Principal Frontend Engineer, Design Systems (Hybrid)

Capital One Group; Plano, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 119,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Principal Associate, Front End Design Systems in Plano, TX. This hybrid role focuses on building reusable components and a design system used across product teams.

You will write scalable frontend code with TypeScript/JavaScript, collaborate across design, product, and engineering, and champion accessibility. Qualifications include 3+ years frontend experience, strong CSS, and experience with React/Vue/Angular.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of professional frontend development experience.

Responsibilities

• Write clean, scalable, and highly performant code for core component libraries and design system tooling.
• Collaborate with product, design, and other engineering teams to translate UI/UX designs and business requirements into robust, reusable solutions.
• Drive engineering excellence by building automated tests and participating in detailed code reviews.
• Champion accessibility and ensure components meet WCAG 2.1 AA and ADA.
• Mentor engineers and promote modern engineering practices.
• Help product teams integrate the design system and gather feedback to guide roadmap.

Skills

Frontend development

Attention to detail

Collaboration

Communication

Mentoring

Product-minded

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

TypeScript

JavaScript

Node.js

React

Vue

Angular

CSS

Webpack

Vite

Rollup

REST

GraphQL

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

WCAG

Semantic HTML

Agile/Kanban

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Principal Associate, Front End Design Systems in Plano, TX. This hybrid role focuses on building reusable components and a design system used across product teams.

You will write scalable frontend code with TypeScript/JavaScript, collaborate across design, product, and engineering, and champion accessibility. Qualifications include 3+ years frontend experience, strong CSS, and experience with React/Vue/Angular.