Design Systems Engineer
At Paylocity, we create software that makes companies – especially their HR teams – better, faster, and stronger. We give clients the tools they need to make their companies run, and give our employees a rewarding company culture – all putting us in a category of our own. Join us and learn what makes us unique!
We’re a fast-growing company ready to revolutionize the payroll and HR world for hundreds of thousands of businesses by delivering innovative technology and support. We seek the best and brightest to help us create the future of our talent solutions – enabling our customers to better develop their employees. Our own employees are equally important to us: We work hard to provide the best work environment for our employees, and are dedicated to giving back to the communities in which we live and work.
Delivering one of a kind cloud technology, accompanied by award winning customer service, Paylocity is a software company in a category of its own. Poised to revolutionize the world of human capital management for hundreds of thousands of small and medium sized businesses, we are seeking the best and the brightest to help us create the future, enabling our customers to be employers of choice for their employees and supervisors. Our Product & Technology organization nurtures a dynamic agile work environment full of talented individuals with a variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds working in small squads around a shared mission. Guided by
our development principles, and a passion for compelling software, we come together to deliver great products and make Paylocity an exciting place to work.
Design Systems Engineers are integral members of the UX organization and are responsible for developing the core building blocks that translate a design into production code. They are responsible for closely partnering with product designers and product development partners to support the implementation of the visual design system into product team code through the creation of reusable front-end components. They are creative UX professionals confident in JavaScript frameworks, experts in CSS preprocessors, and passionate about client-side semantic code. This position requires the commitment to exceptional results, a strong desire for continuous
improvement, and the ability to build strong relationships with a multi-discipline team.
Are you the teammate we are looking for?
Who you are:
A fierce advocate for continuous improvement by applying the latest development techniques and
principles to solve complex user needs.
An independent thinker and self-starter who proactively seeks out new opportunities with a commitment to the highest quality.
A humble facilitator who collaborates and seeks feedback from a diverse, cross-functional team of designers, software engineers, product owners, and product team leaders.
Passionate about maintaining and contributing to a comprehensive design system that is the foundation of our cohesive customer experience.
Energized by understanding our user's unmet needs through the proficient application of development techniques.
Is opportunistic when bringing creativity and fresh thinking to their work as it evolves in the software development lifecycle
How we work:
Curiosity and candor; the quality of the idea wins the day
Casual, focused, and agile environment operating under our
shared principles
Customers at the center of everything we do
Small, mission-focused squads with an entrepreneurial spirit backed by enterprise investments
Consistent routines across stakeholders to ensure complete transparency
Close working relationship between executive stakeholders and customers
What we offer:
A compelling mission to elevate payroll and human resources across the backroom and into the boardroom
Focus on helping our customers automate manual processes, appeal to the modern workforce, and glean insights from analytics
Lean enabling process that focuses on putting our customers at the center of everything we do
A commitment to investing in our products, hiring the best talent, and giving them the chance to meaningfully contribute to a vast market opportunity
Ample opportunity and encouragement to stay current with external training
A phenomenal talent anywhere culture, where employees can work remotely anywhere in the US and/or work from one of three U.S. offices located in Illinois, Florida and Idaho
Required Experience:
Bachelor's degree in a computer science, engineering, technology or design related field or equivalent experience
Must have at least 5 years of experience creating design system patterns to create engaging, multi-platform user experiences; experience creating experiences at an enterprise level organization preferred
Advanced in: writing semantic, compliant and accessible HTML; writing modular and maintainable CSS using pre and post-processors. Competent in writing vanilla client-side JavaScript
Deep understanding of component-based architecture within front-end frameworks including React and Angular
Competent in either User Research or Product Design
Strong UX understanding and communication skills with an ability to collaborate with UX designers
Familiarity with common creative tools such as Sketch, InVision and Adobe Creative Cloud
Familiarity with working in an agile software development environment working on/with cross functional teams to deliver a product user experience
Demonstrated ability to deliver and iterate on valuable user experiences
Able to effectively communicate development techniques with the team and stakeholders that deliver upon business outcomes
Can confidently balance many projects at one time while delivering a valuable user experience
During the last three months, you would have:
Collaborated closely with product designers to help realize experiences for our users
Worked with engineering teams to consume the design system components to realize designs that shape the user experience fully
Embraced emerging standards while promoting best practices to push the limits of what's possible
Instilled an unwavering commitment to quality in modular components for the design system that are distributable and consumable by the engineering community
Evangelized the efforts of the design system's modular components to the engineering community and stakeholders
Offered and solicited feedback from team members to continually better the design practice
Lived our culture and principles and followed standards in executional and operational excellence
Our award-winning culture has made this the place employees want to be. We have plenty of opportunities for you to grow your career within Paylocity, and offer benefits like Tuition Reimbursement so you can continue to learn and develop your skills. You could say our growth game is strong. We also reward hard work with a flexible, casual work environment and plenty of perks. From picnics, to game nights, to holiday parties, there’s no shortage of ways to have fun.
We also offer the following benefits and perks:
· Competitive pay
· Comprehensive benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401k)
· Flexible work hours
· Paid Parental Leave
· Ample volunteer opportunities and events
· Health and wellness program
· Stock purchasing options (NASDAQ: PCTY)
Visit Paylocity.com/careers to learn more about working at Paylocity. Also be sure to check out what past and present employees have to say about us and our CEO on Glassdoor. Check out our many Awards here!!
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At Paylocity, “We” is what makes us different. We are committed to fostering a culture that honors diverse opinions, perspectives, and backgrounds, knowing that each makes us stronger and collectively unbeatable together. We actively cultivate these differences as we engage each other in driving innovation in the software and services we provide our customers. Paylocity is an equal opportunity employer.