Design Systems Engineer — Frontend & AI UI Craft

Writer; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Parental leave

Hybrid culture

Employee stock options

Learning & development stipend

London office spaces

Job summary

Writer is seeking a frontend design systems lead to own the Writer Design System (WDS), ensuring production-ready components across surfaces. You will partner with design, product, and engineering to ship design-led UI that scales with AI-driven tooling, maintain cross-team standards, and push for accessibility and performance in every interaction.

You’ll influence the technical direction of the design system, extend primitives, and collaborate closely with the Director of Product Design to

Qualifications

• Experience building production frontends with TypeScript and React.
• Experience owning a design system or shared platform across an engineering org.
• Strong understanding of accessibility and performance in UI components.

Responsibilities

• Own the Writer Design System (WDS) and ensure it is complete and trustworthy.
• Design and build production-ready UI components from concept to ship.
• Improve design-to-code workflows and drive adoption across teams.
• Collaborate with designers, PMs, and engineers to shape product surfaces and standards.

Skills

TypeScript

React

Design systems

Front-end performance

Accessibility

Tools

Figma

Storybook

Framer Motion

GSAP

Lottie

Job description

Writer is seeking a frontend design systems lead to own the Writer Design System (WDS), ensuring production-ready components across surfaces. You will partner with design, product, and engineering to ship design-led UI that scales with AI-driven tooling, maintain cross-team standards, and push for accessibility and performance in every interaction.

You’ll influence the technical direction of the design system, extend primitives, and collaborate closely with the Director of Product Design to