Staff Design Systems Engineer

Into Design Systems; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Blink Health in Pittsburgh, PA is seeking a Senior Design Systems Engineer II to shape and scale the visual and interaction foundations of its digital ecosystem. You will collaborate with Product Design and Software Engineering to evolve a shared frontend design system across products.

This hands-on role emphasizes technical execution, design detail, and end-user experience, with opportunities to mentor teams and publish robust components for enterprise-scale applications.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience in front-end or UI engineering.
• Experience working on enterprise-scale or complex professional software.
• Prior contributions to a frontend design system at scale.
• Experience integrating UI components into a complex ecosystem.
• Comfort with rapid prototyping and experimentation.
• Experience in healthcare, fintech, or other regulated domains is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Create and refine standardized UI components for quality, performance, accessibility, and design fidelity
• Conduct code reviews and validate design fit and finish
• Collaborate with the Design team through implementation reviews
• Publish, document, and maintain components in a centralized library
• Help integrate design system components into existing products transitioning to shared UI infrastructure
• Consult and mentor engineering teams on design system best practices
• Create live prototypes and proofs of concept for new patterns, workflows, and UI paradigms

Skills

Frontend experience

Tools

React

JavaScript

Design systems

Frontend tooling

AI-assisted tools (Cursor, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT)

Job description

Blink Health is hiring a Senior Design Systems Engineer II in Pittsburgh, PA to shape and scale the visual and interaction foundations of its digital ecosystem. The role partners with Product Design, Software Engineering, and cross-functional teams to evolve a shared frontend design system across products. It is a hands‑on role focused on technical execution, design detail, and end‑user experience.

What you'll do

• Create and refine standardized UI components for quality, performance, accessibility, and design fidelity
• Conduct code reviews and validate design fit and finish
• Collaborate with the Design team through implementation reviews
• Publish, document, and maintain components in a centralized library
• Help integrate design system components into existing products transitioning to shared UI infrastructure
• Consult and mentor engineering teams on design system best practices
• Create live prototypes and proofs of concept for new patterns, workflows, and UI paradigms

What they're looking for

• 7+ years of professional experience in front-end or UI engineering
• Experience working on enterprise‑scale or complex professional software
• Prior contributions to a frontend design system at scale
• Experience integrating UI components into a complex ecosystem
• Comfort with rapid prototyping and experimentation
• Experience in healthcare, fintech, or other regulated domains is a plus
• Strong proficiency in React, JavaScript, and modern front-end tooling
• Expert use of modern AI-assisted tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or ChatGPT