Senior Frontend Engineer: Design System & Platform

Bank of New Zealand; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank of New Zealand, Auckland, is seeking a frontend engineer for the Design System team. Hybrid role with three anchor days in the office and two flexible days. You will help evolve BNZ's design system, expand the React component library, and improve accessibility and tooling across BNZ's digital experiences.

You’ll collaborate with designers, developers and product teams to raise quality, implement standards, and explore AI-assisted development within the design system ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of web platform fundamentals and sound technical decision making.

Responsibilities

• Evolve BNZ's web design system with reusable components and standards.

Skills

Web platform fundamentals

Frontend platform modernization

Component migrations

Design system adoption

Testing infrastructure improvements

WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility

Playwright testing

Developer experience tooling

AI-assisted development

LLMs and agentic workflows

Strong communication

Job description

Bank of New Zealand, Auckland, is seeking a frontend engineer for the Design System team. Hybrid role with three anchor days in the office and two flexible days. You will help evolve BNZ's design system, expand the React component library, and improve accessibility and tooling across BNZ's digital experiences.

You’ll collaborate with designers, developers and product teams to raise quality, implement standards, and explore AI-assisted development within the design system ecosystem.