Frontend Developer - UI Design Systems

The onsite Frontend Developer role focuses on UI design systems, based in Surprise, AZ, with a salary range of USD 70,000 to 150,000 per year. The position involves owning, evolving, and implementing reusable UI components for Rock RMS, bridging designers and developers to deliver scalable, pixel-perfect front-end interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, refactor, and extend the design system codebase to ensure consistency and performance, using CSS and JavaScript.
• Develop new UI components that are styled, documented, and tested for deployment across Rock RMS.
• Collaborate with designers to translate mockups and style guides into production-ready code.
• Partner with backend and full-stack developers to integrate components into the application.
• Document each component with clear usage examples and guidance.
• Participate in code reviews to uphold CSS, HTML, and JavaScript best practices and accessibility standards.

Requirements

• Expert in CSS, including preprocessors such as Less or Sass.
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining a design system or component library.
• Strong communication between design and development teams.
• Thrive in a fast-paced development environment.
• Proactive in learning new front-end tools and techniques.
• Proficient with Vue.js or comparable frameworks.
• Expert in Bootstrap and Tailwind.
• Understanding of browser rendering, CSS performance, and responsive design principles.
• Experience using Git for version control and collaborating via pull requests.

Technologies

• CSS, JavaScript, Less, Sass, Vue.js, Bootstrap, Tailwind, Tailwind plugins, Git

Benefits

• Purpose-driven work serving churches and non-profits through technology
• Competitive salary based on experience
• Stable weekday schedule
• Supportive and dedicated team

Bonus Points

• You have a background in graphic or visual design
• You have created custom themes or utility-first toolkits (for example, Tailwind plugins)
• You have contributed to open-source front-end projects
• You are familiar with church-management or CRM systems
• You have an unusual interest in Rock lobsters