Deputy - Senior Frontend Engineer, Design Systems

• If you’re passionate about creating solutions that put people first and helping businesses and their teams thrive, join us at Deputy and make an impact where it matters most! • We’re looking for a Senior Engineer to help shape and build our design system with a strong emphasis on AI-native workflows. This role sits within the design function and focuses on translating design into code while enabling AI to meaningfully participate in that process. • The role also explicitly includes designer enablement — creating low-friction workflows, templates and coaching so designers can rapidly prototype and become confident “design-and-build” prototypers. You will define how the design system is structured so it can power AI-driven design-to-code workflows, and ensure designs can be efficiently generated, validated and maintained in code. • Design-to-Code Execution (AI-Enhanced) • Build and maintain production-ready UI components that accurately reflect design intent • Use AI tools to accelerate implementation, iteration, and refinement of components • Validate AI-generated outputs to ensure quality, accessibility, and consistency • AI-Driven Design System Enablement • Shape the design system (tokens, components, patterns) to be machine-readable and AI-friendly • Contribute to workflows that enable design-to-code generation using AI, and ensure components include the metadata AI needs to generate and validate code. • Identify opportunities where AI can reduce manual effort in component creation and maintenance, including using AI to scaffold components, run linting, generate tests and produce documentation. • Embedded Collaboration with Design • Act as a core member of the design team, participating in critiques and explorations • Provide technical perspective during design to ensure outputs are scalable and implementable • Help designers understand how their work can better support AI-driven development • Tooling & Workflow Innovation • Improve integration between design tools (e.g., Figma) and engineering outputs • Use AI to generate documentation, specs, and component usage guidelines • Explore AI-assisted approaches to testing (visual regression, accessibility) and validation • Prototype and experiment with new AI-driven workflows for design systems • Consistency, Quality & Accessibility • Ensure high fidelity between design and implementation • Maintain accessibility and inclusive design standards across components • Contribute to shared standards that improve system consistency across design and code • Adoption & Advocacy • Create documentation and examples that serve both designers and engineers • Support teams in using the design system effectively • Advocate for workflows that improve speed without compromising qualit • A design system that can be effectively leveraged by AI for generation, validation, and maintenance • Faster iteration from design to production through AI-assisted workflows • High fidelity between design intent and shipped UI, even with AI in the loop • Increased efficiency for both designers and engineers using the system