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Who we are looking for

The Global Experience Design team is building a shared design system and front-end platform that delivers reusable components, layouts, design tokens, theming, and UI engineering capabilities to support enterprise-wide digital experiences at State Street.

The design system is designed to enable consistent, accessible, and scalable user experiences across products by providing shared front-end foundations, reusable UI patterns, and modern engineering workflows for enterprise application teams.

We are seeking a Front End React UI Engineer to help build intuitive, scalable, and high-quality user experiences across the SSDS platform. This role will focus on developing modern front-end applications, reusable UI components, and shared design system capabilities that support enterprise products and front-end teams across the organization.

Why this role is important to us

Within SSDS, this role is important because the design system serves as a shared foundation for product teams building enterprise applications across the organization. The Front End React UI Engineer helps ensure that shared components, styling patterns, accessibility practices, and front-end standards are implemented consistently and at high quality, enabling teams to move faster while delivering a more unified user experience.

What you will be responsible for

As a Front End React UI Engineer, you will:

• Build and maintain responsive, accessible, and performant front-end applications, reusable UI components, and design system capabilities for SSDS.

• Translate product, UX, and business requirements into clean, maintainable, and reusable UI components and application features.

• Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and engineers to deliver workflow-driven user experiences in an iterative, product-led model.

• Develop front-end integrations with APIs, shared services, and platform capabilities.

• Contribute to reusable design systems, front-end standards, and engineering best practices.

• Help implement agent-assisted and AI-enabled user experiences with a strong focus on clarity, trust, transparency, and usability.

• Write well-tested, secure, and maintainable code that meets enterprise quality and compliance expectations.

• Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and continuous improvement of front-end architecture and development processes.

What we value

These skills will help you succeed in this role:

• Proven experience building modern front-end applications in a professional engineering environment.

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript, with strong hands-on expertise in React and modern front-end application development.

• Experience developing reusable UI components, application shells, and scalable client-side architecture.

• Experience working with Tailwind CSS, utility-first CSS frameworks, or comparable front-end styling systems.

• Experience working with design systems, reusable component libraries, and token-driven UI development.

• Solid understanding of front-end fundamentals including state management, performance optimization, accessibility, and responsive design.

• Experience building accessible user interfaces and applying accessibility best practices and standards.

• Experience consuming REST APIs and working with back-end services in distributed systems.

• Experience with modern front-end tooling such as Vite, Vitest, Storybook, or similar development workflows.

• Ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, product, and UX teams.

• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail in building polished, user-centered interfaces.

• Comfort working in a fast-moving enterprise environment with evolving priorities and complex workflows.

Education & Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in front-end engineering or full-stack development with a strong front-end focus.

• Demonstrated expertise building production-grade applications with React.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• Experience working within a large, regulated enterprise environment is a plus.

• Familiarity with design systems, component libraries, and accessibility standards such as WCAG is a plus.

• Familiarity with CSS variables, theming systems, and scalable styling patterns for enterprise applications is a plus.

• Experience with data-rich applications, workflow platforms, or enterprise SaaS products is a plus.

• Exposure to AI-enabled products, intelligent automation, or human-in-the-loop workflow applications is a plus.

Work Requirement

• Expected to work 4 days a week in the office.

• Candidates should be comfortable working within established team working hours and supporting collaboration across business functions and time zones as needed.

Salary Range:

The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.

Employees are eligible to participate in State Street's comprehensive benefits program, which includes: our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match; insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages; paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities; access to our Employee Assistance Program; incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans); and, eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans.

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