Frontend Engineer - Design System

The Role:
Join our Design System team as a Front-end Software Engineer and play a pivotal role in crafting delightful user experiences for our users. We are passionate about innovation and building upon Neo4j, our native graph database. If you thrive in an environment where creativity meets technical excellence, this is the opportunity you've been waiting for.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop Delightful User Experiences: Your primary focus will be to create elegant and user-friendly components that teams can use to enhance the user experience of our products.
• Research, Ideate, and Iterate: Think of the Design System as your playground, where you can explore new ideas, contribute to feature ideation, and bring your innovative concepts to life.
• Obsess Over Details: Attention to detail is at the core of our design philosophy. Get lost in pixels as you meticulously craft pixel-perfect interfaces.
• Ownership and Autonomy: Join our small and highly collaborative team where you'll have the autonomy to take ownership of features from ideation through release and maintenance. Your contributions will make a tangible impact on our product.

What You'll Do:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Neo4j Browser, Aura and many more teams. Currently we have a portfolio of more than 7 user facing products.
• Continuously learn, experiment, and specialize in areas that pique your interest, contributing to both your personal growth and the team's success.
• Work with our stack that includes but not limited to TypeScript, React, Storybook and Style Dictionary

Qualifications:

• Proficiency in front-end technologies, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern front-end frameworks (e.g. React, Angular or Vue.js).
• Strong attention to detail and a passion for creating exceptional user experiences.
• Ability to work independently and thrive in a flexible software development environment.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate on complex technical topics.
• Prior experience in front-end development, UI/UX design, or related roles.
• A desire to learn and contribute to the evolution of our Design System.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with design systems or component libraries.
• Familiarity with design tokens, and libraries like Style Dictionary.
• Familiarity with design tools such as Figma or Sketch.
• Previous exposure to database software, as contributor or user.
• Familiarity with monorepos.

If you are passionate about front-end development, obsessed with creating exceptional user experiences, and ready to make a meaningful impact within a collaborative team, we'd love to hear from you. Join us in shaping the future of our Design System and the Neo4j database.

More about our Design System at Neo4j.design