Senior Design System Engineer

About Us

With over 200 million customers in 53+ countries, Bolt is one of the fastest-growing tech companies in Europe and Africa. And it’s all thanks to our people.

We believe in creating an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome, regardless of race, colour, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, or disability.

Our ultimate goal is to make cities for people, not cars, and we need your help to achieve this mission!

About The Role

In this role you work daily with Designer 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. WAVE is responsible for the web platform, design system implementation for web and providing engineering support for the design system core.

You will get to own large projects that cover all platforms and can change how Bolt thinks about shipping user interfaces. Feeling passionate about accessibility? How about changing the way product teams across Bolt consider accessibility in their work and shipping practical improvements to hundreds of millions of people?

Main tasks and 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 organisation.
• Drive continuous improvement, identify opportunities and lead them.

About you

• You have worked in a design system team or as a contributor to a design system initiative.
• You have led engineers in complex cross-team projects. Ideally, in a multi-platform setting.
• You have practical experience working with multiple platforms (web + iOS/Android/React Native)
• You are a strong communicator, capable of representing diverse interests.
• You are a systems thinker, comfortable navigating in ambiguity.

Experience is great, but what we really look for is drive, intelligence, and integrity. So even if you don’t tick every box, please consider applying if you feel you’re the kind of person described above!

Why you’ll love it here

• Play a direct role in shaping the user experience of one of Europe’s leading platforms.
• Impact millions of customers and partners in 600+ cities across 53 countries
• Work in fast-moving autonomous teams with some of the smartest people in the world
• Accelerate your professional growth with unique career opportunities
• Get a rewarding salary and stock option package that lets you focus on doing your best work
• Enjoy the flexibility of working in a hybrid mode with a minimum of 2 days in the office each week to foster strong connections and teamwork
• Take care of your physical and mental health with our wellness perks
• Some perks may differ depending on your location and role.