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Principal Software Development Engineer, Design Systems (Web)

Archer 🇺🇸 United States of America

$195,600 - $312,400 Full-time Senior

Set the technical vision and architecture for Constellation Web, guiding its components, styling, upgrades, performance, accessibility, and safe releases across hundreds of codebases. Align and mentor engineering teams, drive adoption and migrations, and evolve the design system to support AI-assisted development and AI-generated or server-driven UI.

Responsibilities

  • Set the technical vision and architecture for Constellation Web, guiding its components, styling, upgrades, performance, accessibility, and safe releases across hundreds of codebases. Align and mentor engineering teams, drive adoption and migrations, and evolve the design system to support AI-assisted development and AI-generated or server-driven UI.

Requirements

  • Requires 8+ years of front-end engineering experience, including platform engineering, and expert React, TypeScript, and CSS architecture skills; a bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience, is specified. Candidates should bring experience leading shared-library migrations, deep web performance and accessibility expertise, strong architectural judgment, and recognized technical leadership; AI fluency is also expected.

Benefits

  • Equity Awards

Key Skills

Front‑end Engineering React TypeScript CSS Architecture Design Systems Web Performance Accessibility AI Integration Technical Architecture Component Library Migration Mentoring Agile Development Git CI/CD Web Development Performance Optimization User Interface Engineering Collaboration

About Archer

Archer is the agent for both sides of hiring. For companies, Archer is the AI sourcing agent for passive, in-demand talent, the people your team wants to interview but can't reach through applications alone. Recruiters tell it what good looks like. It then works across every open role, finding, engaging and delivering the right people into your existing ATS as qualified, ID-verified candidates. For jobseekers, Archer is your AI advocate in the job market. It finds the roles you actually fit and shows you why, so you can apply with confidence instead of losing time on roles you'd never get. The recruiter always makes the hiring call. Every match explainable, every recommendation reasoned. Book a demo or get matched at meetarcher.com

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