Senior Front-End & Design Systems Engineer

New York Life; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 143,000; Full time

Job summary

New York Life Insurance Company in New York is seeking a Senior Front-End Engineer to build and maintain the NYL360 front-end experience, translating design intent into accessible, responsive code and collaborating with designers and partners.

You will define workflows, establish quality gates, and ensure WCAG compliance while partnering with internal engineers and a development partner to deliver polished, scalable components.

Qualifications

• Education in Computer Science or related field; 5+ years in front-end/UX engineering.
• Expert in front-end development with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern frameworks.
• Experience with design tools and handoff processes.
• Familiarity with WCAG accessibility and inclusive design.
• Experience with Git/GitHub in multi-contributor codebases.
• Experience contributing to or working in codebases not owned by you, following external conventions.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain responsive, accessible front-end code for NYL360.
• Define and refine workflows to enable design in NYL360's front-end codebase.
• Establish production-ready code standards and review checklists.
• Work within NYL360's GitHub repository and branching strategy with engineering and partner.
• Collaborate with internal engineers and external development partner to align on implementation.
• Define annotation and documentation for design-authored code (happy paths, edge cases, states, business rules).
• Ensure components meet accessibility standards (WCAG) and are performant across devices.
• Bridge between design, engineering, and partner to balance UX and technical feasibility.
• Stay current on AI-assisted design-to-code tools and best practices.
• Participate in code and design reviews and testing with partner engineers.

Skills

Front-end development

Design handoff

Component-driven design

Accessibility WCAG

GitHub

External partner collaboration

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Computer Science or related field

Tools

GitHub

Design tools

Handoff processes

Job description

New York Life Insurance Company in New York is seeking a Senior Front-End Engineer to build and maintain the NYL360 front-end experience, translating design intent into accessible, responsive code and collaborating with designers and partners.

You will define workflows, establish quality gates, and ensure WCAG compliance while partnering with internal engineers and a development partner to deliver polished, scalable components.