Staff UX Engineer — Design System Architect

BD; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

BD is seeking a Staff UX Engineer to define and advance the UX Engineering strategy across the Waters Software portfolio. You will lead scalable frontend architecture, craft reusable component libraries, and establish an enterprise Design System to ensure consistent, intuitive experiences across medical instrument software.

You will collaborate with Human Factors, Product Management, Architecture, and Agile teams to translate user insights into reusable UX frameworks and standards that

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), or related.
• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, frontend development, UX Engineering, or closely related field.
• Experience leading frontend engineering initiatives across multiple products or teams.
• Experience designing, implementing, and governing enterprise-scale Design Systems and reusable libraries.
• Strong expertise in Angular, TypeScript, HTML5, CSS/SCSS, and Angular Material.
• Hands-on experience with Storybook or similar design system platforms.
• Strong understanding of frontend architecture, component-based design, state management, performance optimization.
• Experience establishing engineering standards for reusable, scalable frontend solutions.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the UX Engineering strategy across Waters Software portfolio.
• Serve as technical authority for frontend architecture and Design System governance.
• Lead enterprise Design System and Storybook component ecosystem development and adoption.
• Establish standards for architecture, theming, accessibility, and visual consistency.
• Architect and maintain reusable UI frameworks and components using Angular stack.
• Drive best practices for coding, documentation, APIs, and CI/CD for frontend assets.
• Promote automated testing, accessibility validation, and visual regression testing.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate user research into reusable UX solutions.
• Enable Scrum teams with reusable design assets, guidelines, and reference architectures.
• Define frontend technology roadmaps with architects and tech leads.

Skills

Angular

TypeScript

HTML5

CSS/SCSS

Angular Material

Design System

Storybook

CI/CD

Git

Frontend Architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering/HCI

Tools

Storybook

CI/CD pipelines

Git

Job description

BD is seeking a Staff UX Engineer to define and advance the UX Engineering strategy across the Waters Software portfolio. You will lead scalable frontend architecture, craft reusable component libraries, and establish an enterprise Design System to ensure consistent, intuitive experiences across medical instrument software.

You will collaborate with Human Factors, Product Management, Architecture, and Agile teams to translate user insights into reusable UX frameworks and standards that