Senior Design System Engineer — Frontend Innovator

American Airlines; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 28,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Wellness programs

401(k)

Job summary

American Airlines seeks a Senior Design System Engineer to lead the creation and evolution of reusable UI components and patterns across our frontend landscape. You will shape the framework, mentor engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, accessible interfaces.

The role emphasizes building reliable design system code, maintaining consistency, and driving adoption across product groups while aligning with company-wide frontend best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in programming, software engineering, data systems or related field.
• 2+ years of frontend experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and advance the design framework code curios including reliability improvements and delivery pipelines to client needs.
• Develop design components and patterns based on frontend best practices and consistency.
• Own the vision for design framework extension and frontend direction across the project.
• Support engineers in adopting design framework and measure adoption through analytics and success metrics.
• Collaborate with development and design leads to standardize framework development and prevent technical debt.
• Enable product teams to build consistent features aligned with framework principles and accessibility (WCAG 2.0 AA).

Skills

Frontend development

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor Degree

Tools

Lit

Web Parts

Tailwind

GitHub

Job description

American Airlines seeks a Senior Design System Engineer to lead the creation and evolution of reusable UI components and patterns across our frontend landscape. You will shape the framework, mentor engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, accessible interfaces.

The role emphasizes building reliable design system code, maintaining consistency, and driving adoption across product groups while aligning with company-wide frontend best practices.