Remote Design Systems Engineer: From Figma to React

Better Design; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Better Design in San Francisco or remote is seeking a design systems engineer to grow the rules and components used to build web apps. You will author new design systems in React, turning a brand from Figma into a design system an agent can install.

You should have shipped React components to production, work in Figma daily, and be able to explain why a design works so it can be codified into rules. The role offers ownership across stages from sketch to release in a small, fast-moving team.

Qualifications

• Built React components that other people ship in production.
• You work in Figma every day and can build components that match the file.
• You can say why a design works, in plain words, so it can become a rule.

Responsibilities

• Own new design systems for web apps in React, with every component in the set.
• Take a brand from a Figma file to a design system an agent can install.
• Turn what you know about good interfaces into review rules an agent can follow.

Skills

React components

Figma

Design systems

Tools

Next.js

Tailwind

Hono

Postgres

Drizzle

Cloudflare Workers

npm MCP server

Codex

Job description

Better Design in San Francisco or remote is seeking a design systems engineer to grow the rules and components used to build web apps. You will author new design systems in React, turning a brand from Figma into a design system an agent can install.

You should have shipped React components to production, work in Figma daily, and be able to explain why a design works so it can be codified into rules. The role offers ownership across stages from sketch to release in a small, fast-moving team.