Design Systems Lead (COMET)

Description

We are looking for a Design Systems Lead for our client, one of the world's largest natural resource companies. The role will focus on establishing and evolving a unified design system across an enterprise-grade Commodity Trading & Risk Management (CTRM) platform built on multiple micro-frontends. The platform (COMET) requires a single accountable expert to define, govern, and scale a consistent UI layer across teams. The successful candidate will ensure that design and implementation remain fully aligned by owning the end-to-end design system lifecycle, from Figma design standards to front-end component implementation. This is a senior, hands-on individual contributor role with no direct reports, requiring strong expertise in both UX systems design and front-end engineering practices. The individual will act as the key authority for UI consistency, reuse, and design governance across multiple development teams.

What we offer

• Global Relocation - (Relocation options; Experience in an international environment; Cross-cultural experience)

• Recognition and Evaluation - (Feedback culture; Regular appraisals)

• Time Off - (Annual holiday - 20 or 26 days. The duration of the leave depends on the overall seniority; Occasional leave - 1 or 2 days/ depending on the circumstances; Child care leave - 2 days or 16 hours per year; Absence due to force majeure - 2 days or 16 hours per year; Maternity Leave - 20 weeks; Parental Leave - 41 weeks; Paternity Leave - 14 days)

• Luxoft Training Center - (Expert-led tech courses covering basic to advanced topics; Internal instructor-led soft skills courses; Comprehensive in-house self-learning resources for both soft and hard skills; Access to external self-learning libraries like ProQuest eBook and Udemy for Business; Cloud Programs: MS Cloud Academy, AWS Partner Academy, Google Cloud Academy; Custom Learning Programs: upskilling, reskilling, technical mentorship; Leadership Programs for Managers)

• Well-being and Work-life Balance - (Multisport card; Possibility to order Multisport card at the corporate rate for family members; LuxGood Program: wellbeing seminars, contests, relaxation sessions, yoga sessions, etc.; One Team Program: Buddy for each New Joiner; seminars, meeting and workplace space to support integration with local community and culture; “Hire me” workshops for partners; Preferential banking offer; Preferential car leasing offer; Cafeteria program discounts for shops, cinema tickets, holiday offers; Luxoft Social Benefit Fund: sport and recreation benefits, the possibility to receive financial support)

• Health Care - (Private Healthcare Insurance with unlimited access to specialists; Full dental support; Travel Insurance; Possibility to add private healthcare coverage for family members at the corporate rate; Life insurance at the corporate rate for employees and family members, including payment of the basic package for the employee by the employer; Reimbursement for corrective glasses)

• Company Events and Friendly Environment - (Many fun social activities organized by the Luxoft team offline in your city; Online entertainment events for whole company and local team events; A workplace where you’re treated with respect within a multicultural team)

• Internal Mobility - (Rotation between projects and accounts; New career opportunities)

• Self-Learning Library

• CSR Projects

Other

• Languages: English: C1 Advanced

• Seniority: Senior

Requirements

• Proven experience building and/or operating an enterprise-scale design system

• Strong hands-on experience with Figma in a design system context

• Deep knowledge of design tokens, token architecture, and design-to-code pipelines

• Practical experience with Storybook and component library governance

• Experience implementing or working with visual regression testing frameworks

• Strong expertise in CSS/SCSS and scalable UI architecture patterns

• Solid understanding of modern front-end engineering practices (micro-frontends is a plus)

• Experience working in large-scale, multi-team enterprise environments

• Ability to operate as a senior individual contributor with strong ownership mindset

• Strong communication skills and ability to drive adoption across engineering teams

• English: C1 Advanced

• Experience in data-dense enterprise applications (e.g., trading, finance, analytics platforms)

• Hands-on engineering background in front-end development

• Exposure to Angular-based enterprise applications

• Experience working in or around micro-frontend architectures

• Knowledge or exposure to backend systems in enterprise environments

• Experience with AI-assisted development workflows or "agentic AI" tooling for engineering productivity

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the enterprise design system including components, patterns, and design tokens

• Define and manage versioning, documentation standards, contribution model, and deprecation lifecycle for UI assets

• Improve and maintain the design token pipeline and ensure seamless design-to-code synchronization

• Expand and govern Storybook as the canonical component library for the platform

• Implement and enforce visual regression testing for UI consistency across releases

• Define and enforce UI Definition of Done, ensuring reuse of existing components and tokens

• Run intake, triage, and governance process ensuring teams prioritize reuse over duplication

• Enforce design system compliance through code reviews, linting rules, and onboarding standards

• Monitor, analyze, and report adoption metrics and UI drift to UX/UI Lead and Front-End Lead

• Collaborate closely with design, engineering, and platform teams to ensure alignment between UX vision and implementation