Senior Front End Engineer

Multiverse is the upskilling platform for AI and Tech adoption.

We have partnered with 1500 companies to deliver a new kind of learning thats transforming todays workforce.

Our upskilling apprenticeships are designed for people of any age and career stage to build critical AI data and tech skills. Our learners have driven $2bn ROI for their employers using the skills theyve learned to improve productivity and measurable performance.

In June 2022 we announced a $220 million Series D funding round co-led by StepStone Group Lightspeed Venture Partners and General Catalyst. With a post-money valuation of $1.7bn the round makes us the UKs first EdTech unicorn.

But we arent stopping there. With a strong operational footprint and 800 employees we have ambitious plans to continue scaling. Were building a world where tech skills unlock peoples potential and output.

Join Multiverse and power our mission to equip the workforce to win in the AI era.

We believe the best user experiences happen when exceptional design and engineering push each other forward. Were looking for a Front End Engineer to focus on our Design System to help us scale best-in-class UX to almost half a million learners.

Design engineering is a spectrumwe welcome design-minded engineers and code-curious designers. Youll work on our design system and other foundational frontend initiatives with the freedom to explore how new technologies (AI agentic tools) can transform the way we build.

The Opportunity

Youll join a multidisciplinary team spanning brand product design and engineering. Our immediate focus: strengthening and evolving Multiverses design system so our suite of applications is consistent accessible and performant at scale.

Beyond that youll explore how agentic workflows and AI-powered tooling can unlock new ways of workinghelping teams prototype experiment and roll out changes across applications in minutes not days. Youll shape how design and engineering collaborate and help prove out the next generation of design engineering at Multiverse.

But wait what do we mean by agentic design system

• We want to enhance our design system to a stage where changes can be made across our suite of applications in minutes not days.

• We want to empower product and design to prototype and experiment without sacrificing quality through vibe-coded interfaces.

• We want to give our developers and designers best-in-class tooling so they can focus on building quality products for users.

• We see agentic tooling as an unlock to enable new workflows and developer experience in all of these areas. This team will define and prove out this new way of working.

Specifically You Will

• Build evolve and maintain our design system (React TypeScript Tailwind)

• Ensure our components are accessible performant and tested to production standards (observability accessibility responsive quality)

• Partner closely with designers to bring Figma concepts to production with high fidelity

• Collaborate with engineers to deliver best-in-class developer experience

• Prototype and test new workflows that leverage AI and agentic tools

• Mentor engineers and designers across the org to elevate front-end craft and adoption of scalable systems

• Contribute to our vision: enabling product and design to ship high-quality experiences faster with less friction

About You

• 5 years in design or frontend engineering roles delivering production-quality UIs

• Strong in at least two of: Figma React TypeScript or design system engineering (and eager to grow in the others)

• Experience building design systems in production: accessibility performance and sprinkles of delight matter to you

• Curiosity about AI-assisted workflows and how they might reshape design and development

• Skilled collaborator and communicator across design product and platform teams

• Bonus: experience building products for other designers or engineers

Benefits

• Time off - 27 days holiday plus 5 additional days off: 1 life event day 2 volunteer days 2 company-wide wellbeing days (M-Powered Weekend) and 8 bank holidays per year

• Health & Wellness- private medical Insurance with Bupa a medical cashback scheme life insurance gym membership & wellness resources through Wellhub and access to Spill - all in one mental health support

• Hybrid work offering - we collaborate in the office 3 days per week

• Work-from-anywhere scheme - youll have the opportunity to work from anywhere up to 10 days per year

• Team fun - weekly socials company wide events and office snacks!

Our commitment to Diversity Equity and Inclusion

Were an equal opportunities employer. And proud of it. Every applicant and employee is afforded the same opportunities regardless of race colour ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender gender identity or expression or veteran status. This will never change. Read our Equality Diversity & Inclusion policy here.

Safeguarding

All posts in Multiverse involve some degree of responsibility for safeguarding. Successful applicants are required to complete a Disclosure Form from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for the position. Failure to declare any convictions (that are not subject to DBS filtering) may disqualify a candidate for appointment or result in summary dismissal if the discrepancy comes to light subsequently.

Required Experience:

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