Senior Design System Engineer

Design for the people in the tiny chairs

At Famly we build software that takes admin off the plates of early-years educators so they can spend their time where it matters - with the children. And we make it easier for over a million parents to stay close to their childs day even while theyre at work.

Were looking for a design system builder to join the design team - responsible for the design system prototyping tools and all other infrastructure with the goal of driving consistency and coherence across the entire product.

About Famly
Were on a mission to stop admin stealing the joy of working with young children. We do that with our platform the worlds first proactive assistant for educators and staff that handles admin for them so they can get back to what they love. And we do it with our content (like The Tiny Chair Podcast) reminding educators of the joy and meaning that got them into working with children in the first place.

About the role

You live where design and code meet. With a small team youll own Famlys design system: the components patterns and documentation that product teams (and increasingly AI agents) build on every day.

The teams job is coherence. Every feature and every domain should feel like it came from the same place. Youll give builders what they need to design and build to our standards and keep the conversation going so the system keeps getting better.

Youll bring deep technical knowledge of design systems and youll care just as much about how the product feels to the people using it.

The team is based in our Copenhagen office but we are open to you being based somewhere else.

What youll be doing

• Build production-quality React and TypeScript components for Famlys design system.

• Design component APIs that are hard to misuse and version them so upgrades dont break product teams.

• Write the documentation that makes those components self-serve so a new engineer or an AI agent can pick one up and use it correctly without asking anyone.

• Keep the system trustworthy: tests visual regression and a release process people dont dread.

• Learn Famlys frontend deeply enough to know where a pattern lives who depends on it and what breaks if it changes.

• Audit and evolve the components we already have for consistency accessibility and reuse across the product.

• Own the code side of the design standard with a small team so design intent survives the trip into production.

• Push back when a design wont hold up in code - too many states no empty case a pattern that already exists - and say what youd do instead.

• Work with PMs designers and engineers across product teams and bring them ideas before they ask.

Youll thrive in this role if you:

• You have 5 years of frontend experience in B2B SaaS including design system work.

• Youre strong in React TypeScript and CSS.

• You have taste for craft: spacing motion states and the details that make a component feel finished.

• You think in systems: reusable documented maintainable components over one-off fixes.

• You get from a rough idea to a working prototype fast.

• You own your work end to end from discovery through testing to shipping.

• You care about the difference between works and is right and youll say so and set the direction.

The interview process looks like:

• Short meet and greet with Lead People Partner

• A logical test

• 1st interview: Meet and greet with our Senior Director of Product Design

• Take-home assignment

• 2nd interview: Assignment presentation with Senior Director of Product Design and Lead Designer

And who are Famly

Youre probably wondering at this stage and Famly are... Well it all began when our co-founder Henriks daughter was ready to start at daycare. He couldnt believe the amount of work being done on paper - and how distant he felt from his first child during the day. The paper parent books they exchanged once a month just werent cutting it. Together with his friend our co-founder and CEO Anders they set about solving that.

These days about 180 of us build Famly for more than 10000 institutions and over 1 million parents.

We handle admin stress so they can get back to what matters and we make it easier than ever to connect home and nursery so parents can play a part in their childs day. If you join us youll be building selling or support customers with everything from staff rotas and invoices to child development and parent communication.

How we work

Famly prides itself on a few principles; we choose simplicity we believe friendliness is a superpower we set the pace and we want everyone to be surrounded by talent.

It all adds up to a culture that refuses to make employees choose between a place that is ambitious and sets the pace for what good looks like - and one that is a nice place to work. We think you can be ambitious and kind and when you get to meet our team we hope youll agree.

What we expect of you is that you make others shine that you believe in being better than yesterday and you are not afraid to just get it done. Finally we want you to value sitting in the tiny chair - which means you look at your work through the impact it has on our customers: the people sitting in tiny chairs in childcare settings all over the world.

Whats in it for you

• Competitive pension private health insurance and paid maternity/paternity leave.

• A clear career framework and coaching to make sure youre growing a $1000 personal development budget and a Well buy you any book you want policy.

• We guarantee well create the time space and leadership (as well as the budget) to make sure you grow and develop.

• We want to set the pace and dont cut corners when it comes to investing in tooling and technology that you need to be at the frontier of tech.

• Were all about hiring clever people who are good humans too. It means Famly is full of top thinkers and generous teammates waiting to help you shine.

• We like to give a lot of ownership both in terms of responsibility and freedom to try new challenging tasks.

• Top-notch work equipment (including noise cancelling headphones for those focus periods!).

• We believe collaboration happens best in person so we have the default of four days a week in office - but with plenty of flexibility for when life happens outside the office too.

Were looking to fill the position as soon as possible so get your application in today by sending us:

• Your CV

• Short and precise cover letter to tell us what you can bring to the role

• Portfolio (attached or linked) showcasing your work

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Wanna get to know Famly even better Then have a look at our website to learn more about:

• our product and our mission

• our values and beliefs

• What its like working at Famly and have a look at some of the fun stuff we do

Want to get know more about how we work in Famly

One of our builders Matthew Fitzsimmons talking about how he and the other builders are working with AI.

Our CEO Anders Laustsen talking about embracing AI

Famly is committed to creating a more diverse equal and inclusive workforce building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds perspectives and experiences. It is a fundamental policy at Famly not to discriminate on any basis or characteristics and celebrate diversity. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to apply.