Verkada

Staff Frontend Engineer - Design Systems

Verkada
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8 hours ago
San Mateo, CA, USAStaff+
H1B sponsor

Responsibilities

  • Develop and scale a centralized React-based component library and design system.
  • Translate design visions and Figma tokens into reusable, accessible, pixel-perfect web components.
  • Partner with designers and support, collaborate with, and mentor engineers across 8+ product teams.
  • Implement WCAG and ARIA accessibility standards across shared components.
  • Write unit and visual regression tests and optimize UI rendering performance.
  • Maintain Storybook documentation, usage guidelines, and component tooling.
  • Integrate the design system with Verkada’s microfrontend architecture and contribute to frontend infrastructure as needed.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of relevant industry experience in frontend web development with a strong UI/UX focus.
  • Expertise with React, TypeScript, and modern styling solutions such as CSS-in-JS or CSS Modules.
  • Proven experience building, maintaining, or significantly contributing to design systems, component libraries, or comprehensive UI frameworks.
  • Deep experience with component-driven development and Storybook.
  • Strong practical knowledge of ARIA, WCAG, and accessible component development.
  • Experience collaborating directly with designers and understanding design tokens, typography, layout systems, and responsive design.
  • Degree in Computer Science, HCI, or a similar technical or design field.

Benefits

  • Healthcare programs with employee premiums fully covered under at least one plan and family premiums 80% covered under all plans.
  • Nationwide medical, vision, and dental coverage.
  • Health Savings Account with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account.
  • Expanded mental health support, paid parental leave, and fertility benefits.
  • Paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO, and personal sick time.
  • Professional development stipend and wellness/fitness benefits.
  • Healthy lunches provided daily and commuter benefits.

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About Verkada

1,001-5,000 employees

Verkada builds a cloud-managed physical security platform for enterprises, combining security cameras, access control, sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management with web and mobile software. It sells hardware plus software licenses through a subscription model to organizations like schools, retailers, and industrial sites. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, Verkada reports 30,000+ customers worldwide and is privately held.

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