Senior Design Systems Engineer

About this role

Build and evolve the design system components and APIs used across Ramp products. Partner with designers and engineers to translate UX principles into accessible, consistent interfaces, and help ensure the system works well for both human developers and AI agents.

About the company

Ramp is a financial automation platform that provides companies with tools to manage expenses, optimize procurement, and improve financial workflows. It serves businesses looking to streamline their financial processes and enhance visibility into spending.

Stack

What you'll do

• Build and evolve shared design system components and APIs
• Decide when to enforce design rules in components, guidance, or automation
• Partner with designers to turn UX patterns into working components
• Improve internal tooling and developer experience
• Champion accessibility and product quality

What we're looking for

• Strong frontend engineering skills and hands-on implementation experience
• Experience building design system components and APIs
• Excellent semantic HTML, CSS, and JavaScript skills; React preferred
• Ability to deliver implementations end to end with sound UX and systems thinking
• Experience with design software such as Figma and visual design principles
• Strong communication, collaboration, organization, and documentation skills

Nice to have

• Design systems experience predating widespread AI tooling
• Ability to explain complex concepts to technical and non-technical peers
• Strong accessibility development practices

Benefits

• Equity
• Flexible PTO
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) with employer match
• Parental leave of up to 16 weeks for birthing and bonding or 8 weeks for bonding
• Home-office equipment and wellness stipends