UX Engineer (Manager Level)

Sun Life Malaysia Assurance Berhad; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Sun Life Malaysia Assurance Berhad is seeking a front-end engineer to own the Sun Life Helios design system for local digital channels. You will translate approved designs into production-ready components, enabling full stack teams to deliver consistent web and mobile experiences.

You will build reusable UI libraries, ensure accessibility and responsive layouts, and collaborate with designers and developers to maintain design fidelity from Figma to production.

Qualifications

• Frontend engineering using React or an equivalent framework.
• Experience building reusable component libraries and documenting them in Storybook.
• Figma inspection and design-system implementation.
• Responsive web and mobile interface development.
• Accessibility standards, semantic markup and keyboard/assistive-technology support.
• Frontend automated testing, visual regression testing, version control and code review.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, interaction design or related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• At least 4 years of front-end or UX engineering delivering production digital applications.

Responsibilities

• Build, test and maintain reusable UI components aligned with the Sun Life Helios design system and local adaptations.
• Translate Figma designs into responsive, accessible front-end experiences for web and mobile channels.
• Create code-based prototypes to validate interaction behaviour and technical feasibility.
• Collaborate with product designers and full stack developers to define component contracts and handover standards.
• Review internal and vendor front-end code and contribute approved components to shared design-system libraries.

Skills

React

Front-end engineering

Accessibility

Responsive design

Testing

Version control

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Storybook

Design tokens

Figma

Job description

Bridge product design and front-end engineering by translating approved experience designs into accessible, reusable and production-ready interface components. Own the technical implementation of the Sun Life design system for local digital channels, protect design fidelity from Figma to production, and enable full stack developers and delivery partners to build consistent web and mobile experiences efficiently.

Key Responsibilities

• Build, test and maintain reusable user-interface components, coded patterns and design tokens aligned with the Sun Life Helios design system and approved local adaptations.
• Translate Figma designs and interaction specifications into responsive, accessible and high-fidelity front-end experiences for web and mobile channels.
• Create code-based prototypes to validate interaction behaviour, technical feasibility, responsive layouts and complex journey concepts before full development.
• Partner with product designers and full stack developers to define component contracts, states, usage guidance, acceptance criteria and design-to-code handover standards.
• Review internal and vendor-written front-end code, document reusable assets and contribute approved components and improvements to shared design-system libraries.

Requirements

• Modern front-end engineering using React or an equivalent approved framework
• Reusable component libraries, Storybook, design tokens and component documentation
• Figma inspection, interactive prototyping and design-system implementation
• Responsive web and mobile interface development
• Accessibility standards, semantic markup and keyboard or assistive-technology support
• Front-end automated testing, visual regression testing, version control and code review
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, interaction design or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• At least 4 years of front-end or UX engineering experience delivering production digital applications.