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Senior Software Engineer, Design System Team

Zocdoc

New York, NY
Full Time
Senior
11 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

Zocdoc is committed to delivering exceptional user experiences, and our Design System team plays a vital role in making this happen. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Design System team, you'll be instrumental in building and maintaining the reusable UI components and libraries that empower our product teams to create consistent, high-quality user interfaces at scale. You'll help define and uphold our design system standards, drive best practices for component development, and foster efficiency across our engineering organization. By collaborating closely with design, product, and frontend engineering teams, you'll ensure our design system is robust, flexible, and easy to use, enabling faster and more consistent product development. Your contributions will directly enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the entire organization, ultimately helping Zocdoc connect patients and providers more seamlessly through a unified user experience.

Key Responsibilities

  • Taking full ownership of architecting and building core UI components and libraries for the Zocdoc Design System.
  • Collaborating closely with design, product, and frontend application development teams to ensure components meet functional and aesthetic requirements.
  • Ensuring all components meet high standards of performance and maintainability.
  • Authentically mentoring and coaching engineers on best practices for component development, code reviews, and technical decisions to elevate the entire team's performance.
  • Building and fostering strong relationships with cross-functional stakeholders to align on technical direction and deliverables.
  • Contributing to the overall vision and roadmap of the Design System.

Requirements

  • Meaningful experience building and scaling shared UI/UX/Web components, design system libraries, or UI libraries.
  • Strong technical skills with React, Javascript, and Typescript, primarily mentioning work on developing new consumer-facing applications.
  • Experience working as part of a Design System team or focused on Design System initiatives.
  • A traditional Application Development background with several years of frontend experience.
  • A fundamental understanding of software development principles, including CI/CD (e.g., TeamCity), testing strategies (e.g., Jest), and version control.
  • SOLID communication skills and expressed willingness to have other engineers as primary stakeholders.
  • Experience or passion for code reviews, architectural reviews, and establishing best practices.

Nice to Have

  • Experience working on design system initiatives.
  • Passion for establishing and following best practices in component development.
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Job Details

Posted AtJul 14, 2025
Job CategoryUX Design
SalaryCompetitive salary
Job TypeFull Time
ExperienceSenior

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About Zocdoc

Website

zocdoc.com

Company Size

501-1000 employees

Location

New York, NY

Industry

All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

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