Senior Software Engineer, Design Systems

Unity is AbbVies enterprise design system the shared tokens components standards and documentation that enable rapid compliant high-quality digital product delivery at scale. The Unity Design System team is transitioning Unity into a fully AI-enabled agent-ready platform: AI-assisted design-to-code Claude Code skills MCP integrations and AI-driven UI delivery with humans in the loop to curate approve and evolve standards.  This role sits on the developer-facing side of Unity. The person in this seat is a hands-on full-stack-leaning engineer and the visible face of Unity development building the React component library and developer tooling pioneering agentic AI workflows and serving the 600 member developer community as a trusted go-to resource. 

Work collaboratively across the Unity Design System team BTS and AbbVies developer and design communities to conceive design engineer and deliver developer-facing components tooling and AI-assisted workflows that accelerate compliant high-quality digital product delivery across the enterprise. Serve as a hands-on senior builder across the full stack React/TypeScript components and design tokens Python/ services and automation and agentic AI integrations while operating autonomously: gathering requirements directly from developers QA testing your own work deploying and closing fast feedback loops. Establish trust and credibility as the go-to resource for Unity development needs and act as the developer-facing face of the design system. 

Responsibilities 

• Design build test and maintain reusable accessible React/TypeScript components for the Unity React library with deep attention to design tokens/tokenization theming (light/dark density modes) composability and Storybook documentation. 
• Build and pioneer AI-assisted and agentic developer workflows  Claude Code skills MCP server integrations (Figma Storybook) context/markdown files and prompt-to-code / design-to-code pipelines that enable both developers and AI agents to deliver Unity-compliant UI at scale. (Claude Code skills experience is required.) 
• Develop full-stack supporting services front-end automation and build/release/validation tooling using Python and (CI/CD design-ops compliance checks). 
• Own quality end-to-end: write and maintain automated tests perform accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA) and cross-browser QA using the team toolstack (Storybook Axe GitHub) and QA your own work before release. 
• Act as the developer-facing face of Unity  provide community support outreach and management; build relationships run demos/office hours/presentations and establish trust and credibility as the go-to resource for Unity development. 
• Work autonomously to gather and generate requirements directly from developer-community needs translate them into actionable work and communicate back to the team with quick feedback loops. 
• Contribute to Unitys data-visualization capabilities and support data-science-driven features applying a data-science background and data-visualization experience where applicable. 
• Wear multiple hats and context-switch as a co-owner of team responsibilities across requirements development QA/testing deployment application development community building and presentations. 
• Stay current with state-of-the-art AI development and productivity tooling; pilot evaluate and roll out improvements (e.g. Storybook MCP AI documentation new productivity tools) across the team.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor less-experienced staff; partner with designers brand accessibility and BTS stakeholders; and adhere to corporate standards including code of conduct data security GxP compliance where applicable and the software development lifecycle. 

Qualifications :

Required:

• Bachelors Degree with 6 years experience; Masters Degree with 5 years experience; or PhD with 0 years experience. 
• Seasoned front-end engineer with expert React and TypeScript skills strong HTML/CSS and proven design-system / component-library development experience. 
• Strong understanding and awareness of design tokens / tokenization and scalable theming. 
• Hands-on agentic AI and AI-workflow development experience; demonstrated ability to build Claude Code skills (required) and AI-assisted developer tooling. 
• Backend and full-stack capability with Python and . 
• Proficiency with the team toolstack: Storybook GitHub and accessibility/WCAG testing tools (e.g. Axe). 
• Strong testing and QA discipline consistently QAs own work. 
• Experience building products for a developer-facing audience with the ability to meet developers where they are. 
• Proven ability to work autonomously generate and gather requirements and operate with fast feedback loops while wearing multiple hats and co-owning responsibilities. 
• Excellent written and oral English communication; strong community outreach and relationship-building; a proactive collaborative team player. 

Preferred:

• Developer skills beyond JS/React (e.g. Angular additional languages/frameworks). 
• Data science background and data-visualization experience. 
• Front-end automation experience. 
• Familiarity with MCP servers (Figma MCP Storybook MCP) Figma / Code Connect and OutSystems. 
• Experience with developer relations (DevRel) and community management. 
• Mobile development experience (nice to have). 

Additional Information :

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: 

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this roleat  the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on manyfactors  including  geographic location and we may ultimately  pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be  modified in the future. 
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation holidays sick) medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• This job is eligible to  participate in our short-term incentive programs. 

Note: No amount of pay is  considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned  vested  and determinable. The amount and availability of  any bonus commission incentive benefits or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee  remains in the Companys sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be  modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion  consistent with applicable law. 

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity driving innovation transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. 

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