Staff UX Engineer: Design System & Frontend Architect

BD; Ashland (KY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Waters 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, reusable component libraries, and an enterprise Design System to ensure consistent, intuitive experiences across diverse medical instrument software products.

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

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, HCI, or a related technical discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, frontend development, UX Engineering, or a closely related field.
• Demonstrated experience leading frontend engineering initiatives across multiple products, teams, or platforms.
• Proven experience designing, implementing, and governing enterprise-scale Design Systems and reusable component libraries.
• Strong expertise in modern frontend technologies, including Angular, TypeScript, HTML5, CSS/SCSS, and Angular Material.
• Hands-on experience developing and maintaining component libraries using Storybook or similar design system platforms.
• Strong understanding of frontend architecture, component-based design, state management, performance optimization, and modern web application development.
• Experience establishing engineering standards and best practices for reusable, scalable frontend solutions.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the UX Engineering strategy across the Waters Software portfolio, delivering consistent, scalable, and user-centered experiences across products.
• Serve as the technical authority for frontend architecture, UX implementation, and Design System governance.
• Lead the vision, development, adoption, and continuous evolution of a shared enterprise Design System and Storybook component ecosystem.
• Establish standards for component architecture, interaction patterns, accessibility, design tokens, theming, branding, and visual consistency.
• Architect, develop, and maintain reusable UI frameworks and components using Angular, TypeScript, HTML5, CSS/SCSS, and Angular Material.
• Define and govern frontend engineering best practices, including coding standards, documentation, API consistency, component lifecycle management, and architecture review processes.
• Drive quality-focused development practices through automated testing, visual regression testing, accessibility validation, usability verification, and continuous quality monitoring.
• Establish scalable CI/CD, versioning, release management, and dependency governance practices for shared frontend assets and Design System components.
• Partner with Human Factors Engineering, Product Management, Architects, and Agile teams to translate user research and workflow insights into reusable UX solutions and development standards.
• Enable Scrum teams to accelerate software delivery through reusable design assets, implementation guidance, reference architectures, and shared engineering frameworks.
• Collaborate with Technical Leads and Architects to define frontend technology strategies, roadmaps, and long-term platform direction.
• Conduct architecture, design, and implementation reviews to ensure usability, performance, accessibility, maintainability, and consistency across the software portfolio.
• Monitor Design System adoption, platform health, and usage metrics to drive continuous improvement and maximize business impact.
• Mentor and coach frontend engineers and UX practitioners, fostering engineering excellence, innovation, and continuous learning.
• Ensure compliance with applicable Quality Management System (QMS), regulatory, and accessibility requirements.

Skills

Angular

TypeScript

HTML5

CSS/SCSS

Design System

Storybook

Agile/Scrum

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related (HCI)

Tools

Storybook

Angular Material

Job description

Waters 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, reusable component libraries, and an enterprise Design System to ensure consistent, intuitive experiences across diverse medical instrument software products.

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