Senior Design Systems Engineer

Impact

As a Senior Design Systems Engineer, you will spend your days partnering closely with design, product, and engineering teams to define, build, and scale Shipt’s unified design system across both web and mobile platforms using React and React Native. You will drive system adoption and reduce technical fragmentation by autonomously engineering scalable, high-performance UI components that consolidate legacy patterns into a cohesive architecture. Ultimately, you are responsible for empowering developer velocity across multiple domains, eliminating code duplication, and ensuring consistently high-quality, accessible experiences for every Shipt user.

What You’ll Need to Be Successful

• 5+ years of frontend engineering experience autonomously leading the technical architecture and hands-on execution of high-quality web or mobile applications.

• Demonstrated success building and scaling a unified design system adopted by multiple engineering teams, having previously led projects that established clear architectural standards, component APIs, and theming.

• Proven track record of shipping cross-platform UI components by actively utilizing React or React Native, alongside deep technical proficiency in TypeScript and modern frontend tooling like Storybook and Figma.

• Experience consolidating fragmented legacy UI patterns into scalable systems, explicitly utilizing performance monitoring tools (like Datadog RUM) and data layer protocols (like GraphQL) to ensure high-performance delivery.

• A history of driving cross-functional alignment by partnering seamlessly with Design, Product, and Engineering stakeholders to translate concepts into production code, while actively mentoring junior engineers on UI best practices and accessibility standards.

Skills & Education

This list includes key skills used in this job but is not inclusive of all skills needed for the role. Please see any required education below.

Design, React.js, React Native, System Designs

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience | Required

Work Arrangement

Shipt considers candidates located near a Shipt office or workspace in Birmingham, San Francisco, or Minneapolis to be hybrid, which means that they have the flexibility to work from home (with leader approval) or at a Shipt office in order to facilitate the ability to innovate, collaborate, and spark team connections. In-office expectations will vary by role and leader.  Certain roles may require in-office presence on a full-time basis. Please work with your recruiter to learn more about the classification of this role.

About Shipt

Shipt is a retail tech company that connects people to reliable, high-quality delivery with a personal touch. Shipt connects customers to the things they want from the stores they love, retail businesses to more satisfied customers, and workers to new earning opportunities.

At Shipt, we aim to put our team first to boost a sense of belonging, spark opportunities for growth, provide unique benefits and commit to giving back to our communities in ways that make life better, both personally and professionally. We understand that our service, our culture, and our connection to our communities are only made better by every single person who shows up to work here every day.  Learn More.

Shipt is an independently operated, wholly owned subsidiary of Target Corporation and available in more than 5,000 U.S. cities. Shipt was founded and is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. For more information, please visit Shipt’s company site at Shipt.com.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, religion or religious belief, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, military or veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Employees (and eligible family members) are covered by medical, dental, vision and more.  Employees may enroll in our company’s 401k plan. Employees will also be eligible to receive discretionary vacation for exempt team members, paid holidays throughout the calendar year and paid sick leave.  Other compensation includes eligibility for an annual bonus and the potential for restricted stock units based on role.