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Software Engineer, Design Systems

Whatnot Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)

Remote $207,000 - $230,000 Full-time Senior

Build and evolve design system components across iOS, Android, and web platforms to ensure consistent, accessible, and high-craft UI. Collaborate with product designers to manage design token architecture and develop tooling that keeps design and engineering in sync.

Responsibilities

  • Build and evolve Whatnot Design System components for iOS, Android, and web
  • Own and extend design token architecture and automated pipelines from Figma to code
  • Partner daily with product designers to review specs, flag gaps, and develop tooling (Figma plugins, code‑connect, component playgrounds)
  • Ensure high‑quality, accessible UI through testing, telemetry, and AI‑assisted workflows
  • Maintain documentation and support component adoption across engineering teams

Requirements

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience building user‑facing products
  • Experience shipping production UI on at least two of: iOS (Swift/SwiftUI), Android (Kotlin/Compose), web (React/TypeScript)
  • Hands‑on experience with design systems, component libraries, and design token pipelines
  • Strong collaboration skills with product designers; fluent in Figma
  • Expertise in accessibility, theming, dark mode, internationalization/RTL, and UI testing

Benefits

  • Generous holiday and time‑off policy
  • Medical, dental, and vision health insurance
  • Work‑from‑home support
  • Retirement 401(k) with up to 4% employer match and international pension plans
  • Monthly allowance to dog‑food the app
  • Parental leave

Key Skills

Design Systems Engineering React TypeScript Swift SwiftUI Kotlin Jetpack Compose Figma Design Tokens Component Libraries Accessibility (VoiceOver, TalkBack) Dark Mode Theming RTL Internationalization Snapshot & Visual Regression Testing Cross‑functional Collaboration Agile Development API Design Automation Problem Solving Communication

About Whatnot

Whatnot is the leading live‑shopping platform in North America and Europe, enabling creators to sell products through live video streams.

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