Senior Frontend Engineer: AI-Driven Design Systems

Tend; Washington; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work policy + stipend

ESOP

Paid parental leave

Group Salary Continuance Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Extra leave days & study/volunteer

Global working groups

Hackathons

EV leasing & internet reimbursement

Job summary

Deputy is seeking a Senior Engineer to shape and build our design system with a strong emphasis on AI-native workflows. This role sits in the design function and translates design into code while enabling AI to participate meaningfully in that process.

The role includes designer enablement—creating low-friction workflows, templates and coaching so designers can prototype rapidly and become confident design-and-build prototypers.

Qualifications

• 4–6 years in front-end engineering, design systems, or design engineering.
• Strong proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Experience building UI components in modern frameworks (Vue, React).
• Solid design sense, attention to detail, and accessibility knowledge.
• Experience with design tools (Figma, tokens, variants).
• Interest or experience in AI-assisted design workflows.
• Ability to bridge design and engineering for scalable outputs.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain production-ready UI components reflecting design intent.
• Use AI tools to accelerate implementation, iteration, and refinement.
• Validate AI-generated outputs for quality, accessibility, and consistency.
• Shape design system tokens, components, and patterns to be AI-friendly.
• Enable AI-driven design-to-code generation with metadata for validation.
• Identify opportunities where AI reduces manual component work and testing.
• Collaborate with design to ensure scalable, implementable outputs.

Skills

Front-end Engineering

Design Systems

HTML/CSS/JS/TS

Vue/React

Figma Tokens Variants

AI-assisted Design

Accessibility

System Architecture

Cross-functional Collaboration

Tools

Figma

Design Tokens

Job description

Deputy is seeking a Senior Engineer to shape and build our design system with a strong emphasis on AI-native workflows. This role sits in the design function and translates design into code while enabling AI to participate meaningfully in that process.

The role includes designer enablement—creating low-friction workflows, templates and coaching so designers can prototype rapidly and become confident design-and-build prototypers.