JOB DESCRIPTION

You’ll shape how products are built.

Our engineers understand not just how technology works, but how it shapes everyday experiences. Strong execution and clear-thinking drive how we build products that are consistent, accessible, and high quality at scale.

Design Systems sit at the intersection of design and engineering, creating the foundation that enables teams to build efficiently across products and experiences.

You’ll define the standard.

The Design Language System (DLS) is the foundation for American Express digital experiences. It provides the building blocks and standards teams use to design and develop products consistently at scale.

DLS enables teams to build fast, scalable, and accessible experiences through reusable primitives, standardized patterns, and robust tooling. With design tokens, theming, and accessibility built in, it ensures consistency while supporting flexibility across co-branded and sub-branded experiences.

Our goal is to abstract complexity so teams can focus on delivering high-quality user experiences.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Define and evolve the system architecture for the design system, ensuring scalability, performance, and long-term maintainability
• Design scalable, intuitive APIs for components and system layers
• Drive accessibility as a core requirement across all outputs
• Partner with designers to translate patterns into production-ready implementations
• Enable theming, surfaces, and responsive behavior across products
• Improve performance and runtime efficiency of shared components
• Create tooling, codemods, and automation to simplify adoption and upgrades
• Support engineers through documentation, training, and direct collaboration
• Review contributions to ensure quality, consistency, and backward compatibility

QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong ability to solve complex system problems with simple, scalable solutions
• Experience building reusable UI systems, component libraries, or design systems
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, React, and modern frontend architecture
• Deep understanding of CSS, layout systems, and responsive design
• Experience making system architecture decisions for design systems
• Strong attention to detail in UI consistency, motion, and interaction patterns
• Knowledge of accessibility standards and inclusive design practices
• Experience with design tokens, theming, or styling architectures
• Experience with build tooling and frontend infrastructure
• Experience working in monorepos and managing large-scale codebases
• Focus on improving developer experience through tooling, workflows, and automation
• Experience with testing strategies including unit, visual, and accessibility testing
• Strong communication skills to influence and educate across teams
• Ability to translate design and product requirements into scalable system solutions
• Understanding of performance optimization and frontend best practices
• Experience building or contributing to enterprise-scale design systems
• Familiarity with token pipelines or design-to-code workflows
• Experience with Figma or design tooling ecosystems
• Strong understanding of theming and scalable UI architecture
• Contributions to shared libraries or open-source projects

ABOUT US

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. From delivering differentiated products to providing world-class customer service, we operate with a strong risk mindset, ensuring we continue to uphold our brand promise of trust, security, and service.

As part of Team Amex, you’ll experience our powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career. Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.

ABOUT THE TEAM

We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:

• Competitive base salaries
• Bonus incentives
• 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan
• Free financial coaching and financial well-being support
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
• 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
• Career development and training opportunities

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit out Colleague Benefits Site .

American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. For positions covered by federal and/or state banking regulations, American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions.

We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.

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The below represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.