Senior Front-End Engineer - Design Systems - Xero

Job Title: Senior Front-End Engineer - Design Systems
Job Location: Auckland, NZ
Job Listing URL: https://jobs.lever.co/xero/bc60245d-eed2-4094-94c8-4d280f79de8f
Job Description: Our Purpose
At Xero, we’re here to help you supercharge your business. We do this by automating routine tasks, surfacing actionable insights and connecting businesses with the right data, advisors and apps. When that happens, we’re not only making life better for small business, we’ll be building a stronger economy that can change the world.

About the team
At Xero, the XUI team builds and maintains the core UI components and guidelines that power a consistent user experience for millions globally. We collaborate with product teams to ensure intuitive and beautiful software, championing accessibility and efficiency. Join us to shape the future of Xero's user interface.

What you'll do:
Build Reliable and Performant Solutions: Lead initiatives for the delivery of large, consistent and scalable Design System. Build, maintain, and improve the organisation’s design system, including reusable UI components, patterns, and guidelines
Collaboration: Partner with Design and Accessibility in building high-quality, reusable components and experiences. Work closely with Product engineers to integrate design system components into applications seamlessly.
Hands-On Development: Building and composing ui components that are accessible, reliable and performant.
Estimating, Scoping, and Planning: Contribute to the estimation, scoping, and planning of projects, input into defining the team's strategy and roadmap. Work closely with design management, leadership, and engineering teams to deliver impactful workstreams.
Standards, Tooling and Documentation: Keep a keen eye for accessibility standards. Document usage guides, examples etc for easier consumption by teams. Contribute to pipelines, testing and having a high quality mindset.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Build strong relationships with cross-functional teams, including product management and leadership, to drive the success of engineering initiatives.
Operational: Ensure operational excellence across the product lifecycle, being part of the internal Support for the components.
What you'll bring with you:
Deep front-end expertise: HTML, CSS (and preprocessors/CSS-in-JS), JavaScript (modern frameworks like React, Vue, or Angular).
Strong component-based architecture knowledge: Designing, developing, and maintaining reusable UI components.
Proficiency in testing: Unit, integration, and end-to-end testing methodologies and tools. e.g. Jest, React Testing Library, Playwright, Loki.
Commitment to accessibility (WCAG): Building inclusive and accessible components.
Excellent collaboration and communication skills: Working effectively with designers, product managers, and other engineers.
Experience with version control (Git) and documentation
Proven experience (5+ years) in front-end development, ideally with some exposure to design systems
Problem-solving skills and attention to detail
Mentorship and technical leadership potential
Experience in modern software development methodologies like Kanban or Agile

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