Senior Design System Engineer

About

Bolt is one of the fastest-growing tech companies in Europe and Africa, with over 200 million customers in 53+ countries. We believe in creating an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome. Our ultimate goal is to make cities for people, not cars.

About the Role

In this role, you will work daily with Design System Designers, representing engineering interests. You will drive core design system initiatives from the engineering side, ensuring our design foundations scale effectively across all platforms and products. You will help shape design system strategy, align teams, and contribute code. This role is part of our Web Architecture and Visual Experience (WAVE) team, which is responsible for the web platform, design system implementation for web, and providing engineering support for the design system core. You will own large projects that cover all platforms and can change how Bolt thinks about shipping user interfaces, with opportunities to drive practical improvements in accessibility for millions of people.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical vision. Architect platform-agnostic infrastructure like design tokens, Figma plugins, and shared utilities. Promote best practices and facilitate technical discussions.
• Align engineering platform teams around shared design system goals and priorities.
• Shape the vision, strategy, and roadmap for the design system, representing engineering interests.
• Develop technical metrics for the Design System.
• Advocate for the design system to the engineering organization.
• Drive continuous improvement, identify opportunities, and lead them.

Requirements

• Experience working in a design system team or as a contributor to a design system initiative.
• Experience leading engineers in complex cross-team projects, ideally in a multi-platform setting.
• Practical experience working with multiple platforms (web + iOS/Android/React Native).
• Strong communicator, capable of representing diverse interests.
• Systems thinker, comfortable navigating in ambiguity.
• Drive, intelligence, and integrity are highly valued.