Senior Design Engineer (Design Systems)

Want to help us, help others? We’re hiring! 
GoFundMe is a global community of over 100 million people with the common purpose of helping one another. Our mission is to help people help each other by making it safe and easy for people to ask for help and support causes—for themselves, each other, and their communities. In 2022, GoFundMe joined together with Classy, a leading nonprofit fundraising software company that enables nonprofits to connect supporters with the causes they care about. Together, GoFundMe and Classy have empowered people and organizations to raise more than $25 billion since 2010. Our vision is to become the most helpful place in the world.

Join us! The GoFundMe team is searching for our next Senior Design Engineer to help shape and improve our Heart Design System. As an engineer here, you’ll support our component library and our documentation, improve our collaboration with other teams, and update internal workflows. Our objectives are to drive productivity gains for our teammates; promote cohesive, inclusive customer experiences that are authentic to the GoFundMe brand; and improve our users' perception of quality.

Candidates considered for this role will be located in one of the following locations: San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York.

The Job…

• Work directly with designers and engineers to implement deliverable features, additions, and improvements to all areas of the product.
• Own front-end development from start to finish.
• Collaborate to improve our design system by creating new, reusable components and improving the existing ones.
• Drive ongoing design system maintenance efforts, including releasing new versions, documenting breaking changes, and helping teams with upgrades.
• Write and maintain documentation, creating guidance for the entire team.
• Participate in code reviews regularly to share your work and grow your understanding of the code base.
• Participate in design reviews regularly to help drive product decisions in harmony with the design system.
• Provide mentorship to other engineers through collaboration and pair programming.
• Represent the design system on a company-wide level, announce relevant design system news through regular meetings with the entire front-end team, and help field design system needs of other departments.

You…

• Can take initiative, prioritize, manage workloads, and meet project deadlines.
• Are an excellent communicator and collaborator who can clearly articulate ideas and vision.
• Are self-driven and comfortable working in highly collaborative, cross-functional teams.
• Have experience building and managing a Design System.
• Have expert knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Have 6+ years of experience with React, WCAG compliance, NPM package authorship, Git-based version control, sprint management software like Jira, and design tools like Figma or Sketch. (Bonus points for Storybook, TypeScript, GitHub Actions, or headless CMS.)

Why you’ll love it  here...

• Market competitive pay.
• Rich healthcare benefits including employer paid premiums for medical/dental/vision (100% for employee-only plans and 85% for employee + dependent plans) and employer HSA contributions. 
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching.
• Hybrid workplace with fully remote flexibility for many roles.
• Monetary support for new hire setup, hybrid work & wellbeing, family planning, and commuting expenses.
• A variety of mental and wellness programs to support employees.   
• Generous paid parental leave and family planning stipend.
• Supportive time off policies including vacation, sick/mental health days, volunteer days, company holidays, and a floating holiday.
• Learning & development and recognition programs.
• “Gives Back” Program where employees can nominate a fundraiser every week for a donation from the company.
• Inclusion, diversity, equity, and belonging are vital to our priorities and we continue to evolve our strategy to ensure DEI is embedded in all processes and programs at GoFundMe. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion team is always finding new ways for our company to uphold and represent the experiences of all of the people in our organization.
• Employee resource groups.
• Your work has a real purpose and will help change lives on a global scale.
• You’ll be a part of a fun, supportive team that works hard and celebrates accomplishments together. 
• We live by our core values: impatient to be great, find a way, earn trust every day, fueled by purpose.
• We are a certified Great Place to Work, are growing fast and have incredible opportunities ahead!

GoFundMe is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that actively pursues candidates of diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are committed to providing diversity, equity, and inclusion training to all employees, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnicity, nationality or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, age, medical condition, mental or physical disability, or military or veteran status.

The total annual salary for this full-time position is $130,000 - $175,000 + equity + benefits.  As this is a remote position, the salary range was determined by role, level, and possible location across the US. Individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range based on your location during the hiring process.
If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete a job application or a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please contact us at [email protected].

Learn more about GoFundMe:

We’re proud to partner with GoFundMe.org, an independent public charity, to extend the reach and impact of our generous community, while helping drive critical social change. You can learn more about GoFundMe.org’s activities and impact in their FY ‘23 annual report.

Our annual “Year in Help” report reflects our community’s impact in advancing our mission of helping people help each other.
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