Front-End Engineer

Job Description

Hearst Magazines is looking for a front-end engineer for the role of ''Design Systems Engineer''. Front-end experience in UI and experience in design is essential for this role, and prior experience with design systems is a plus. Our primary tech is React (Preact) and Next.js. In addition to JavaScript, we seek candidates with experience in CSS and JSX. Some other libraries and tools we will be using are Storybook, GraphQL, Figma, and Supernova.

At Hearst Magazines, you will join a diverse community of creatives building new experiences in digital media, serving over 500 million monthly visitors for diverse editorial brands such as ELLE, Cosmopolitan, Men's Health, Women's Health, Runner's World, Oprah Magazine, House Beautiful and more. Your focus will be on developing and implementing design system tools and strategies for a growing group of content creators, publishing businesses, not-for-profit and eCommerce brands, including creation and maintenance of component libraries, design tokens repositories, design systems documentation, and more

Responsibilities
• Implement new features and strategies for design systems in our media platform. Collaborate with creators, product managers, engineers, and provide technical assistance to product designers
• Enhance the Product Design process by developing new tools and processes for Product Designers to increase fidelity and accelerate concept validation.
• Work with Engineering counterparts to find ways to take designs from concepts to production at scale
• Leverage systems-thinking in your approach to solving problems quickly and efficiently, helping your teammates avoid redundant work and lost time.
• Evangelize prototyping as a critical part of the product development process
• Convert emerging product concepts into tangible interactive prototypes
• Drive conceptualization of future features and experiences leveraging rapid-prototyping principles
• Mentor other product designers & engineers in your area of expertise, and seek mentorship from the wider organization with an eye towards pushing boundaries and keeping your skills up to date with the latest/best practices for our discipline

Qualifications
• 5+ years of professional experience designing and/or building web or mobile products that have been fully implemented and released to a consumer or business market.
• Professional experience working with front-end design systems, responsive design principles, modern engineering workflows, and design systems.
• Strong experience prototyping and building user interfaces with modern web technologies such as React or Vue, and modular, component-based applications
• Proven experience with semantic markup and accessibility standards. Knowledge of WAI-ARIA and assistive technologies is a plus.
• Experience using development tools, like Docker and Git for local development and app deployment
• Familiarity with Javascript testing frameworks and libraries
• Experience with contemporary digital product design tools and technologies. This could include Figma, Sketch, and/or the Adobe Suite.
Our ideal candidate:
• Has designed end-to-end product experiences for web and mobile applications
• Has designed end-to-end product experiences for web and mobile applications
• Demonstrates strong systems thinking, information architecture, and interaction design skills
• Prefers teamwork and collaborative, interdisciplinary design practices
• Has contributed to design systems
• Is eager to learn, has a track record for being self-driven, and has experience managing multiple projects at the same time
• Has interest and excitement about problem-solving and complex systems

This role is fully remote and open to those living in the following states: AL, CA, CO, FL, IL, MA, MD, MI, NC, NJ, NY, OH, SC, TN, TX, VA

As part of its continued efforts to maintain a safe workplace for employees, Hearst Magazines requires that all employees who receive a written offer of employment be fully vaccinated (as defined by the CDC) against the coronavirus by the first day of employment as a condition of employment, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Hearst Magazines will consider requests for reasonable accommodations on an individual basis in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rb80vy-18-188-61-223-42 in your application.