Design System Architect (Chicago)

Post Date

Oct 13, 2023

Location

Peoria,
Illinois

ZIP/Postal Code

61602
US
Jun 24, 2025 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract

Category

Architect

Req #

CHI-657570

Pay Rate

$57 - $86 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

This front end architect will be working on the digital team for a fortune 500 manufacturing company. They will become the SME for Atomic design and teach the other teams how to use it. Work with existing developers based in India. This person will be focused on hand holding support for US based developers. They need to have gotten developers to buy in and adopt the system in the past. This will be the go to designer role. The developers are in Chicago, Slovakia, and India.

Required Skills & Experience

* Very senior level, Architect or lead level who has built libraries for a Design System (Atomic) using React

* Solid understanding of the Atomic Design methodology and have worked with it before

o Must have worked on a design system team, building the design system (not just consuming it)

* Ability to do workshops with developers to teach atomic design and development

* Experience working on design system teams

o Web components and web based applications

o React, a must have

o Angular, nice to have

* Design system covers all platforms (responsive web)

* Experience building and consuming (required) design systems

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

UX/UI

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.