Frontend Engineer, Design System

Who we are

About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career.

About the team

The Sail UI team owns Stripe’s design system, and therefore it plays a critical role in the creation of intuitive and high-quality user experiences at Stripe. We are responsible for delivering essential UI components, infrastructure, and best practices that ensure consistency and excellence across all product surfaces. Our platform supports a diverse range of applications—from extensive web platforms to embedded interfaces and SEO-optimized sites—empowering product teams to rapidly build and deploy with confidence. By focusing on consistent interactions, accessibility, and performance, we provide seamless and engaging user interactions.

What you’ll do

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute against both short and long term roadmaps to evolve Stripe’s design system.
• Contribute to the continuous evolution of the design system, developing new components and integrating across various Stripe products.
• Make effective tradeoffs that consider business priorities, user experience, and a sustainable technical foundation.
• Assist in establishing and maintaining guidelines and documentation for the design system to ensure consistent usage and implementation.
• Partner heavily with product designers and engineers to design and refine user interface patterns and components that support a wide range of use cases.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to incorporate accessibility, internationalization, and performance considerations into design system components.
• Engage in troubleshooting, debugging, and optimizing components to ensure reliable and efficient user interface delivery. 

Who you are

We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum requirements

• 2-5 years of frontend engineering experience, with proficiency in JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Experience with modern frontend frameworks (e.g., React, Vue, Angular) and state management solutions.
• Familiarity with building and maintaining frontend components or libraries.
• Experience with frontend build tools, module bundlers, package managers, and codemods.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to debug frontend issues.
• Strong oral and written communication skills and ability to collaborate with designers, product managers, and product engineers. 

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with TypeScript or other statically typed languages for frontend development.
• Familiarity with frontend performance optimization techniques.
• Experience on UI platform teams, or building or contributing to a design system.