Staff Design Engineer Mobile (517)

Info on the Staff Design Engineer Mobile role Want to get to the next step in your international career? We can support you! Ubiminds is a GPTW-certified, people-first company that partners with American software product companies to scale their development footprint. Ubi custom-curates Brazilian top 5% talent for their LATAM strategy, offering a unique combo of staff augmentation and employer-of-record services. Ubiminds is assisting a fast-growing product company that is modernizing its digital ecosystem across web and mobile platforms. As part of this transformation, the company is investing heavily in scalable design systems, front-end architecture, and AI-assisted product development workflows to create highly cohesive, high-quality user experiences at scale. Challenge We’re looking for a Staff Design Engineer, Design Systems to lead the evolution and modernization of a multi-platform design system used across web and mobile applications. This role sits at the intersection of Design, Engineering, and AI-assisted development, combining deep systems thinking with exceptional product craft and front-end expertise. You will help define how design systems scale across the organization while ensuring consistency, usability, accessibility, and alignment between design artifacts and production code. You will collaborate closely with Product Design, Creative, and Engineering teams to build scalable component systems, modernize tooling and workflows, and enable faster, more consistent product development. This is a highly strategic and hands-on role for someone who thrives in complex environments and enjoys driving both technical and design innovation. Responsibilities Define and evolve the company’s multi-platform design system across web and mobile applications. Establish scalable system architecture, governance models, and adoption strategies. Design and implement reusable, accessible, and scalable UI components using modern front-end technologies. Partner with Design and Creative teams to ensure high standards for visual craft, motion, interaction quality, and usability. Collaborate with Engineering on architectural decisions involving CI/CD, design tokens, tooling, and distribution infrastructure. Lead migration efforts from legacy UI patterns toward shared system components. Build and optimize design-to-code workflows, integrating tools such as Figma and AI-assisted development platforms. Implement automated quality systems including visual regression testing and system auditing. Improve developer experience and ensure alignment between design artifacts and production implementation. Introduce and standardize AI-assisted workflows that accelerate design and engineering consistency. Mentor designers and engineers on design system best practices and scalable implementation patterns. Prototype and codify new interaction models, motion systems, and innovative UI patterns into the design system. Mandatory Skills 7+ years of experience in front-end engineering, design engineering, or creative engineering. Strong experience building and scaling design systems and component libraries across multiple teams or products. Deep knowledge of React (Web) and React Native ecosystems. Strong understanding of modern front-end architecture and component-driven development. Expertise in design systems, typography, motion, interaction design, and visual systems. Experience implementing design-to-code pipelines, including design tokens and Figma integrations. Familiarity with AI-assisted development workflows and tools. Strong collaboration skills across Design, Engineering, and Creative stakeholders. Experience driving adoption and governance of shared UI systems. Strong systems-thinking mindset with attention to scalability, consistency, and usability. Nice to Have Experience working on consumer platforms, marketplaces, or e-commerce products. Familiarity with Storybook, visual regression testing tools, and token management systems. Experien ... (truncated, view full listing at source)