Senior Design Systems Engineer
Ramp
Senior Design Systems Engineer
Ramp
Runs corporate cards and finance workflows
Ramp is building the smart infrastructure for finance teams, embedded in the transaction flow of every dollar a business spends. We automate how over $275B in annualized spend flows in and out of 85,000+ companies: authorizing payments, flagging risk, categorizing spend, and closing books.
The problems are high-stakes, data-dense, and unforgiving.
We hire people with high agency and high urgency. We look for slope over intercept. We care less about where you trained and more about what you’ve built. At Ramp, everyone is a builder who owns problems end to end and makes consequential decisions that shape the outcome.
The median Ramp customer saves 7.5% and grows revenue 16% in their first year – far in excess of businesses operating without Ramp. We believe every ambitious company deserves the same.
If you want to build systems that directly shape how companies move and manage billions, Ramp is the place to do it.
We’re hiring a Design Systems Engineer to be one of the few engineers building the components that every Ramp product team uses — the person who makes our design system real in code. You’ll work in close partnership with our design systems lead and designers: they decide what the rules are, and you decide how to enforce them. Sometimes that’s a component that won’t allow a bad pattern. Sometimes it’s a codebase move that makes the right path the easy one. Sometimes it’s automation that catches drift before it spreads.
With AI agents now writing much of the UI, this role is also at the frontier of a changing craft. You’ll help decide what the system has to guarantee when humans and agents are both building on top of it — because agents don’t settle for the happy path, and the system needs to hold up either way.
Having worked as a designer (or deeply alongside one), you understand the design-eng collaboration challenges firsthand. You’re driven to improve it because you’ve lived with the pain points. You excel in UI and accessible design, prefer working directly in-browser, and get excited about emerging CSS properties.
This is an IC role on a small team, which means you’ll have real say in architecture, API design, and the tradeoffs that shape how Ramp builds — foundational, detail-obsessed frontend work with an outsized impact on every screen we ship.
What You’ll Do
Build and evolve the components and APIs that every product team at Ramp depends on
Make the enforcement call: when to encode a rule in the component itself, when to leave it to guidance, and when to invest in automation that catches drift
Partner with our design systems lead and designers to turn UX patterns and principles into working, consistent components
Shape the system so it holds up when both engineers and AI agents are building on it
Contribute to internal tooling and infrastructure that keeps velocity high without sacrificing quality
Champion the user experience and accessibility of our products, and keep the quality bar high
Help designers and engineers across Ramp ship faster with elegant, consistent component APIs and a focus on developer experience
Advocate for users by continuously iterating on our core products and experiences
Participate in day-to-day team rituals like design crit, story creation, and weekly stand-ups
Help us hire and grow the team to bring more craft and more perspectives to the work
What You Need
Tech/startup or digital product agency experience, or equivalent
A strong frontend engineer who could pass any engineering loop at Ramp — real hands-on skill, not just prompting AI to write code
Experience building design system components and APIs, not only consuming them
Excellent front-end development skills in semantic HTML, CSS (up to date on latest features) and JavaScript (and frameworks, pref. React)
Ability to drive implementation end to end, with sound UX and system design sense
Strong understanding of Product Design software (pref. Figma) and visual/interaction design principles
Strong organizational skills and a love for documentation
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a willingness to push back with reasons — e.g., when encoding a rule in a component would slow everyone down
Care for the details: motion, states, accessibility, and the small decisions that make a system feel coherent
Nice to Haves
Design systems experience from before AI tooling took off
Ability to articulate complex concepts to technical and non-technical peers
Solid understanding of accessibility development practices
Flexible PTO
Centralized home-office equipment ordering
Health and wellness stipend
Budget for intra-office travel
Weekly coffee stipend
100% medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you, with partial coverage for dependents
One Medical annual membership
401(k), including employer match on contributions made while employed by Ramp
Fertility HRA (up to $10,000 per year)
Parental leave: up to 16 weeks (birthing + bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay
Pet insurance
In-office perks: lunch, snacks, drinks, and more
Relocation expense coverage to NYC or SF (if needed)
Group medical, dental, and vision coverage through Sun Life
Life, AD&D, and disability coverage
Fertility drug coverage (up to $4,000 lifetime)
Group Retirement Plan with employer match (RRSP + DPSP)
Parental leave: up to 16 weeks (birthing + bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay, with additional time available at reduced pay
Employee Assistance Program and virtual care through Lumino Health
Private medical insurance through Freedom Elite
Virtual GP and at-home care via eMed x Livi
Workplace pension through Penfold, with salary sacrifice option
Parental leave: up to 16 weeks (birthing + bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay with additional time available at reduced pay
If you are being referred for the role, please contact that person to apply on your behalf.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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Ramp runs a financial operations platform for businesses and their finance teams, linking corporate cards with expense records and invoice payments. Finance teams use its software to collect receipts, approve spending and send transaction data to their accounting systems, while employees submit expenses through connected apps. Its Router service also directs AI requests across outside model providers, selecting models based on cost and performance. Customers use a free core plan or pay for broader software automation features, with partner banks issuing cards and providing deposit services. Ramp was founded in 2019 and has its headquarters in New York City.
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