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Lead Design Technologist

Melbourne💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-07 → 2026-07-31

Core

Lead the migration to a next-generation component system and build tooling that bridges Figma and production code, enabling designers to execute frontend work independently.

Role type

Lead Design Technologist (Design Systems & Frontend Engineering)

Builds

Next-generation component system (React/Tailwind), design-to-code tooling, and AI-assisted build workflows.

Domain

SaaS / Employee Experience Platform / Design Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

React, modern JavaScript, Figma (component architecture, variables, plugin development), design systems governance, accessibility (WCAG 2.1), AI-assisted design workflows

Preferred skills

Experience shipping production frontend code, prototyping adaptive interfaces, encoding design taste into code

Technologies

React, Tailwind, Figma, JavaScript

Responsibilities

Lead migration to next-gen component system; Build tooling to close the gap between Figma and production; Prototype emerging interaction patterns and adaptive interfaces; Help encode design taste into AI-assisted build workflows; Act as connective tissue between design practice, unified systems, and engineering; Champion accessibility throughout the design and build process

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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