Senior Design System Engineer – Angular / WCAG / Storybook

Location: Remote
Duration: 9+ Months, with potential extension or conversion to full-time
 

Position Overview

We are looking for a Senior Design System Engineer / Senior UI Engineer with strong hands-on experience building and implementing enterprise design systems, reusable component libraries, and accessible Angular applications.

The strongest candidate will have experience taking a design system from initial setup through implementation, building reusable components, documenting components in Storybook, and applying WCAG 2.1/AAA and Section 508 requirements throughout front-end development.

This is a hands-on engineering role focused on design systems, accessibility, Angular component development, and front-end architecture.

Core Technical Requirements

• 5+ years of professional Front-End Development
• 5+ years of hands-on Angular development
• 5+ years building or implementing Enterprise Design Systems
• 5+ years developing Reusable UI Components / Component Libraries
• 5+ years of hands-on Web Accessibility / WCAG
• Strong experience with WCAG 2.1 / AAA
• Strong knowledge of Section 508
• Strong knowledge of ARIA
• Strong knowledge of Semantic HTML
• 5+ years of experience with Storybook
• Strong HTML experience
• Strong SASS / SCSS experience
• Experience with USWDS (U.S. Web Design System) or comparable enterprise design systems
• Experience performing accessibility testing, remediation, and accessibility reviews
• Strong technical communication and ability to work directly with development teams

What You Will Do

• Build and maintain an enterprise design system and reusable component library.
• Establish design-system architecture, standards, patterns, and reusable components.
• Develop high-level Angular wrapper components that provide consistent behavior and accessibility across applications.
• Build accessible UI components using Angular, HTML, SASS/SCSS, semantic HTML, and ARIA.
• Develop and document components using Storybook.
• Create reusable UI patterns that can be adopted across multiple enterprise applications.
• Apply WCAG 2.1/AAA and Section 508 requirements during component development.
• Identify and remediate accessibility issues within front-end applications.
• Perform accessibility and UI reviews of front-end implementations.
• Work with development teams to implement consistent design-system and accessibility patterns.
• Provide technical guidance to developers who may have limited accessibility or design-system experience.
• Participate in code reviews and provide recommendations related to front-end architecture, accessibility, and reusable components.
• Document component behavior, implementation guidance, accessibility requirements, and development workflows.
• Review existing application UI patterns and identify opportunities for reusable component implementation.
• Support accessibility remediation across multiple enterprise applications.
• Research and evaluate design-system, accessibility, and front-end technologies as needed.

Required Experience

Enterprise Design Systems

Demonstrated experience building, establishing, or implementing an enterprise design system, including:

• Reusable component libraries
• Component architecture
• Wrapper components
• Design-system standards
• Component documentation
• Design-system adoption across development teams

Candidates who have only used an existing design system without helping build or implement it are not a strong fit.

Accessibility

Strong hands-on experience with:

• WCAG 2.1
• WCAG AAA
• Section 508
• ARIA
• Semantic HTML
• Keyboard accessibility
• Accessible UI components
• Accessibility testing
• Accessibility remediation
• Accessibility audits/reviews

Front-End Engineering

Strong experience with:

• Angular
• HTML5
• SASS / SCSS
• Reusable Angular components
• Component libraries
• Front-end architecture
• UI component development

Storybook

Hands-on experience using Storybook for:

• Component development
• Component documentation
• Component demonstrations
• Collaboration with development teams
• Maintaining reusable component libraries

Enterprise Design Systems

Experience with USWDS or another enterprise-level design system is required.

Preferred Experience

• .NET
• MVC
• SQL
• Experience integrating Angular applications with .NET-based back-end systems
• Government or public-sector application development
• Large enterprise application environments
• Accessibility remediation across multiple applications

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is a Senior Design System Engineer, Senior UI Engineer, Senior Front-End Engineer, UX Engineer, or Front-End Architect who combines strong engineering skills with deep accessibility expertise.

The candidate should be able to demonstrate that they have:

Built the design system → developed the components → documented them in Storybook → applied WCAG/Section 508 → worked with developers to adopt the system.

This is significantly different from a candidate who has simply developed Angular applications or consumed an existing UI component library.