Middle / Senior Front-End Developer in Design System Team

Technology Department in Remote (Ukraine)

Location: Ukraine (Remote)

Your expertise:

• More than 4 years of professional experience in web development
• Proficient knowledge of the core web front-end technologies (JS / TS, HTML5, and CSS)
• Fluent in building React components
• Fluent in building applications using TypeScript
• Familiarity with unit testing and related tools
• Knowledge of CSS preprocessors (preferably SASS)
• Experience in the development of style guides, design systems, or component libraries
• Experience with Webpack
• At least Intermediate level of English (both verbal and written) or higher
• Basic knowledge of WCAG compliance

Will definitely be a plus:

• Experience in working in an Agile / Scrum / Kanban environment
• Experience with CI / CD
• Experience with a11y test runners
• Basic knowledge of Node.js to create scripts for automation and optimization

What’s in it for you?

• Opportunity to deal with top-notch technologies and approaches in a world-leader product company with millions of customers
• Opportunity to make a difference for online privacy, freedom of speech, and net neutrality
• Decent market rate compensation depending on experience and skills
• Developed corporate culture: no micromanagement, culture based on principles of truth, trust, and transparency
• “You build it, you own it” mentality in most contexts
• Support of personal and professional development
  • coverage of costs of external trainings, conferences, professional literature
  • support of experienced colleagues
  • in-house events and trainings
  • regular knowledge sharing in teams
  • English classes and speaking clubs
• Life-balance support
  • truly flexible schedule, no time-tracking at all
  • 25 working days of vacation
  • 5 days of paid sick leave per month (if necessary) without providing a medical certificate
  • generous maternity leave program
• Professionally strong environment, friendly and open atmosphere, ability to influence the product development and recognition for it

You will be involved into:

• Develop and constantly improve core components, templates, and patterns of the Design System
• Work closely with UX designers (located in Portugal) to help with component delivery
• Help and support Design System consumers from the development side
• Provide consumers with a friendly API for components
• Take care of the current Design System infrastructure and seek ways to improve it
• Work in a Kanban environment
• Active participation in different regular and ad-hoc meetings (demos, retros, refinement calls, etc.)
• Explore and research for development experience improvements
• Review the design of the new components from the technical standpoint to identify limitations
• Help with the preparation of technical part for user stories

About the company and project:

Namecheap was founded in 2000 on the idea that all people deserve value-priced domains delivered through stellar service. Today Namecheap is a leading ICANN-accredited domain name registrar and web hosting company with over 13 million customers and 17 million domains under management — and we’re just getting started.

Our culture is built on the values that we live every day: the way we work, the way we collaborate with our global network of colleagues and the way we relentlessly innovate solutions that meet the emerging needs of our customers.

As a member of the Design System team, you will work on creating and maintaining the components library that is used by different teams. You will be responsible for refining designs before development begins. There are various types of task complexities, providing the opportunity to implement all the best practices you know. Design System solutions should be flexible, scalable, and easy to maintain. The mission of the Design System team is to deliver an exceptional user experience by providing comprehensive documentation, interface assets, and code packages. Our core principles - simplicity, consistency, and scalability - guide us as we seamlessly integrate design and code.