• Own the open architectural questions about the system and drive each one to a decision.
• Document and teach your AI workflows so the whole design practice improves, not only your own output.
• Set the craft bar through what you ship, and build alignment with designers, engineers, and leads who don’t report to you.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Figma

Design systems

Accessibility

Documentation

AI agent integration

Tools

Node.js

Claude Code

Job description

League is one of the fastest-growing technology companies in Canada and the leading healthcare experience platform. Getting healthcare is often the easy part — finishing it is where things fall apart: people book the appointment and skip the follow-up, fill the prescription and stop taking it, get the referral and never make the call. That gap costs health plans and health systems money, and it costs people their health. League closes that gap — identifying what each person needs to do next, clearing what’s in their way, and getting it done, for the 70 million+ people whose care already runs through our platform. Health plans and health systems trust us to do this at scale. Organizations like Manulife, SCAN, Geisinger, and Medibank on the payer side, and Baptist and Shoppers Drug Mart on the provider side.

Position Summary

We’re building the next generation of intelligent, human-centered products that improve people’s health and well-being. We're looking for a Principal Design Engineer to own the bridge between design and code. Our design system serves web, iOS, and Android across every product and customer we support, which makes it the highest-leverage thing the design organization owns.

You’ll own that system end to end: the component library, the theming architecture, the tooling that keeps design and code in sync, and the infrastructure that lets AI agents build with it correctly.

This is a senior individual contributor role. The work is infrastructure, so you’ll be measured by what other designers and engineers can build because of what you built.

In this role, you will:

• Own and evolve the design system: component authoring, theming architecture, and parity between the design library and what ships in code.
• Own the tooling between design and code, including token pipelines, plugins, and automated checks that catch drift before people do.
• Build the infrastructure that lets AI agents use our design system correctly, including agent skills, reference documentation, and evals that measure whether the output holds up.
• Ship production code into the design system and the surfaces that consume it.
• Hold the cross-platform constraint across web, iOS, and Android, so one design decision serves all 3.
• Set the accessibility bar inside the system so teams inherit it by default.
• Own the open architectural questions about the system and drive each one to a decision.
• Document and teach your AI workflows so the whole design practice improves, not only your own output.
• Set the craft bar through what you ship, and build alignment with designers, engineers, and leads who don’t report to you.

About You:

• 6+ years in a hybrid design/frontend role, frontend engineering, product design or design engineering,
• A portfolio of shipped work where you did both the design and the build.
• You’ve authored a design system. We'll ask which decisions were yours, what you got wrong, and what you’d do differently.
• Strong design sensibility. You care about craft, consistency, and interaction quality, and you can articulate why a decision was right and what you traded away to get there.
• Fluent in both halves of the job: production React and TypeScript with real judgment about component API design, and Figma at authoring depth (variables, modes, component properties, design-to-code mapping).
• Daily, fluent use of Claude Code or equivalent, with hands‑on experience writing agent skills, wiring up MCP servers, and benchmarking the results.
• You account for real-world complexity: edge cases, empty and error states, accessibility, and technical constraints.
• High agency. You pick up unowned work, form a position, and drive it to a decision.
• Strong writing. Much of your output is documentation read by designers, engineers, and agents

Nice to Have

• Native iOS or Android experience.
• Tooling engineering in Node and TypeScript: CLIs, build scripts, token pipelines, CI automation.
• Health tech or another regulated industry.
• Experience designing evals or otherwise benchmarking AI output quality.

Why you should join

• Own the system that every team and every product at League depends on.
• Work at the frontier of design systems built for AI agents, where most of the prior art doesn’t exist yet.
• Set the technical direction for how design and engineering collaborate across 3 platforms.
• Partner with a talented, cross-disciplinary team of designers, engineers, and AI experts.
• Join a fast-growing company redefining the future of healthcare experiences.
• Be part of a supportive, forward‑thinking design culture that values quality and experimentation.
• Competitive compensation, equity, and comprehensive benefits.
• Flexible vacation and time‑off policy.
• Continuous learning and development support (courses, tools, reimbursements, etc.).

What we offer

• Comprehensive Health Benefits: We prioritize your well-being with complete medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Bonus Program: Be rewarded for your contributions with our performance‑based bonus program
• Employee Stock Option Program: Become an owner and share in our success through our stock option program
• Unlimited Paid Time Off: Take the time you need to recharge and maintain a healthy work‑life balance
• Spending Accounts: Manage your healthcare and dependent care expenses with tax‑advantaged spending accounts
• Wellness Days: Prioritize your mental and physical health with dedicated wellness days throughout the year
• Growth Opportunities: We invest in your future with abundant opportunities for professional development and advancement
• Mentorship Program: Benefit from guidance and support from experienced leaders in your field
• Flexible Ways of Working: Enjoy the freedom to work in a way that suits your life and boosts your productivity

Security-Related Responsibilities:

• Compliance with Information Security Policies
• Compliance with League’s secure coding practice
• Responsibility and accountability for executing League's policies and procedures
• Notification of HR, Legal, Compliance & Security of any incidents, breaches or policy violations