Kesko is looking for an experienced Design Engineer to join a newly founded design systems team responsible for building and maintaining Kesko's design and frontend infrastructure. The role involves working with product teams and Arielle to design and develop building blocks for Kesko's products, maintain Kesko's Figma Toolkit, and support users of the design system. The frontend stack is based on web standards, with components written in JavaScript, HTML and CSS and shipped as standards-based custom elements.
What you'll do Serve as the primary owner of Kesko's Figma Toolkit, including defining and standardizing reusable design components
Help develop and maintain Kesko's frontend tooling and design system infrastructure
Collaborate with product, design and engineering to create design components that evolve and improve the design system
Advocate for accessibility standards and inclusive design principles
Help teams across Kesko onboard the design system and support its users




Write explicit and detailed documentation for multiple audiences
Help maintain a culture of empathy, safety and belonging where all voices are heard
Talk to the system's users
What they're looking for Experienced Design Engineer with hybrid designer/developer experience
Kind and empathetic
Prefers the freedom of working in a hybrid environment
Several years of experience working in cross-functional product teams, on design systems, and with accessibility
Several years of experience building design systems with Figma
Several years of experience with React, Next.js and TypeScript
Familiarity with platform conventions for responsive web as well as iOS and Android
Good understanding of web standards based development using semantic HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and more

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📌 Design Engineer, Kesko Design System (Ontario)
🏢 Into Design Systems
📍 Ontario