Front-End Design Engineer: Design System & UI Polish

Worklane GmbH; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Octopus Energy Group is a unique culture. You’ll join the Front-end team as a hybrid practitioner, shaping visual craft, UI polish, and production-ready code at the intersection of design and engineering.

Your work centers on Octopus Fleet and Electroverse, building marketing pages, core app UI, and a shared component library that powers both B2B and consumer experiences. You’ll turn early Figma concepts into accessible, polished software, collaborating with designers and product managers.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in front-end development or design engineering.
• Experience with React and Next.js.
• Ability to evolve a component library into a design system.
• Portfolio with visual craft and animation work.
• Solid UI design fundamentals and accessibility knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Concept, prototype, and build web experiences for Octopus Fleet and Electroverse.
• Evolve shared component library into a design system.
• Refine interactions and visual polish in web apps.
• Translate rough ideas into clean, accessible code.
• Collaborate with designers, PMs, and engineers bridging design and code.

Skills

Frontend dev

AI tools

React/Next.js

Design system

Portfolio

UI fundamentals

Accessibility WCAG

Tools

Storybook

Playwright

Jest

axe-core

Job description

Octopus Energy Group is a unique culture. You’ll join the Front-end team as a hybrid practitioner, shaping visual craft, UI polish, and production-ready code at the intersection of design and engineering.

Your work centers on Octopus Fleet and Electroverse, building marketing pages, core app UI, and a shared component library that powers both B2B and consumer experiences. You’ll turn early Figma concepts into accessible, polished software, collaborating with designers and product managers.