Senior Design Engineer / Développeur·euse design senior
- Montreal, QC, Canada
Full-time
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Job details
- Job type
- Full-time
- Posting language
- English · French
- Posted
Original job description
English section of this bilingual listing.
*La version française suit
Company Description
Headquartered in Montreal, Detroit and Munich, Vention helps manufacturers automate their operations in record time with the only hardware and software AI-powered platform built for the factory floor. Our technology powers over 25,000 machines across 4,000 factories across 5 continents and we have the privilege to work with a significant proportion of Fortune 500 manufacturers, from space rockets, to electrical cars, to robotics.
At Vention, you’ll work alongside driven and talented people who care deeply about their craft and the impact they create. We’re a team of high achievers who grow through meaningful work, solving complex challenges, learning fast, and seeing the results of our efforts every day.
We move quickly and aim high, but we do it together with care, collaboration, and respect. Our culture celebrates diverse perspectives and supports your growth through intentional development, strong leadership, and opportunities to make a real difference.
What You’ll Do
You’ll co-own and build Vention’s unified design system, giving every product (Platform, Web, HMI, and Marketing) one shared foundation of tokens, theming, and components.
You’ll set up the workflow that keeps design and code in sync, so a change in design reaches production without a long handoff.
You’ll build and maintain coded components and patterns with our frontend developers, and plan the migration from our current UI kits.
You’ll make the system AI-ready, with structure and documentation that let tools like Claude generate production-ready interfaces.
You’ll be the bridge between design intent and production, reviewing UI work for fidelity.
You’ll teach and support designers so they get more comfortable with code, tokens, and design-to-code workflows.
What You Bring to the Table
Significant hands-on experience building design systems, with strong opinions on tokens theming, component architecture, tech stack...
Expert in TypeScript and React. You can design clean component APIs on accessible primitives (Radix), with deep knowledge of CSS, design tokens and multi-mode theming, and WCAG/ARIA accessibility. You have shipped and versioned an npm component library to production, with Storybook, automated testing (interaction, visual, axe) and CI, and you work fluently in Figma, including Variables.
Real design skill: you work comfortably in Figma, you notice spacing and type issues, and you discuss design decisions with designers as a peer.
Clear communication with designers and engineers, and a habit of documenting decisions.
Experience with Storybook and design-to-code or AI-assisted UI workflows (Figma Variables, Claude, MCP).
A curiosity to learn, a collaborative mindset, and a drive to contribute to something meaningful
What We Offer
Career pathing: Real opportunities to grow through personalized development plans, bi-annual employee reviews, and mentorship program
Professional development: Continuous training in performance management, inclusive leadership, leadership operating model, team building, and giving/receiving feedback
Gender diversity & inclusion: Pay equity reviews, inclusive policies, and a Women’s Employee Resource Group offering networking, mentorship, and quarterly learning sessions.
Hybrid work: Enjoy flexibility with our hybrid model, allowing you to work from home on select days.
Community engagement: Two paid volunteering days per year to give back to causes you care about.
Team events: All year round employee events including annual kick-off, employee summit, quarterly happy hours, and department events.
Comprehensive benefits: A complete group benefits plan for you and your family that start day one.
Top-up and benefits for new parents: Additional financial support and resources to support employees during their transition to parenthood.
What to Expect in Your Interview
Initial Call
Meet the Team
Case or take-home interview
Decision & Offer
We’re committed to making every step of the process inclusive and accessible. If you require accommodations at any stage, please let us know, we’ll ensure you have what you need to succeed.
Vention’s culture
Vention is an uplifting environment for high achievers. Thinking that Vention’s culture would keep you energized? See our full culture guide here
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Read the full bilingual original
*La version française suit
Company Description
Headquartered in Montreal, Detroit and Munich, Vention helps manufacturers automate their operations in record time with the only hardware and software AI-powered platform built for the factory floor. Our technology powers over 25,000 machines across 4,000 factories across 5 continents and we have the privilege to work with a significant proportion of Fortune 500 manufacturers, from space rockets, to electrical cars, to robotics.
At Vention, you’ll work alongside driven and talented people who care deeply about their craft and the impact they create. We’re a team of high achievers who grow through meaningful work, solving complex challenges, learning fast, and seeing the results of our efforts every day.
We move quickly and aim high, but we do it together with care, collaboration, and respect. Our culture celebrates diverse perspectives and supports your growth through intentional development, strong leadership, and opportunities to make a real difference.
What You’ll Do
You’ll co-own and build Vention’s unified design system, giving every product (Platform, Web, HMI, and Marketing) one shared foundation of tokens, theming, and components.
You’ll set up the workflow that keeps design and code in sync, so a change in design reaches production without a long handoff.
You’ll build and maintain coded components and patterns with our frontend developers, and plan the migration from our current UI kits.
You’ll make the system AI-ready, with structure and documentation that let tools like Claude generate production-ready interfaces.
You’ll be the bridge between design intent and production, reviewing UI work for fidelity.
You’ll teach and support designers so they get more comfortable with code, tokens, and design-to-code workflows.
What You Bring to the Table
Significant hands-on experience building design systems, with strong opinions on tokens theming, component architecture, tech stack...
Expert in TypeScript and React. You can design clean component APIs on accessible primitives (Radix), with deep knowledge of CSS, design tokens and multi-mode theming, and WCAG/ARIA accessibility. You have shipped and versioned an npm component library to production, with Storybook, automated testing (interaction, visual, axe) and CI, and you work fluently in Figma, including Variables.
Real design skill: you work comfortably in Figma, you notice spacing and type issues, and you discuss design decisions with designers as a peer.
Clear communication with designers and engineers, and a habit of documenting decisions.
Experience with Storybook and design-to-code or AI-assisted UI workflows (Figma Variables, Claude, MCP).
A curiosity to learn, a collaborative mindset, and a drive to contribute to something meaningful
What We Offer
Career pathing: Real opportunities to grow through personalized development plans, bi-annual employee reviews, and mentorship program
Professional development: Continuous training in performance management, inclusive leadership, leadership operating model, team building, and giving/receiving feedback
Gender diversity & inclusion: Pay equity reviews, inclusive policies, and a Women’s Employee Resource Group offering networking, mentorship, and quarterly learning sessions.
Hybrid work: Enjoy flexibility with our hybrid model, allowing you to work from home on select days.
Community engagement: Two paid volunteering days per year to give back to causes you care about.
Team events: All year round employee events including annual kick-off, employee summit, quarterly happy hours, and department events.
Comprehensive benefits: A complete group benefits plan for you and your family that start day one.
Top-up and benefits for new parents: Additional financial support and resources to support employees during their transition to parenthood.
What to Expect in Your Interview
Initial Call
Meet the Team
Case or take-home interview
Decision & Offer
We’re committed to making every step of the process inclusive and accessible. If you require accommodations at any stage, please let us know, we’ll ensure you have what you need to succeed.
Vention’s culture
Vention is an uplifting environment for high achievers. Thinking that Vention’s culture would keep you energized? See our full culture guide here
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Description de l’entreprise
Basée à Montréal, Detroit et Munich, Vention aide les fabricants à automatiser leurs opérations en un temps record grâce à la seule plateforme matérielle et logicielle alimentée par l’IA conçue pour l’usine. Notre technologie alimente plus de 25 000 machines dans 4 000 usines réparties sur 5 continents, et nous avons le privilège de collaborer avec une grande proportion des fabricants du Fortune 500, allant de la construction de fusées à l’automobile électrique, en passant par la robotique.
Chez Vention, vous travaillerez aux côtés de personnes passionnées et talentueuses qui ont à cœur leur métier et l’impact qu’elles créent. Nous formons une équipe de personnes ambitieuses qui évoluent grâce à un travail porteur de sens, en relevant des défis complexes, en apprenant rapidement et en constatant chaque jour les résultats de leurs efforts.
Nous avançons vite et visons haut, mais nous le faisons ensemble, avec soin, collaboration et respect. Notre culture valorise la diversité des perspectives et soutient votre développement grâce à un encadrement intentionnel, un leadership fort et des occasions concrètes de faire une réelle différence.
Ce que vous ferez:
Vous serez coresponsable de la création du système de design unifié de Vention, qui donnera à tous nos produits (Plateforme, Web, HMI et Marketing) une base commune de tokens, de thèmes et de composants.
Vous mettrez en place le flux qui garde le design et le code synchronisés, pour qu’un changement en design se rende en production sans friction.
Vous construirez et maintiendrez les composants et tokens avec nos développeurs front-end, et planifierez la migration à partir de nos kits UI actuels.
Vous rendrez le système prêt pour l’IA, avec une structure et une documentation qui permettent à des outils comme Claude de générer des interfaces prêtes pour la production.
Vous ferez le pont entre l’intention de design et l’implémentation en production, en révisant le travail UI pour en assurer la fidélité.
Vous formerez et accompagnerez les designers pour qu’ils soient plus à l’aise avec le code, les tokens et les flux design-vers-code.
Ce que vous apportez à l’équipe
Une solide expérience pratique dans la création de systèmes de design, avec des opinions sur les tokens, les thèmes et l’architecture des composants.
De solides compétences front-end en React, TypeScript et CSS, y compris l’accessibilité.
Un vrai talent en design : vous êtes à l’aise dans Figma, vous remarquez les problèmes d’espacement et de typographie, et vous discutez de décisions de design avec les designers d’égal à égal.
Une communication claire avec les designers et les ingénieurs, et l’habitude de documenter les décisions.
Une curiosité d’apprendre, un esprit de collaboration et le désir de contribuer à un projet porteur de sens.
Expérience avec Storybook et les flux design-vers-code ou assistés par l’IA (Figma Variables, Claude, MCP).
Maîtrise du français et de l’anglais, à l’oral et à l’écrit (Anglais demandé pour répondre à notre clientèle anglophone)
Ce que nous offrons:
Cheminement de carrière : De réelles possibilités d’évolution grâce à des plans de développement personnalisés, des évaluations biannuelles et un programme de mentorat.
Développement professionnel : Formations continues sur la gestion de la performance, le leadership inclusif, la construction d’équipes performantes et la rétroaction constructive.
Diversité et inclusion : Revues d’équité salariale, politiques inclusives et groupe-ressource pour les femmes offrant mentorat, réseautage et sessions d’apprentissage trimestrielles.
Travail hybride : Profitez de la flexibilité de notre modèle hybride vous permettant de travailler de la maison certains jours.
Engagement communautaire : Deux journées de bénévolat rémunérées par an pour redonner aux causes qui vous tiennent à cœur.
Événements d’équipe : Activités tout au long de l’année, incluant le lancement annuel, le sommet des employés, des 5à7 trimestriels et des événements par département.
Avantages sociaux complets : Régime complet d’assurances collectives pour vous et votre famille, dès votre premier jour.
Compléments et avantages pour les nouveaux parents : Soutien financier et ressources pour accompagner les employés dans leur transition vers la parentalité.
Déroulement du processus d’entrevue
Appel initial
Rencontre avec l’équipe
Étude de cas ou exercice à domicile
Décision et offre
Nous nous engageons à rendre chaque étape du processus inclusive et accessible. Si vous avez besoin d’adaptations, faites-le-nous savoir - nous veillerons à ce que vous disposiez de tout ce dont vous avez besoin pour réussir.
La culture de Vention
Vention est un environnement stimulant pour les personnes ambitieuses. Vous pensez que notre culture vous inspire ? Consultez notre guide complet de la culture ici.
More about this job
Responsibilities
You will co-own and build a unified design system, establishing a shared foundation of tokens and components across all product platforms. Additionally, you will bridge the gap between design and production by maintaining coded components and supporting designers in design-to-code workflows.
Requirements
The role requires significant hands-on experience in building design systems and expert-level proficiency in TypeScript, React, and CSS. Candidates must possess strong design skills in Figma and experience with automated testing, accessibility standards, and AI-assisted UI workflows.
Skills
- Design systems
- TypeScript
- React
- CSS
- Design tokens
- Accessibility
- Figma
- Storybook
- Component architecture
- UI design
- Frontend development
- Automated testing
- CI/CD
- AI-assisted workflows
- Technical documentation
Benefits
- Career pathing
- Professional development
- Mentorship program
- Pay equity reviews
- Inclusive policies
- Women’s Employee Resource Group
- Hybrid work
- Paid volunteering days
- Team events
- Group benefits plan
- Parental leave top-up
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Technology
- Software
- Art & Design
- Engineering
- Manufacturing
Keywords
- Design Systems
- TypeScript
- React
- CSS
- Design Tokens
- Figma
- Storybook
- Accessibility
- WCAG
- ARIA
- Frontend Development
- Component Library
- CI/CD
- Automated Testing
- AI-assisted UI
- Claude
- MCP
- UI/UX
- Automation
- Manufacturing
- Robotics
- Software Engineering
- Design-to-code
- Theming
- API Design