Senior Web Engineer - Yellowstone
About The Position
onX is seeking a Senior Web Engineer with a passion for building world-class design systems. Your focus will be on developing and evolving the Yellowstone Design System - a robust and flexible system of UI components and tokens that empower onX product teams to create cohesive, accessible, and high-quality experiences across our web products. You will be part of the Yellowstone Design System team, a cross-functional group within the Core Services domain responsible for enabling designers and developers to deliver consistent and scalable product experiences. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of onX's multi-app ecosystem through systems thinking, elegant web component design, and a deep collaboration mindset. You will report to the Engineering Manager, Yellowstone Design System.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of experience in front-end or full-stack development
- 2+ years of experience in design systems or reusable component libraries.
- Strong proficiency with TypeScript, Web Components, HTML, and CSS.
- Experience integrating design tokens and theming systems across multiple applications.
- Solid understanding of accessibility, responsive design, and cross-browser compatibility.
- Experience collaborating with designers and product managers in Figma
- Ability to balance technical elegance with pragmatic solutions that scale across teams.
- Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset aligned with onX's company values.
- A shared passion for and ability to demonstrate onX's Company Values.
- Permanent US work authorization is a condition of employment with onX.
Nice To Haves
- Prior experience contributing to or maintaining a multi-platform design system.
- Experience with Lit or other custom web component frameworks
- Familiarity with Storybook, Playwright, or similar tools for component documentation and testing.
- Knowledge of Web Vitals, performance optimization, and build tooling (e.g., Vite, Rollup, or Webpack).
- Experience working in a distributed organization with cross-functional partners.
Responsibilities
- Developing, maintaining, and optimizing reusable web components using Lit and related technologies.
- Serve as the technical lead for Yellowstone on the web platform, driving architectural decisions, platform-level strategy, and communication across partner teams to ensure alignment and impact with Yellowstone.
- Partnering closely with design, Android, iOS, and product teams to ensure design system components are cohesive, accessible, and performant across platforms.
- Contributing to the evolution of our component architecture, ensuring flexibility, scalability, and long-term maintainability.
- Advocating for and implementing best practices in accessibility (a11y), documentation, testing, and web performance.
- Collaborating with internal champions to grow adoption, contributions, and awareness of the design system across onX.
- Participating in Yellowstone's contribution framework to support a culture of co-creation and shared ownership.
- Supporting the automation and tooling efforts that make component updates and releases more efficient and reliable.
- Contributing to Yellowstone's product strategy by identifying friction points, opportunities for AI integration, and ways to enhance developer and designer experience.
- Other ad hoc duties as assigned by the Supervisor
Benefits
- Competitive salaries, annual bonuses, equity, and opportunities for growth
- Comprehensive health benefits including a no-monthly-cost medical plan
- Parental leave plan of 5 or 13 weeks fully paid
- 401k matching at 100% for the first 3% you save and 50% from 3-5%
- Company-wide outdoor adventures and amazing outdoor industry perks
- Annual "Get Out, Get Active" funds to fuel your active lifestyle in and outside of the gym
- Flexible time away package that includes PTO, STO, VTO, quiet weeks, and floating holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Industry
Publishing Industries
Number of Employees
251-500 employees
