Senior Design System Engineer📣 Job Ad

About the Role

Datamatics Technologies is seeking a Senior Design System Engineer to join their team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role involves leading the development, implementation, and governance of an enterprise Design System, bridging the gap between design and engineering to ensure consistency and scalability across digital products.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, maintain, and evolve a scalable Design System and reusable component library.
• Collaborate with Product Designers, UX Researchers, Product Managers, and Engineering teams.
• Develop high-quality, accessible, responsive, and reusable UI components.
• Define and enforce design system standards, guidelines, and best practices.
• Establish governance processes to ensure design consistency across products.
• Translate design tokens, patterns, and specifications into production-ready code.
• Drive adoption of the Design System across multiple teams and business units.
• Ensure compliance with accessibility standards (WCAG) and responsive design principles.
• Monitor system performance, scalability, and usability improvements.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership for front-end architecture decisions.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field.
• 5-10 years of experience in Front-End Engineering, UI Engineering, or Design System development.
• Strong expertise in JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3, and modern front-end frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with React and component-based architecture.
• Experience building and maintaining enterprise-scale Design Systems.
• Strong understanding of Design Tokens, Atomic Design, and Component Libraries.
• Experience with Storybook, Figma, and design-to-development workflows.
• Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG * and responsive design principles.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile development methodologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Design System governance and adoption strategies.
• Knowledge of micro-frontends and scalable UI architectures.
• Experience integrating Design Systems across web and mobile platforms.
• Familiarity with testing frameworks such as Jest, Cypress, or Playwright.
• Experience working in large enterprise or product-based environments.

Success Measures

• Increased Design System adoption across teams.
• Improved UI consistency and development efficiency.
• Reduced design and development duplication.
• Enhanced accessibility compliance and user experience.
• Faster delivery of digital products through reusable components.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role involves working within a collaborative environment focused on enhancing digital product development through robust design systems.