Design Systems Engineer III

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Job Details
Senior Design System Engineer - Design Systems
Position Summary
We are looking for a Senior Design System Engineer to join Cencora and lead the evolution of a scalable design system used across enterprise products and platforms. This role is ideal for a highly experienced front-end engineer with deep design systems expertise who thrives at the intersection of design, engineering, and accessibility.
This role provides technical leadership and system-level ownership, shaping how the design system scales across the enterprise.
The Senior Design Systems Engineer will define architecture, standards, and governance while building framework-agnostic components and tooling that enable teams to deliver consistent, accessible user experiences at scale.
The Senior Design Systems Engineer will:

• Define component architecture and implement scalable, framework-agnostic web components.

• Own and evolve major parts of the design system architecture and component strategy.

• Define, champion, and enforce accessibility standards across the design system.

• Define and lead design system adoption strategy across product and marketing teams.

• Partner with designers to define scalable patterns and component APIs.

• Establish documentation standards and information architecture for Storybook.

• Establish best practices for versioning, releases, and long-term maintainability.

• Provide technical guidance and review across consuming teams.

A successful candidate should:

• Have deep front-end engineering experience and strong system design skills.

• Be experienced in building and scaling design systems in complex environments.

• Have a strong working knowledge of WCAG and inclusive design principles.

• Be comfortable solving ambiguous, cross-team problems.

• Communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Primary duties and responsibilities:

• Architect and maintain a scalable, framework-agnostic design system.

• Define CSS architecture, theming strategies, and token systems.

• Establish documentation, testing, and quality standards for components.

• Design, evolve, and govern tooling and CI/CD workflows, including Azure Pipelines.

• Guide adoption through enablement, documentation, and partnership.

• Ensure long-term system health and alignment with enterprise standards.

Experience and educational requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Web Development, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 5 years of professional front-end or UI engineering experience.

• Demonstrated experience owning or leading a design system or shared platform.

Minimum skills, knowledge, and abilities:

• Expert proficiency in HTML, CSS, and Typescript or JavaScript.

• Experience with Web Components and related libraries or frameworks (Lit or similar).

• Advanced understanding of CSS architecture, theming, and design tokens.

• Strong accessibility expertise and testing experience.

• Strong experience with Storybook and component documentation strategy.

• Experience designing modern front-end tooling ecosystems.

• Strong communication and stakeholder-influencing skills.

• Actively mentors others and raises team-wide technical standards.

Experience & Educational Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or any other related discipline or equivalent related experience. 5+ years of directly-related or relevant experience, preferably in software designing and development.
What Cencora offers
Benefit offerings outside the US may vary by country and will be aligned to local market practice. The eligibility and effective date may differ for some benefits and for team members covered under collective bargaining agreements.
Full time
Affiliated Companies
Affiliated Companies: CENCORA BUSINESS SERVICES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
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