Design System Engineer

Product ManagementHybrid Remote, Lund, Sweden


Description

What makes us Qlik?

 

A Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader for 14 years in a row, Qlik transforms complex data landscapes into actionable insights, driving strategic business outcomes. Serving over 40,000 global customers, our portfolio leverages pervasive data quality and advanced AI/ML capabilities that lead to better decisions, faster.

 

We excel in integration and governance solutions that work with diverse data sources, and our real-time analytics uncover hidden patterns, empowering teams to address complex challenges and seize new opportunities.

 

 

The Design System Engineer role:

 

You will join the cross-functional Core Design Language System team which designs, develops and spearheads adoption of, a modern Design Language System that enables consistency and efficiency in UI design and development across the organization as well as bridges the gap between design and development.

 

Your role as an Engineer in this team is to build out the core assets (UI components) as well as tools (Node scripts, GitHub actions, Figma plugins/widgets, etc.) required to enable designers and developers to both adopt and be satisfied with the Design Language System.

 

We work in a SaaS environment, using primarily React, CSS, and TypeScript on the development side, Figma and Token Studio on the design side, and Astro and Markdown/YAML on the documentation side. You will report to the Head of Design.

 

What makes this role interesting:

 

  • You get to be a part of a dedicated team working towards improving quality and efficiency in both UI design and development by designing and building out a top-modern Design Language System with broad organizational buy-in, clear goals, and high expectations.
  • You get a rare chance to improve your competence in a broad field including UI design and development at scale by being a key person enabling efficiency for both designers and developers.
  • You get to work with continuous improvement methods in modern SaaS environment utilizing micro-frontends and micro-services.
     

Here’s how you’ll be making an impact:

 

  • Play a key role in the development of the very core of our Design Language System.
  • Come up with your own suggestions to technical and/or feature improvements.
  • Communicate and collaborate with designers, developers, architects, product managers, and other stakeholders across the global organization. 


We’re looking for a teammate with:

 

  • A genuine interest in software engineering and UI design, learning, taking responsibility and initiative.
  • 3+ years of experience from working with Web-based UI development, including JavaScript (preferably React and TypeScript), and CSS.
  • Working knowledge and experience working in an agile environment..
  • Excellent verbal and written English skills as the company language is English.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or similar).
  • Previous experience of working with Design Systems, Figma, Figma Plugin/Widget/REST API, and Node are a plus.

 

The location for this role is:

 

This position is available in Lund (Sweden). You will work in a team with colleagues both onsite and remote. Work-life balance is something we value at Qlik.  

 

Apply now and help change how the world transforms complex data landscapes into actionable insights and turns complex data challenges into new opportunities!

 

 

More about Qlik and who we are: 

 

Find out more about life at Qlik on social: Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, and X/Twitter, and to see all other opportunities to join us and our values, check out our Careers Page.

 

What else do we offer?

  • Genuine career progression pathways and mentoring programs.
  • Culture of innovation, technology, collaboration, and openness.
  • Flexible, diverse, and international work environment.

 

Giving back is a huge part of our culture. Alongside an extra “change the world” day plus another for personal development, we also highly encourage participation in our Corporate Responsibility Employee Programs

 

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