About the Position

Design Systems Engineer (m/f/d)

Permanent, full-time position

Location: Germering, Germany

Why Should You Join?

DocuWare is a globally distributed company with international teams and an open corporate culture. We offer mobile work and flexible working hours as part of our everyday life. If you want to be part of an innovative company whose solutions are digitizing everyday work in a wide range of industries, we are happy to welcome you to the team.

Your Hiring Partner

Lea Thanner-Najjarmansur

Recruiting & Employer Branding Specialist

Your Responsibilities

We're looking for a Design Systems Engineer to take ownership of our design system's end-to-end pipeline - from design tokens in Figma, through automated token transformation and component libraries, to visual-regression-gated delivery in production. This person sits at the seam between design and engineering: fluent enough in design to argue token semantics with designers, and strong enough in code to ship the infrastructure that turns design decisions into shippable, tested components.

Your Responsibilities:

Design Token Pipeline: Keep Figma as the single source of truth and drive tokens through to consumable CSS/SCSS variables and a component library, while managing primitive → semantic → component token tiers, naming conventions, and the inevitable gaps and conflicts.
Component Library: Build and maintain the component library, reviewing components against design specs, fixing fidelity issues, and governing variants and APIs.
Design-to-Code Automation: Run design-to-code automation, programmatically extract tokens and component context from Figma, and build tooling (including AI-assisted workflows) that reduces the manual work of keeping design and code in sync.
Visual-Regression and Accessibility Infrastructure: Maintain a CI-integrated pipeline (visual diffing + automated a11y checks) with baseline management and PR gating, hosted on cloud infrastructure in collaboration with our DevOps teams and our Azure cloud infrastructure.
Component and Token Migrations: Lead the technical parts of component and token migrations by planning and executing phased rollouts that swap legacy components for the modern system spec-by-spec, with explicit sign-off and before/after evidence, while protecting backward compatibility.
Documentation and Knowledge Transfer: Document and transfer knowledge to keep architecture decisions and conventions written down so the system stays maintainable beyond any one person.

Requirements

Several years of design system experience, ideally gained on a cross-platform design system.
Strong TypeScript and modern frontend skills, comfortable in Angular and web components (e.g., Lit).
Solid CSS/SCSS craft.
Hands-on experience with design tokens-including token architecture, semantic tiers, and tooling such as Tokens Studio, W3C DTCG, or Style Dictionary (or equivalent).
Real Figma fluency, from reading design systems, variables/collections, and component libraries to using the Figma API/plugin ecosystem for programmatic extraction.
CI/CD and cloud delivery experience covering pipelines, package publishing to private feeds, and hosting build artifacts and tooling, with Azure experience (Static Web Apps, Container Apps, Blob Storage, Entra ID) considered a plus.
Experience in modernizing legacy frontends incrementally without breaking consumers.
Curious and passionate about AI-assisted design and engineering workflows.
Proactive approach to solving problems.
Excellent communication skills in English, German is a plus.

We Offer

Globally Distributed, International Teams: Work with our teams in Germering, New York, Sofia, or other worldwide locations.
Flexible Work Location and Hours: Work hybrid - on the road or in our modern office - and arrange your own working hours.
Individual Support: Receive regular training tailored to your needs after an intensive induction.
Well-Earned Rest: 35 vacation days per year, sport offerings, massages, a football table, and a relaxing lounge area.
Mental Health Support: Free and confidential access to resources and support for your well-being and stress management at any time.
Healthy Food: Enjoy Fairtrade coffee with organic milk or oat milk, snacks, and fresh fruit - all free of charge - as well as subsidized lunch from the Foodji fridge.
Free Tuesday Lunch: Enjoy a complimentary and varied lunch every Tuesday.
Good Accessibility: Choose how you would like to come to the office with a leased e-bike, by train, or via highways A96/A99 (you can charge your e-car on site for free).
Team Spirit: Regular employee and team events (virtual or on-site) ensure excellent collaboration with colleagues around the world.
Sustainability and Social Commitment: DocuWare stands for paperless work and supports volunteer organizations and local sports clubs.
Planning for Your Future: DocuWare subsidizes your company pension plan!
Unique Benefits: Choose one of three great options (Bonago, E-Gym, or subsidized Deutschlandticket) to suit your needs.
Latest Technologies: Find out more on Stackshare.
Up to 30 Days Work from Abroad: Experience international opportunities and broaden your horizons.
Family First: Preferential registration in our selected daycare center in Germering (no guarantee).
Buddy Program: Paired with a buddy who will support you during onboarding and offer valuable tips.

About the Company

Our Values

Customer Centric

We keep close to the customer and innovate in every aspect of our customer experience to ensure their success with our product and company.

Decent

We are respectful, helpful, and reliable when working with customers, partners, and colleagues.

Dynamic

We seek to constantly improve by measuring and sharing our work, inviting ideas from all colleagues, and responding quickly to new opportunities.

Passionate

We love what we do and confidently strive for ambitious goals through focus, collaboration, and having fun together.

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