UI Engineer/Lead UI Developer, Conde Nast
Salary not provided
React
CSS
TypeScript
HTML
JavaScript
GraphQL
Figma
Senior and Expert level
London
Office located in The Adelphi, London
Global media company
Open for applications
Global media company
1001+ employees
B2CB2BPublishingContentCommunicationMedia
Open for applications
Salary not provided
React
CSS
TypeScript
HTML
JavaScript
GraphQL
Figma
Senior and Expert level
London
Office located in The Adelphi, London
1001+ employees
B2CB2BPublishingContentCommunicationMedia
Company mission
To inform in new and compelling ways, creating beautiful, visually arresting moments that offer new perspectives, and new forms of self-expression.
Role
Who you are
- Showcase a portfolio that exemplifies your mastery in systems thinking, coupled with advanced front-end development and a keen understanding of visual design. Highlight projects that vividly demonstrate your prowess in crafting clear, elegant solutions
- Demonstrate a profound understanding of the design systems landscape, underscored by your experience in both building and contributing to design systems that significantly enhance product development
- Exhibit a track record marked by the successful development and delivery of web or mobile products. Emphasize your unwavering commitment to craftsmanship, consistently delivering solutions that embody elegance and excellence
- Illustrate your established approach to framing and solving challenging problems, emphasizing a rich understanding of a diverse array of engineering methodologies. Share instances where your problem-solving skills led to innovative and effective solutions
- Deep understanding of JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and the fundamentals of web development
- Expertise in modern web technologies such as React and TypeScript. GraphQL experience is a plus. Highlight your depth of knowledge in leveraging these technologies to create cutting-edge digital experiences
- Strong understanding of coding standards and best practices in web development, accessibility, and design system governance
- If you have experience with Figma, especially in the development of plugins, highlight this as a distinctive part of your skillset. Showcase how your proficiency in Figma enhances the design workflow and contributes to the overall efficiency of the team
- Showcase your familiarity and hands-on experience with hypothesis-driven design, complemented by your proficiency in qualitative and quantitative testing. Illustrate how you adeptly leverage data to inform and enhance your design decisions
- Emphasize your confidence and enthusiasm as a collaborator and communicator. Showcase instances where your effective communication with peers and management played a pivotal role in driving successful outcomes
- Communicate your experience with, or express a strong desire to learn, working within a globally distributed team. Underscore your adaptability and versatility in diverse working environments, reflecting your capability to thrive in varied professional settings
- Communicate complex software architecture to a non-engineering group
- Experience building web APIs and integrating APIs into client facing applications
- Your hands-on experience in creating and evolving design systems utilised by multiple brands and teams within a globalised company is highly anticipated. Showcase the depth of your involvement in shaping cohesive and scalable design infrastructures
- Present examples of your strategic prowess in system optimisation, evolution, and improvement, substantiated with clear Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Return on Investment (ROI) metrics. Demonstrate your ability to not just evolve systems but to elevate them strategically
- Provide insightful narratives into your experience navigating intricate, systems-wide solutions. Offer a glimpse into your adeptness in contributing to complex design challenges, showcasing your ability to dissect and solve intricate problems at a systemic level
- Articulate how you approach challenges, iterate through solutions, and collaborate with stakeholders to achieve design outcomes that are not just effective but transformative. Highlight instances where your collaborative efforts resulted in solutions that exceeded expectations
- Illustrate your artistry in crafting clear and thoughtful user experiences, emphasizing your meticulous attention to design craft, typography, and information design. Share instances where your design choices contributed to enhancing the overall user experience
- Narrate your experience in the creation and implementation of a design system or a design system element. Offer a comprehensive understanding of the benefits derived from your approach, as well as an honest exploration of any pitfalls encountered and the lessons learned
What the job involves
- At Condé Nast Technology, our mission is to fuel the success of our brands in both business and creativity by crafting the next-generation of content publishing, loyalty, and commerce experiences
- We are a collective of product managers, designers, engineers, strategists, and researchers united in our dedication to building innovative, user-centric products
- As a part of our dynamic team, you will collaborate with international colleagues spanning the globe, engaging with stakeholders in our US and UK headquarters, as well as across our 10 other markets
- Our commitment to cross-functional collaboration is paramount; you will work closely with our functional pillars in CNT, covering Product, Engineering, Architecture, Design, UX, and Data
- Additionally, you will collaborate with our business partners in Consumer Marketing, Commercial, Licensing, Editorial, and Brand, embodying our emphasis on seamless teamwork and holistic innovation
- In the role of Engineering Lead for the Verso Design System, you play a critical role in steering the continual evolution and maintenance of our sophisticated design system, shaping the visual identity, and enhancing user experiences across multiple brands. Operating at the nexus of design and engineering, your leadership is pivotal in seamlessly integrating our design principles into a mature and comprehensive system
- Managing a small, highly skilled team, you champion the continuous improvement and expansion of our design system. Providing mentorship and guidance, you cultivate a collaborative and high-performance team culture, ensuring that individual goals align with broader organizational objectives
- Overseeing the extensive library of design tokens, you ensure they encapsulate the essence of our visual identity. Collaborating closely with designers, you integrate new tokens, maintain consistency, and optimize for efficiency in the design workflow. Your leadership extends to envisioning and creating new design system features, exploring innovative solutions that elevate capabilities and ensuring the system performs to a high standard
- Manage a small, highly skilled team focused on the continuous improvement and expansion of our design system. Provide mentorship, guidance, and support to foster a collaborative and high-performance team culture
- Collaborate with team members to align individual goals with broader team and organisational objectives. Encourage professional development and skill enhancement within the team
- Oversee the extensive library of design tokens, ensuring they encapsulate the essence of our visual identity. Collaborate closely with designers to integrate new tokens, maintain consistency, and optimize for efficiency in the design workflow
- Lead the envisioning and creation of new design system features. Collaborate with the team to explore innovative solutions and improvements that elevate the design system's capabilities
- Take ownership of comprehensive documentation for the design system. Create clear, accessible, and up-to-date documentation that serves as a valuable resource for designers, developers, and other stakeholders. Your meticulous documentation ensures a smooth onboarding process and fosters a deep understanding of system capabilities
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including designers, product managers, and developers, to gather insights into evolving design needs. Your ability to bridge the gap between design and engineering facilitates effective communication and ensures the alignment of the design system with broader business objectives
- Work in harmony with the Associate Design Director to ensure the design system aligns with the overall design vision and strategy. Foster a collaborative relationship to drive successful outcomes and maintain a cohesive design language across multiple brands
- Uphold the integrity of the design system by conducting regular quality assurance checks. Identify and rectify any discrepancies, inconsistencies, or potential issues that may arise, ensuring the reliability and stability of the system
- Facilitate peer code review amongst the team. Offer pragmatic suggestions and help ensure team velocity
- Contribute to overall engineering culture at Condé Nast Technology by delivering product demos
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Condé Nast is a global media company responsible for producing print, digital, video and social brands. These include Vogue, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and Architectural Digest. The company now operates in over 32 markets and has ventured out with entertainment and education divisions.
With the decline in printed media, Condé Nast has held its market-leading position by recognising that it is no longer just a ‘magazine company’. Millions more consumers interact with its digital and social content over those who read the magazines. Not only does it now prioritise its digital content but to account for the collapse of print advertising, Condé Nast moved titles behind online paywalls.
Targeting future growth, Condé Nast in 2022 appointed a strategy and corporate development role to seek out new opportunities, and has placed great efforts into building its entertainment division. Recently, the company has had to lay off a number of its staff and undergo some restructuring, but it is doubtful this will have a major effect on its operations.
Kirsty
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Insights
2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
World Trade Center, New York, NY
Leadership
Roger Lynch
(CEO, not founder)Previously served as President and CEO for Pandora, CEO for Sling TV, EVP of Advanced Technologies for DISH Network and EchoStar Corporation, and Chairman and CEO for Video Networks International LTD.
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