AbbVie

Senior Software Engineer, Design Systems

AbbVie$110K — $140K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree with 6 years' experience, Master's Degree with 5 years' experience, or PhD with 0 years' experience.
  • Expertise in React and TypeScript, with strong HTML/CSS skills and design-system development experience.
  • Solid understanding of design tokens and scalable theming practices.
  • Hands-on experience with AI development and the creation of AI-assisted workflows, including Claude Code skills.
  • Full-stack experience with Python and Node.js.
  • Familiarity with Storybook, GitHub, and WCAG accessibility testing tools.
  • Strong quality assurance discipline and ability to independently QA own work.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain reusable React/TypeScript components for the Unity library, focusing on accessibility and documentation.
  • Create AI-assisted developer workflows, including AI integration that enables scalable UI delivery.
  • Develop supporting services and automation using Python and Node.js, with a focus on CI/CD processes.
  • Conduct thorough QA testing and ensure accessibility compliance, including WCAG standards, for all deliverables.
  • Serve as the primary liaison for developers' needs, building trust and community support for Unity development.
  • Gather requirements directly from developers and implement quick feedback loops for agile development.
  • Enhance data visualization capabilities to support data-driven features, leveraging data science expertise.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k) options for eligible employees.
  • Participation eligibility in short-term incentive programs.
Full Job Description
Unity is AbbVie's enterprise design system - the shared tokens, components, standards, and documentation that enable rapid, compliant, high-quality digital product delivery at scale. The Unity Design System team is transitioning Unity into a fully AI-enabled, agent-ready platform: AI-assisted design-to-code, Claude Code skills, MCP integrations, and AI-driven UI delivery, with humans in the loop to curate, approve, and evolve standards. This role sits on the developer-facing side of Unity. The person in this seat is a hands-on, full-stack-leaning engineer and the visible "face" of Unity development - building the React component library and developer tooling, pioneering agentic AI workflows, and serving the 600+ member developer community as a trusted, go-to resource. Work collaboratively across the Unity Design System team, BTS, and AbbVie's developer and design communities to conceive, design, engineer, and deliver developer-facing components, tooling, and AI-assisted workflows that accelerate compliant, high-quality digital product delivery across the enterprise. Serve as a hands-on senior builder across the full stack - React/TypeScript components and design tokens, Python/Node.js services and automation, and agentic AI integrations - while operating autonomously: gathering requirements directly from developers, QA testing your own work, deploying, and closing fast feedback loops. Establish trust and credibility as the go-to resource for Unity development needs and act as the developer-facing face of the design system. Responsibilities • Design, build, test, and maintain reusable, accessible React/TypeScript components for the Unity React library, with deep attention to design tokens/tokenization, theming (light/dark, density modes), composability, and Storybook documentation. • Build and pioneer AI-assisted and agentic developer workflows - Claude Code skills, MCP server integrations (Figma, Storybook), context/markdown files, and prompt-to-code / design-to-code pipelines - that enable both developers and AI agents to deliver Unity-compliant UI at scale. (Claude Code skills experience is required.) • Develop full-stack supporting services, front-end automation, and build/release/validation tooling using Python and Node.js (CI/CD, design-ops, compliance checks). • Own quality end-to-end: write and maintain automated tests, perform accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA) and cross-browser QA using the team toolstack (Storybook, Axe, GitHub), and QA your own work before release. • Act as the developer-facing face of Unity - provide community support, outreach, and management; build relationships, run demos/office hours/presentations, and establish trust and credibility as the go-to resource for Unity development. • Work autonomously to gather and generate requirements directly from developer-community needs, translate them into actionable work, and communicate back to the team with quick feedback loops. • Contribute to Unity's data-visualization capabilities and support data-science-driven features, applying a data-science background and data-visualization experience where applicable. • Wear multiple hats and context-switch as a co-owner of team responsibilities across requirements, development, QA/testing, deployment, application development, community building, and presentations. • Stay current with state-of-the-art AI development and productivity tooling; pilot, evaluate, and roll out improvements (e.g., Storybook MCP, AI documentation, new productivity tools) across the team. • Provide technical leadership and mentor less-experienced staff; partner with designers, brand, accessibility, and BTS stakeholders; and adhere to corporate standards including code of conduct, data security, GxP compliance where applicable, and the software development lifecycle. Qualifications Required: • Bachelor's Degree with 6 years' experience; Master's Degree with 5 years' experience; or PhD with 0 years' experience. • Seasoned front-end engineer with expert React and TypeScript skills, strong HTML/CSS, and proven design-system / component-library development experience. • Strong understanding and awareness of design tokens / tokenization and scalable theming. • Hands-on agentic AI and AI-workflow development experience; demonstrated ability to build Claude Code skills (required) and AI-assisted developer tooling. • Backend and full-stack capability with Python and Node.js. • Proficiency with the team toolstack: Storybook, GitHub, and accessibility/WCAG testing tools (e.g., Axe). • Strong testing and QA discipline - consistently QAs own work. • Experience building products for a developer-facing audience, with the ability to "meet developers where they are." • Proven ability to work autonomously, generate and gather requirements, and operate with fast feedback loops while wearing multiple hats and co-owning responsibilities. • Excellent written and oral English communication; strong community outreach and relationship-building; a proactive, collaborative team player. Preferred: • Developer skills beyond JS/React (e.g., Angular, additional languages/frameworks). • Data science background and data-visualization experience. • Front-end automation experience. • Familiarity with MCP servers (Figma MCP, Storybook MCP), Figma / Code Connect, and OutSystems. • Experience with developer relations (DevRel) and community management. • Mobile development experience (nice to have). Additional Information Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: • The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this roleat the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on manyfactors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. • We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees. • This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

About AbbVie

AbbVie develops pharmaceuticals and medical devices. They provide products and services to therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women's health, and gastroenterology.

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Joining AbbVie means becoming part of a global team dedicated to making a remarkable impact on patients' lives. At AbbVie, our employees are united in the pursuit of groundbreaking innovation and are committed to transforming the future of healthcare with leading-edge science.

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We believe in nurturing our team's professional growth through comprehensive training programs, leadership development opportunities, and continuous learning. Our commitment to your career growth is reflected in our robust offerings that enhance your skills and knowledge.

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Size
50,000 employees
Market Cap
$288.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
$4.6 billion
Founded
2013
5 Year Trend
+17%
Revenue
$45.8 billion
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