Amplify

Senior Staff Engineer, Design Systems

Amplify
Apply
10 hours ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$170k - $190k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Architect and build reusable component libraries, design tokens, and frontend infrastructure for Amplify’s next-generation Design System.
  • Partner with Design, Product, and Engineering leaders to align technical strategy, priorities, and implementation approaches.
  • Lead cross-team technical discussions, build consensus, and drive Design System adoption across products without direct reporting authority.
  • Translate design standards and component contracts into scalable, maintainable, and accessible implementations.
  • Establish engineering standards, implementation patterns, code quality practices, and technical governance processes.
  • Maintain repositories, component documentation, release processes, and contribution workflows for shared systems.
  • Explore and implement AI-assisted development workflows for component development, testing, and documentation.
  • Provide technical mentorship, architectural guidance, and code review support to engineers.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of relevant work experience in areas such as frontend development, UI engineering, design technology, or design engineering.
  • Fluency in modern React, TypeScript, JavaScript, semantic HTML, CSS, responsive design, design systems architecture, reusable UI components, design tokens, Figma, Git, frontend build tools, component packaging, testing, and web accessibility standards.
  • Experience building polished user interfaces, responsive layouts, and web applications, including examples built with React.
  • Experience with scalable frontend architecture across multiple applications and technology stacks.
  • Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional technical initiatives, influencing engineering decisions across teams, and managing stakeholders with competing priorities.
  • Preferred qualifications include education technology or related design experience, Storybook or similar tools, CSS custom properties, scalable CSS methodologies, component contracts, Redux and state management, Figma UI component libraries, and AI skills.

Tech Stack

Categories

Amplify

About Amplify

1,001-5,000 employees

Amplify builds K–12 curriculum, assessments, and supplemental learning software for schools and districts, delivered through the Amplify Classroom platform and supporting digital and print instruction. It sells into U.S. school systems, including statewide adoptions, and provides professional development and implementation services. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, the privately held company serves classrooms across all 50 states.

Contact me