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Lead Design Engineer

2 months, 1 week ago
United States
Full-time
Lead
Design Lead
Software Development
Android Design Systems Figma iOS React Native Storybook
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Step

Step

Step is a next-gen financial services company empowering teens and young adults with free banking, instant money transfers, personalized spending cards, and rewards to achieve financial independence.

Diversified Financial Services
51-250
Founded 2018
$491M raised
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Description

  • Own the connection between the design system and production code so they evolve together.
  • Build and maintain reusable components, design tokens, and shared foundations across iOS, Android, and Web.
  • Partner with Product Designers to translate high-fidelity designs into production-quality components.
  • Collaborate with Engineering to create scalable, flexible, performant, and accessible component architecture.
  • Improve the design-to-code workflow through tooling, automation, documentation, and developer experience.
  • Develop systems that help designers and engineers move faster while maintaining high quality and consistency.
  • Improve governance around component APIs, tokens, naming conventions, versioning, and adoption.
  • Review implementations and identify opportunities to improve the design system and product quality.
  • Explore and build AI-powered workflows for designing, building, documenting, and maintaining products.
  • Help shape the future of product development at Step.

Requirements

  • Significant experience building and evolving design systems for modern consumer software products.
  • Strong frontend engineering experience building reusable component libraries and design infrastructure.
  • Deep understanding of design tokens, component architecture, accessibility, documentation, and modern design system best practices.
  • Strong understanding of Figma and how modern design teams build and maintain systems.
  • A systems-thinking mindset focused on improving the entire product development workflow.
  • An exceptional eye for visual detail and a passion for polished, intentional interfaces.
  • Experience collaborating closely with both designers and engineers.
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence technical and product decisions across disciplines.
  • Curiosity about AI and emerging design tools, with a desire to rethink how products are designed and built.
  • Experience shipping high-quality mobile or web applications.
  • A portfolio or examples of work demonstrating technical execution and design systems thinking.
  • Experience with React Native or building cross-platform component libraries (preferred).
  • Experience building token pipelines or design system tooling (preferred).
  • Experience with Storybook or similar documentation platforms (preferred).
  • Experience building Figma plugins or internal developer tools (preferred).
  • Experience using AI to improve design workflows, automate repetitive work, or build design tooling (preferred).
  • Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
  • Remote (US) or San Mateo, CA, with occasional travel for team offsites and key meetings.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and stock options.
  • Generous medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Company-paid life insurance.
  • 401(k) plan with Safe Harbor company matching.
  • Flexible vacation policy and paid company holidays.
  • 12 weeks of paid parental leave with a flexible return-to-work policy.
  • Company-provided technology package.
  • Remote-first work environment.

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