Frontend Engineer, Design Systems — Clasva Demo

  • Hybrid
  • Bristol, UK
  • £55,000–£70,000 GBP / year
  • Full-time
  • 6 days ago

Honest signals

What's hard about this role

Adoption is a persuasion job, not a mandate — squads have their own deadlines and you win them over one component at a time. Some legacy services still use an older framework and cannot consume the library yet. Government accessibility standards (WCAG 2.2 AA) are non-negotiable and slow some work down.

What causes people to struggle here

This is not a greenfield product role and not a management position. It is not a place to introduce a brand-new framework every quarter — stability and backwards compatibility matter more than novelty.

Who does well here

Someone who cares about accessibility as a first-class concern, enjoys enabling other teams rather than owning product surface, and writes clear documentation.

What you'll do

  • Own the shared React/TypeScript component library end to end
  • Run accessibility audits and hold squads to WCAG 2.2 AA
  • Support six delivery squads adopting the design system
  • Write and maintain the component documentation site

What we're looking for

Must have

  • 4+ years building production frontends with React and TypeScript
  • Hands-on accessibility experience (ARIA, keyboard, screen readers)
  • Experience maintaining a shared component library or design system
  • Clear written communication for documentation and RFCs

Your first 90 days

First 30 days

Ship two accessible components and migrate one squad onto them

First 60 days

Complete an accessibility audit of the current library and publish findings

First 90 days

Establish weekly design-system office hours

How the work actually goes

A typical week

About 60% of the week is hands-on: building and maintaining the shared component library in TypeScript and React, pairing with product teams adopting it, and reviewing pull requests. The rest is design-system governance — accessibility audits, documentation, and office hours for the six delivery squads that consume the library.

The team

You join a four-person platform team (two frontend, one designer, one accessibility specialist) reporting to the Head of Delivery. The wider engineering group is 22 people across six citizen-service squads.

Compensation

£55,000–£70,000 GBP / year

Range as stated by the employer · GBP · Annual

≈ £5,291.67 / month — derived from the stated annual range.

How we hire

  1. Intro call with the Head of Delivery (30 min)
  2. Frontend + accessibility interview (60 min)
  3. Pairing session on a realistic component (90 min)
  4. Team and values conversation (45 min)

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  • Compensation range £55,000–£70,000 GBP / year
  • Employment type Full-time
  • Work mode Hybrid
  • Core responsibilities 4 listed
  • Required skills 4 listed
  • Honest role signals Hard parts and failure modes stated
  • Employer identity Aurora Civic Digital
  • Hiring process Shared below
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Company

ACAurora Civic Digital
Company size
11-50 Employees
Headquarters
Bristol, UK
Founded
2020
Open roles
1

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