UI & UX Engineer (Figma / React)
About the role
This role is for a UI/UX Engineer who will be responsible for both designing and building user interfaces, working extensively with Figma for design and React with TypeScript for development. The position involves creating user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI, then implementing these as production-ready components. The engineer will also maintain a shared design system, conduct user research, ensure accessibility standards, optimize front-end performance, and collaborate closely with product managers and backend engineers. The company specializes in building remote teams for Australian and US businesses, focusing on quality and long-term partnerships.
Must have
- 2+ years of professional experience as a UI/UX Engineer, Design Engineer or Front-end Developer with a strong design focus
- A portfolio showing both design work and shipped, coded interfaces
- Strong Figma skills: auto layout, components, variants and interactive prototyping
- Solid React and TypeScript, plus modern HTML and CSS (Flexbox, Grid, responsive layouts)
- Experience with a modern styling approach such as Tailwind CSS, CSS Modules or styled-components
- A good grasp of UX fundamentals: information architecture, visual hierarchy, typography, spacing and colour
- Working knowledge of accessibility (semantic HTML, ARIA, keyboard navigation, contrast)
- Comfort with Git and collaborative code review
- Clear communication in English, and the ability to explain design decisions to non-designers
Technologies
- Accessibility
- Agile
- CSS
- Figma
- Git
- HTML
- Prototyping
- React
- Storybook
- Tailwind CSS
- TypeScript
- Typography
- User Flows
- User Research
- WCAG
- Wireframing
Highlights
The role offers flexible remote working, a competitive salary, a learning budget for courses and conferences, and real ownership of the product's user experience. The company provides a modern tech stack and the freedom to choose tools. Applicants must be able to work remotely from Sri Lanka.
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