Design Engineer

Summary

Join Skydio, a leading drone company, as a Front-End Focused Design Engineer. You will play a key role in auditing, improving, and expanding our Rivet Design System. Collaborate with design and engineering teams to refine components, enhance documentation, and ensure seamless design-to-code transitions. Your work will impact the scalability and consistency of our design system across web and Android platforms. This is a 2-4 month contract position, remote or hybrid, starting ASAP. The ideal candidate possesses extensive design system experience, strong front-end development skills, and excellent communication abilities.

Requirements

• Extensive experience working with and maintaining design systems
• Deep expertise in Figma, Storybook (React), and Showkase (Android Design System Management)
• Strong front-end development skills, particularly in React/TypeScript and a solid understanding of Android UI frameworks
• Experience working with tokens, theming, and scalable component architecture
• A keen eye for design details, user experience, and accessibility best practices
• Ability to work collaboratively and communicate effectively with both design and engineering teams

Responsibilities

• Audit & Improve: Review our existing Rivet Design System, identifying inconsistencies and opportunities for enhancement
• Design System Development: Build, refine, and document reusable components in Storybook (React) and Showkase (Android) to improve developer adoption
• Figma Integration: Ensure our design system aligns seamlessly with Figma, optimizing component libraries and documentation for designers
• Code & Collaborate: Write and improve component-level front-end code, working alongside engineers to ensure high-quality implementation
• Accessibility & Performance: Advocate for accessibility (a11y) best practices, performance optimizations, and scalable front-end architecture
• Cross-Team Communication: Act as a bridge between designers and engineers, ensuring design intent is properly translated into code

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Theming APIs, CSS-in-JS, Tailwind, or Styled Components
• Contributions to open-source design systems
• Previous experience scaling design systems for large teams or enterprise applications

Benefits

Remote / Hybrid