Design Systems Engineer

Overview:

• Here at Prodigy, we are working hard to achieve our mission of helping every child in the world to LOVE learning. Our Engineering teams are scaling rapidly as we continue to hit our product and growth milestones, and it’s an exciting time for the company! To continue our exponential growth we are building an internal design system to enable all our teams to create high quality, consistent and accessible experiences. We are looking for an engineer to help build and maintain the design system / component library, UX accessibility and dependency management across all our products.

Your Impact:

• Adopt appropriate technologies which will enable a highly maintainable system for all our teams to utilize
• Develop and maintain reusable components that serve as the building blocks of both internal and external facing products
• Work closely with designers to build systems, patterns and tooling which drive high quality, performance and accessibility
• Write valuable documentation to be used by product teams
• Work closely with product teams to assess their needs and translate them into features that properly fit within the design system
• Mentor engineers on best practices in front end development, especially component reusability, accessibility and performance

Who You Are:

• You have 3+ years working with modern frontend web frameworks and maintain CSS
• You enjoy being the maintainer of a service for other teams and enabling them to achieve their goals
• You have a strong understanding of atomic design, composition and reusability within the React ecosystem
• You thrive being on the cutting edge of web application development including various styling technologies, libraries, best practices and tooling
• You have a familiarity with WCAG Accessibility 2.0 standards and have a passion for developing products which are inclusive and accessible for all
• You pride yourself in attention to detail and have a passion for being at the intersection of design and technology
• Bonus points for being a part of an open source community
• Bonus points if you've previously built or maintained a design system

Our Core Technologies:

• React
• Styled-Components
• Storybook
• Chromatic
• Webpack, Rollup
• Jest, React Testing Library, ESLint

What We Offer:

• The opportunity to build a career of value and witness first hand the impact Prodigy has as the most engaging math platform in the world!
• A culture of transparency, where team members are involved in important conversations
• No micromanaging here! We believe in our employees skills and abilities, we encourage you to bring new innovative ideas to your team
• Full health benefits from day one (1)  for you and your family, fully covered! Nothing is ever taken off your pay cheque 
• We are a profitable company, with eligibility to participate in stock options for all employees
• Late or early riser? We understand! We offer flexible working hours that allow you to schedule your 8 hour day with a bit more flexibility. We do have core office hours, to ensure team members can be present for important meetings and department needs. Our core office hours are 10:30am - 3:00pm


While we operate 100% remotely for the time being, our company culture and values remain at the core of everything we do. We are offering a number of remote-friendly activities such as:
• Virtual trivia 
• Zoom meditation, stretching, and fitness sessions
• Daily remote challenges via Slack 
• Virtual “Prodigy Prepares” cooking series featuring our very own employees!
• Remote work employee budget for things like home office equipment etc. 


When this pandemic comes to an end and it is safe to be back in the office. Here's a glimpse into what you can expect: 
• Feel like a different work environment? Work from home 1x a week!
• Team building events that not only include you as a Prodigy employee, but your significant other and children as well
• Company pizza lunch every second week for ‘All Hands’, where we discuss important Prodigy milestones
• Do you need some fun to help break up your day? We have that covered! Join in some Ping Pong games, Smash Bros competitions or board games!