General Motors

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Lead Design Engineer – GM Design System

Mechanical EngineerMechanical EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 10,001+Since 1908H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

Texas

Posted

37 days ago

Salary

Not specified

Bachelor Degree9 yrs expEnglish

Job Description

• Develop and maintain a scalable design system using vanilla HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Web Components. • Write semantic, accessible HTML aligned with WCAG and WAI-ARIA best practices. • Architect modular, maintainable CSS for large-scale applications. • Build flexible, reusable components with a focus on performance, accessibility, and self-documentation. • Ensure cross-browser and cross-device consistency for all UI components. • Translate Figma designs into production-ready code, collaborating closely with designers. • Contribute to design system documentation for easy adoption across teams. • Define and enforce coding standards, best practices, and governance models for long-term scalability. • Incorporate progressive enhancement and ensure graceful degradation when JavaScript is unavailable. • Partner with engineering teams to integrate components into CI/CD pipelines and ensure robust testing (unit, visual regression, accessibility). • Mentor developers on front-end architecture and design system best practices.

Job Requirements

  • A bachelor’s degree in a technical or design related field, or work experience commensurate with education.
  • 9+ Years of experience working as a professional Design Engineer or Design Technologist.
  • 3+ years of direct people management experience.
  • Proven expertise in vanilla HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Web Components (not reliant on frameworks).
  • Strong understanding of front-end architecture and strategies for scaling CSS in enterprise environments.
  • Deep knowledge of semantic HTML, WCAG, and ARIA accessibility standards.
  • Experience with progressive enhancement and performance optimization.
  • Ability to write clean, maintainable, and self-documenting code.
  • Proven experience building or contributing to large-scale design systems or UI libraries.

Benefits

  • From day one, we're looking out for your well-being–at work and at home–so you can focus on realizing your ambitions.

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