Job Description

We're hiring on behalf of one of our leading clients in the digital transformation space! They're looking for a

Design Technologist

who can bridge the gap between design and development--bringing high-fidelity UI concepts to life through production-ready code.


Role Overview


A Design Technologist in a design systems unit serves as a bridge between designers and developers--supporting both to build consistent, high-quality digital products across the organisation. Design system engineer acts as a workflow integrator, ensuring cohesion between design and engineering.


Ideal for someone who can take design ideas from prototypes through to production-ready code.



Responsibilities

Collaborate with designers to translate hight-fidelity UI designs into interactive, coded UI components. Build and maintain design-system components (React, Vue, Angular) ensuring design consistency across products. Develop accessible, performant, responsive interfaces (WCAG standards, internationalisation). Document design patterns, assist in creating/maintaining the style guide and code library. Document Design System components in Storybook. Work within agile methodologies, participate in Agile ceremonies across Tribes. Collaborate closely with front-end engineers to refine component, define and integrate design tokens and APIs.

Requirements & Skills


Technical Skills

HTML5, CSS3 (SASS/LESS), JavaScript (ES6+) - solid foundation Familiarity with at least one modern UI framework or library (React/Vue/Angular) Build/design tooling: Storybook, Styleguidist, Figma?to?code plugins, Babel, Webpack Understanding of component architecture: theming, tokens, props API Accessibility (WCAG 2.0/2.1), responsive design, mobile-first Version control (GitHub) Agile/scrum experience


Design & UX Skills

Proficient in Figma Strong sense of interaction, visual, and motion design with attention to detail UX fundamentals: user flows, accessibility, inclusive design Familiarity with ISO usability standards (ISO 9241) a plus
Soft Skills

Excellent communication & cross-functional teamwork abilities Problem-solving mindset and attention to detail Analytical mindset: use data & feedback to iterate Self-starter, proactive in system improvements


Experience & Qualifications

2-5 years in front-end, product design, UX engineering or similar Experience working on or contributing to a design system Bachelor's degree in HCI, interaction design, computer science, or related field preferred

Category

Specific Skills & Experience

Languages -

HTML5, CSS3/SASS, JS (ES6+)

Frameworks -

React, Vue, or Angular

Design Tools -

Figma, Sketch, Adobe Suite

Prototyping -

Storybook, prototypes to production level

UX/Accessibility -

WCAG 2.x, inclusive/principled design

Collaboration -

Agile, Git, design-dev hand-offs *

Soft Skills -

Communication, problem-solving, UX empathy