Senior Software Engineer, Design Systems

Vanta is a company dedicated to helping businesses earn and prove trust through continuous security monitoring. As a Senior Software Engineer on Design Systems, you will lead technical initiatives, establish UI/UX standards, and mentor engineers while building high-quality components that enhance user experiences.

Responsibilities:

• Build, maintain, and update existing shared UI components to ensure they are consistent across our system and product, bug free, well tested, and well documented
• Be a leader for and advise on UI/UX best practices and standards at Vanta, bringing a high bar for design craft to ensure our components are both functional and refined
• Educate all engineers in UX and industry standards and best practices, our Design System guidance, and how to implement in code
• Support product team use cases through building new shared patterns when it makes sense to extend the system, or updating guidance
• Drive technical direction within your team and make key technical decisions that will form the system's stance and recommendations for product teams
• Identify, scope, and lead technical projects that lay the groundwork for building highly performant and reliable systems
• Mentor and uplevel more junior teammates through code reviews, pair programming, and knowledge sharing

Requirements:

• 5-8 years of industry experience with deep expertise in frontend engineering, design systems, and accessibility
• Proven ability to drive complex technical initiatives independently, delivering high-quality results in fast-paced environments
• Extensive experience building shared UI components and developer tooling that results in exceptional user-facing experiences
• Mastery in system design and software architecture, with an emphasis on user experience and accessibility standards, and a strong sense of design craft
• Strong expertise in TypeScript, React, component architecture, state management, and frontend performance optimization
• Demonstrated leadership through mentoring teammates, driving technical decisions, and influencing engineering standards
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to educate and collaborate effectively across engineering teams
• Open to using AI to amplify their skills and strengthen their work - demonstrating curiosity, a willingness to learn, and sound judgment in applying AI responsibly to improve efficiency and impact