Senior Design Systems Engineer
About the role
As a Senior Design Systems Engineer, you will partner closely with design, product, and engineering teams to define, build, and scale Shipt’s unified design system across both web and mobile platforms using React and React Native. You will drive system adoption and reduce technical fragmentation by autonomously engineering scalable, high-performance UI components that consolidate legacy patterns into a cohesive architecture. Ultimately, you are responsible for empowering developer velocity across multiple domains, eliminating code duplication, and ensuring consistently high-quality, accessible experiences for every Shipt user.
Responsibilities
- Autonomously lead the technical architecture and hands-on execution of high-quality web or mobile applications.
- Demonstrate success building and scaling a unified design system adopted by multiple engineering teams, having previously led projects that established clear architectural standards, component APIs, and theming.
- Proven track record of shipping cross-platform UI components by actively utilizing React or React Native, alongside deep technical proficiency in TypeScript and modern frontend tooling like Storybook and Figma.
- Experience consolidating fragmented legacy UI patterns into scalable systems, explicitly utilizing performance monitoring tools (like Datadog RUM) and data layer protocols (like GraphQL) to ensure high-performance delivery.
- Drive cross-functional alignment by partnering seamlessly with Design, Product, and Engineering stakeholders to translate concepts into production code, while actively mentoring junior engineers on UI best practices and accessibility standards.
Requirements
- 5+ years of frontend engineering experience.
- Demonstrated success building and scaling a unified design system adopted by multiple engineering teams.
- Proven track record of shipping cross-platform UI components.
- Experience consolidating fragmented legacy UI patterns into scalable systems.
- History of driving cross-functional alignment by partnering with Design, Product, and Engineering stakeholders.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in relevant field.
Skills
- Design
- React.js
- React Native
- System Designs
Education
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Pay Range
Pay Range: $95,800 - $ 180,245
Skills & Education
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About Shipt
Shipt is a retail tech company that connects people to reliable, high-quality delivery with a personal touch. Shipt connects customers to the things they want from the stores they love, retail businesses to more satisfied customers, and workers to new earning opportunities. At Shipt, we aim to put our team first to boost a sense of belonging, spark opportunities for growth, provide unique benefits and commit to giving back to our communities in ways that make life better, both personally and professionally. We understand that our service, our culture, and our connection to our communities are only made better by every single person who shows up to work here every day. Learn More.
Shipt
Shipt is an independently operated, wholly owned subsidiary of Target Corporation and available in more than 5,000 U.S. cities. Shipt was founded and is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. For more information, please visit Shipt’s company site at Shipt.com.
We are an equal opportunity employer
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, religion or religious belief, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, military or veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.