Design Systems & Accessibility Engineering Lead

Salesforce, Inc.; Atlanta, New York, San Francisco (GA, NY, CA); On-site; USD 173,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce, Inc. seeks a technically strong, collaborative leader for Slack Kit & Accessibility engineering to drive accessibility strategy and maintain Slack Kit—the design system powering Slack’s UI across surfaces.

You will partner with design and product teams to ensure usable, accessible UX and lead the evolution of the component library. The role requires strong leadership, experience as a Senior+ Frontend Engineer, and a track record of mentoring engineers.

Qualifications

• 3+ years leading software engineering teams.
• Previous experience as a Senior+ Frontend Software Engineer.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, organizational, and time management skills.
• Experience hiring, mentoring, and leading engineers.
• Experience communicating with users, other technical teams, and product management to understand requirements, describe software product features, and technical designs.
• An understanding of how and where AI software development tooling can be deployed for maximum team impact.

Responsibilities

• Drive Slack's accessibility strategy, partnering with Product and Design teams across Slack to ensure UX is accessible and usable by everyone.
• Own and continually evolve Slack Kit, Slack's design system and component library, for a consistent end-user experience.
• Set technical direction and facilitate execution for major Frontend Engineering initiatives, including CSS architecture modernization.
• Develop roadmaps and milestones with IC leads to enable multi-quarter project delivery.
• Provide regular feedback, coaching, and growth opportunities to help the team advance technically and in their careers.
• Build a sustainable high-performing team and a supportive, challenging work environment.

Skills

Team leadership

Frontend engineering

Hiring & mentoring

Communication

Requirements gathering

AI tooling awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field

Tools

Design systems

UI component libraries

Job description

Salesforce, Inc. seeks a technically strong, collaborative leader for Slack Kit & Accessibility engineering to drive accessibility strategy and maintain Slack Kit—the design system powering Slack’s UI across surfaces.

You will partner with design and product teams to ensure usable, accessible UX and lead the evolution of the component library. The role requires strong leadership, experience as a Senior+ Frontend Engineer, and a track record of mentoring engineers.