Design System Architect (Qatari National)

Qatar Airways Group; Doha; On-site; QAR 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Qatar Airways Group is seeking a Design System Architect to build and manage the enterprise UI framework, components, and standards that enable consistent digital experiences at scale across the organization.

The role defines architecture, governance, adoption, and evolution of the design system, collaborating with design and development teams to improve consistency, accessibility, efficiency, and time to market across web, iOS, and Android platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in UX Design, HCI, CS, or related field.
• 5+ years in Design Systems, UI Architecture, or UX engineering.
• Experience managing enterprise-scale design systems and component libraries.
• Proficient with Figma, Claude, design tokens, Storybook, GitHub, and modern workflows.
• Strong accessibility, responsive design, and multi-platform design pattern knowledge.
• Excellent stakeholder management and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise design system architecture, standards, and governance.
• Build and manage reusable UI components and tokens; document patterns.
• Enable design-to-code workflows integrating Figma and repositories.
• Collaborate with UX, Product, and Engineering across web/iOS/Android.
• Ensure WCAG accessibility and enterprise UX compliance.
• Drive adoption via training, documentation, and stakeholder engagement.
• Govern component requests, versioning, and releases.
• Monitor trends and evolve the design system to meet needs.

Skills

UX Design

Design Systems

Frontend Development

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in UX Design/HCI/CS

Tools

Figma

Storybook

GitHub

Claude

Design Tokens

Job description

General Information

Ref # 237107

Location: Qatar-Doha

Job family: Corporate & Commercial

Closing Date: 2026-10-20

Description

About the Role

We are looking for a Design System Architect to build and manage the shared UI framework, components, and standards that enable UX and engineering teams to deliver consistent digital experiences at scale across the enterprise.

This role will be responsible for defining the architecture, governance, adoption, and evolution of the organization’s design system, ensuring seamless collaboration between design and development while improving consistency, accessibility, efficiency, and time to market across digital products.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise design system architecture, standards, and governance processes.
• Build and manage reusable UI components, design tokens, patterns, and documentation.
• Enable design-to-code workflows by integrating Figma, design tokens, and development repositories.
• Partner with UX, Product, and Engineering teams to ensure consistent implementation across web, iOS, and Android platforms.
• Establish accessibility standards and ensure compliance with WCAG and enterprise UX guidelines.
• Drive adoption of the design system through training, enablement, documentation, and stakeholder engagement.
• Govern component requests, enhancements, versioning, and releases to maintain quality and scalability.
• Monitor industry trends and continuously evolve the design system to meet changing business and technology needs.

Be part of an extraordinary story

Your skills. Your imagination. Your ambition. Here, there are no boundaries to your potential and the impact you can make. You’ll find infinite opportunities to grow and work on the biggest, most rewarding challenges that will build your skills and experience. You have the chance to be a part of our future, and build the life you want while being part of an international community.

Our best is here and still to come. To us, impossible is only a challenge. Join us as we dare to achieve what’s never been done before.

Together, everything is possible.

Qualification

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in UX Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in Design Systems, UI Architecture, UX Engineering, Front-End Development, or related disciplines.
• Hands-on experience managing enterprise-scale design systems and component libraries.
• Experience working with Figma, Claude, design tokens, Storybook, GitHub, and modern development workflows.
• Strong understanding of accessibility, responsive design, and multi-platform design patterns.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and collaboration skills.

About Qatar Airways Group

Our story started with four aircraft. Today, we deliver excellence across 12 different businesses coming together as one. We’ve grown fast, broken records and set trends that others follow. We don’t slow down by the fear of failure. Instead, we dare to achieve what’s never been done before. So whether you’re creating a unique experience for our customers or innovating behind the scenes, every person contributes to our proud story. A story of spectacular growth and determination. Now is the time to bring your best ideas and passion to a place where your ambition will know no boundaries, and be part of a truly global community

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