Staff Design Engineer - Design Systems
@ Ramp

Hybrid
$180,000
Hybrid
Full Time
Posted 17 hours ago

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About Ramp

At Ramp, we’re rethinking how modern finance teams function in the age of AI. Our financial operations platform saves companies time and money by combining payments, corporate cards, vendor management, procurement, travel booking, and automated bookkeeping with built-in intelligence. With more than 45,000 businesses using Ramp and investors like Thrive Capital and Sequoia Capital, Ramp is powering America’s fastest growing corporate card and bill payment platform.

About The Role

We are seeking a Staff Design Engineer - Design Systems who is passionate about improving collaboration between design and engineering teams. This is a ground-floor opportunity to empower teams to create better, consistent experiences across products by evolving our design system, front-end libraries, infrastructure, and documentation.

What You’ll Do

  • Maintain and evolve Ramp’s cross-platform design system.
  • Improve design processes through detailed documentation and guidelines.
  • Work with product, engineering, and design teams to build internal tooling.
  • Champion user experience and accessibility standards.
  • Collaborate to create elegant, consistent component APIs.
  • Participate in daily team activities and help hire new talent.

What You Need

  • Minimum 8 years of tech/startup or digital product agency experience.
  • Strong grasp of Product Design software, preferably Figma.
  • Extraordinary visual design skills with a deep understanding of UX and UI.
  • Excellent front-end development skills in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (React preferred).
  • Experience with reusable component libraries and attention to design details in code.
  • Strong organizational skills and documentation proficiency.
  • Excellent communication bridging design and engineering.

Nice to Haves

  • Ability to explain complex concepts to technical and non-technical peers.
  • Solid understanding of accessibility development practices.

Benefits (for U.S.-based Full-time Employees)

  • 100% medical, dental & vision insurance for you.
  • Partially covered insurance for dependents.
  • One Medical annual membership.
  • 401k with employer match.
  • Flexible PTO and wellness stipends.
  • WFH stipend and relocation support to NYC or SF as needed.
  • Additional benefits including fertility HRA, parental leave, and pet insurance.

Referral Instructions

If referred, please contact the person referring you to apply on your behalf.

Other Notices

In accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Ramp will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Key skills/competency

  • Design Systems
  • UX/UI
  • Figma
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • React
  • Accessibility
  • Documentation
  • Collaboration
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How to Get Hired at Ramp

🎯 Tips for Getting Hired

  • Customize your resume: Tailor your skills to design systems and front-end.
  • Highlight collaboration: Emphasize teamwork between design and engineering.
  • Showcase your projects: Present work on UI, HTML, CSS, and React.
  • Prepare for interviews: Understand Ramp's design and accessibility practices.

📝 Interview Preparation Advice

Technical Preparation

Review modern CSS and HTML standards.
Practice JavaScript and React coding challenges.
Study design system documentation practices.
Refresh accessibility development techniques.

Behavioral Questions

Describe teamwork experiences in design projects.
Explain handling conflicts between design and engineering.
Discuss challenges in maintaining design consistency.
Share examples of handling tight deadlines.

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