Description:

The Design System Team at Wealthsimple plays a crucial role in product development by ensuring precision and care in crafting every user interface element, component, and interaction.
Responsibilities include collaborating with developers, designers, and product managers to build a robust design system that supports a diverse product range.
The role involves enhancing component reusability, improving accessibility, driving innovation in interaction design, and maintaining the tooling that powers the system.
The Senior Frontend Developer will work on developing and maintaining high-quality, reusable UI components that are accessible, scalable, and performant.
They will advocate for and implement best practices in UX development to ensure a seamless and consistent user experience across all products.
Additionally, the role involves contributing to documentation and education around the design system, participating in code reviews, design critiques, and workshops, and driving innovation in interaction design.
The Senior Frontend Developer will also maintain and update the platform and tooling used by the design system to ensure reliability, scalability, and accessibility for all product teams.

Requirements:

Extensive experience with front-end technologies, including React, React-Native, and Typescript.
Proven track record of building and maintaining components and libraries at scale.
Strong understanding of UX principles, accessibility standards (WCAG), and best practices in responsive design.
Experience working in a cross-functional environment, collaborating with developers, designers, and product managers.
Excellent problem-solving skills and a passion for crafting pixel-perfect user interfaces.
Strong communication skills, with the ability to articulate design decisions and rationale.
Familiarity with tools like Figma, Storybook, Chromatic, and version control systems like Git.
A keen eye for detail and a deep appreciation for design aesthetics.

Competitive salary with top-tier health benefits and life insurance.
Retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple Work.
20 vacation days per year and unlimited sick and mental health days.
Up to $1,500 per year towards wellness and professional development budgets respectively.
90 days away program: Employees can work internationally in eligible countries for up to 90 days per calendar year.
A wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resource Groups (i.e., Rainbow, Women of Wealthsimple, Black @ WS).
Company-wide wellness days off scheduled throughout the year.
Remote-first team with over 1,000 employees coast to coast in North America.