Senior Frontend Developer, Design Systems

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Wealthsimple is on a mission to help everyone achieve financial freedom by reimagining what it means to manage your money. Using smart technology, we take financial services that are often confusing, opaque and expensive and make them transparent and low-cost for everyone. We’re the largest fintech company in Canada, with over 4 million users who trust us with more than $50 billion in assets.

Our teams ship often and make an impact with groundbreaking ideas. We're looking for talented people who keep it simple and value collaboration and humility as we continue to create inclusive and high-performing teams where people can be inspired to do their best work.

About the Team:

The Design System Team is at the heart of our product development, ensuring that every user interface element, component, and interaction is crafted with precision and care. We collaborate closely with developers, designers, and product managers to build a robust design system that supports our diverse product range. As we continue to expand and refine our system, we are focused on enhancing component reusability, improving accessibility, driving innovation in interaction design, and maintaining the tooling that powers the system.

This is an exciting opportunity to influence how design is integrated into our development process and to lead the charge in creating tools and components that will be used across Wealthsimple's R&D organization.

What you will do:

• Collaborate with developers and designers to develop and maintain high-quality, reusable UI components that are accessible, scalable, and performant
• Advocate for an implement best practices in UX development, ensuring a seamless and consistent user experience across all products
• Work closely with product teams to understand their needs and ensure the design system evolves to meet those needs
• Contribute to the documentation and education around the design system, helping to train and support other teams in using the system effectively
• Participate in code reviews, design critiques, and workshops, providing thoughtful feedback and guidance to other team members
• Drive innovation in interaction design, exploring new ways to enhance user experience through cutting-edge techniques and tools
• Maintain and update the platform and tooling used by the design system, ensuring it remains reliable, scalable, and accessible for all product teams

Who you are:

• Extensive experience with front-end technologies, including React, React-Native and Typescript
• Proven tract record of building and maintaining components and libraries at scale
• Strong understanding of UX principles, accessibility standards (WCAG), and best practices in responsive design
• Experience working in a cross-functional environment, collaborating with developers, designers, and product managers
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a passion for crafting pixel-perfect user interfaces
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to articulate design decisions and rationale
• Familiarity with tools like Figma, Storybook, Chromatic and version control systems like Git
• A keen eye for detail and a deep appreciation for design aesthetics

Why Wealthsimple?

🤑 Competitive salary with top-tier health benefits and life insurance

📈 Retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple Work

🌴 20 vacation days per year and unlimited sick and mental health days

📚 Up to $1,500 per year towards wellness and professional development budgets respectively 

🛫 90 days away program: Employees can work internationally in eligible countries for up to 90 days per calendar year 

🌎 A wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resource Groups (ie. Rainbow, Women of Wealthsimple, Black @ WS)

💖 Company-wide wellness days off scheduled throughout the year

We’re a remote-first team, with over 1,000 employees coast to coast in North America. Be a part of our Canadian success story and help shape the financial future of millions — join us!

Read our Culture Manual and learn more about how we work.

DEI Statement

At Wealthsimple, we are building products for a diverse world and we need a diverse team to do that successfully. We strongly encourage applications from everyone regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. 

Accessibility Statement

Wealthsimple provides an accessible candidate experience. If you need any accommodations or adjustments throughout the interview process and beyond, please let us know, and we will work with you to provide the necessary support and make reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation. We are continuously working to improve our accessibility practices and welcome any feedback or suggestions on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs.