Lead Frontend Engineer, Design System

Royal London Group; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave + bank holidays

Employer matching pension up to 14%

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Royal London Group is seeking a Design System Lead to drive the creation and evolution of the Design System across digital experiences. You will translate designs into robust, accessible components and collaborate with UX, engineering and product teams, supported by a Technical Specialist on deeper technical decisions.

You will own design token architecture, pipelines from Figma to code, and CI/CD workflows for component libraries, while conducting code reviews and guiding agile squads through

Qualifications

• Knowledge of WCAG and ARIA accessibility guidelines.
• Experience designing and delivering design systems.
• Strong communication with stakeholders and product teams.
• Familiarity with automated testing for front-end components.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and delivery of Royal London’s Design System across web journeys.
• Collaborate with designers and engineers to translate designs into components, patterns and templates.
• Maintain design token architecture and Figma-to-code pipelines; understand CI/CD for component libraries.
• Conduct code reviews to ensure quality and standards compliance.
• Plan and facilitate workshops for agile squads on adopting the Design System.
• Own research into technologies and patterns affecting reusable components.

Skills

Accessibility knowledge

Agile teamwork

Stakeholder communication

Figma-to-code pipelines

Code review

Tools

Figma

CI/CD pipelines

Component libraries

Job description

Royal London Group is seeking a Design System Lead to drive the creation and evolution of the Design System across digital experiences. You will translate designs into robust, accessible components and collaborate with UX, engineering and product teams, supported by a Technical Specialist on deeper technical decisions.

You will own design token architecture, pipelines from Figma to code, and CI/CD workflows for component libraries, while conducting code reviews and guiding agile squads through