frontend developer for design systems

Pleo builds spend management solutions that make managing money seamless, empowering, and effective for finance teams and employees. Its product is used by thousands of companies across Europe, and its design system supports a consistent, accessible, high-quality experience.

• Set technical direction for key parts of Telescope, including architecture, component standards, release practices, and quality bars;
• Drive and evolve the contribution model and how teams interact with Design Systems;
• Own and improve request flow into the team, including triage, prioritisation, and expectations;
• Improve developer and contributor experience through tooling and automation;
• Improve design system visual testing and workflows;
• Support internal operational needs where relevant;
• Improve measurement and communication of adoption and system health;
• Evolve the documentation publishing workflow;
• Lead rituals that keep the team effective and aligned;
• Represent Design Systems in cross-team initiatives and align stakeholders across Design and Engineering;
• Coach and mentor engineers and help grow technical leadership in the frontend community;
• Contribute hands-on to the codebase.

• Experience building and maintaining component libraries or platform-like products serving multiple teams;
• Experience with TypeScript and modern frontend engineering;
• Experience designing maintainable systems with clear boundaries, versioning, and backwards compatibility;
• Experience with unit, integration, and end-to-end testing practices and tooling;
• Strong quality mindset;
• Knowledge of accessibility and performance best practices for UI systems;
• Experience collaborating with designers and product engineers and navigating stakeholder tradeoffs;
• Lead by example and raise the bar with pragmatism and care;
• Communicate clearly, listen well, and involve others in decisions;
• Break down complex problems, gather input, and drive solutions;
• Coach others and create space for people to grow;
• English for work communication;
• Nice to have: React experience.

• Your own Pleo card;
• Catered meals or a lunch allowance based on the local office;
• Comprehensive private healthcare, depending on location;
• 25 Days of holiday plus public holidays;
• Hybrid and fully remote working options;
• Free mental health and well-being support through MyndUp;
• Paid parental leave.