Staff Systems Design Engineer (Hybrid)

Weedmaps•Austin, TX

6h•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Staff Systems Design Engineer, you will lead the evolution of Weedmaps' design system as a scalable, production-grade product. This role unifies design and code at the intersection of Design, Engineering, and AI tooling to build, operationalize, and scale the system across all UI surfaces. The system must accelerate development, maintain high standards for craft and usability, align with engineering architecture, and enable consistent, app-wide changes. Success requires deep collaboration with Engineering (CI/CD, tokens, tooling), Creative (brand cohesion, evolution), and Product Design (development, iteration) to ensure system adoption and power the product experience. Founded in 2008, Weedmaps has grown from a small startup to a global leader in the cannabis industry. Their dedication to transparency, education, and community has set them apart, and today, they proudly serve cannabis to consumers and businesses in the U.S. and worldwide.

Requirements

7+ years in front-end, design, or creative engineering, with strong mobile focus (iOS/Android).
Proven track record building and scaling design systems and component libraries across multiple teams/products.
Expertise in React (Web) and React Native, and modern front-end architecture.
Demonstrated ability to design intuitive component APIs and developer-friendly systems.
Deep understanding of design craft (typography, motion, interaction, visual systems).
Experience driving adoption of shared systems and implementing design-to-code pipelines (tokens, Figma integration).
Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and workflows.
Strong systems thinking and ability to align Design, Engineering, and Creative stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Experience working on marketplace, e-commerce, or consumer platforms.
Familiarity with Storybook, visual regression tools, and token management systems.
Experience translating brand systems into scalable product UI.
Exposure to AI-native development environments and workflows.
Passion for building systems that balance craft, scalability, and speed.

Responsibilities

Define and evolve the multi-platform system (web + mobile) with clear architecture, governance, and scalability principles.
Own the roadmap and prioritization based on product needs, adoption gaps, and system performance.
Partner with Design and Creative leadership to ensure high craft, modern interaction patterns, and resilience to ongoing brand evolution.
Design and implement core system components, defining intuitive, flexible, and scalable APIs, variants, and composition patterns.
Ensure high standards for visual precision, fidelity, accessibility (React Aria), and interaction quality, motion, and state management.
Continuously refine components based on product usage and edge cases.
Implement automated quality systems, including visual regression testing, and continuously audit the system for usability and craft excellence. Act as a cross-functional steward of system quality.
Lead migration of legacy UI and ensure critical product surfaces (e.g., CTAs, checkout flows) are powered by the system, actively increasing adoption across the ecosystem.
Improve Developer Experience (DX) by creating intuitive, well-structured component APIs that balance flexibility and simplicity.
Establish a best-in-class tool-to-code pipeline (Figma, Claude, Builder, etc.) to map design artifacts to production components and prevent drift.
Partner with Engineering on architectural decisions (CI/CD, token systems, distribution infrastructure) and support enforcement mechanisms (linting, token constraints) to maintain system integrity.
Introduce and standardize AI-assisted workflows, structuring components for AI-friendly generation and integrating tools (Builder.io, Gemini, etc.) to improve consistency.
Mentor designers and engineers and create documentation that allows teams to move quickly within a well-governed system.
Identify strategic innovation opportunities, prototype new interaction models/motion systems, and codify successful innovations into the design system.

Benefits

Physical Health (Medical, Dental & Vision)
100% employer-paid premium for employees
Up to 80% coverage for dependents
Company HSA contribution with the High Deductible Health Plan
401(k) Retirement Plan (employer will match contribution up to 3.5% of employee contribution)
Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance options
Supplemental, voluntary benefits
Student Loan Repayment/529 Education Savings with a monthly company contribution
FSA (Medical, Dependent, Transit and Parking)
Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
Critical Illness Insurance
Accident Insurance
Short- and Long-term Disability Insurance
Pet Insurance
Identity theft protection
Legal access to a network of attorneys
PTO, paid sick leave, and company holidays (including a 2026 holiday shutdown)
Paid parental leave