Software Engineer, Design Systems

AbbVie

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Work type
On-site
Location
North Chicago, IL
Salary
$84,500–$162,000 / yr
Posted
54 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Sep 2, 2126

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Below market

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About AbbVie

AbbVie is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and delivering innovative medicines and solutions in immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care. Its products include Humira, Skyrizi, and Rinvoq.

AbbVie currently has 145 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $109,500–$208,500 across 140 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Software Engineer, Design Systems

The Software Engineer, Design Systems joins the Unity Design System team to support the enterprise-wide transition into an AI-enabled, agent-ready platform. This full-stack-leaning role involves building and maintaining a reusable React component library, managing design tokens, and developing developer-facing tooling. The engineer will pioneer agentic AI workflows, including Claude Code skills and MCP integrations, to accelerate compliant digital product delivery. Key responsibilities include engineering React/TypeScript components, developing Python and Node.js services, and performing WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility testing using Storybook and Axe. The role serves as the visible face of Unity development, providing community support and gathering requirements from over 600 developers. This position solves the technical challenge of providing scalable, high-quality UI standards and automated design-to-code pipelines across the enterprise.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Illinois?

Median $162050 from 79 postings across 28 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Build and maintain reusable, accessible React and TypeScript components for the Unity library.
  • Develop AI-assisted and agentic developer workflows, including prompt-to-code pipelines and MCP integrations.
  • Create full-stack supporting services and automation tools using Python and Node.js.
  • Write and maintain automated tests to ensure WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility and cross-browser compliance.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for the developer community through demos, office hours, and support.
  • Gather requirements from developers and translate them into technical documentation and actionable project objectives.
  • Contribute to data-visualization capabilities and support data-science-driven features within the design system.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field and 5 years’ experience, or Master’s Degree in a relevant field and 4 years of experience.
  • Proficient in React, TypeScript, HTML/CSS, and building design systems or component libraries.
  • Demonstrated hands-on experience developing agentic AI workflows, including Claude Code skills and AI-assisted developer tooling.
  • Full-stack capability with Python and Node.js for backend services and automation.
  • Proficiency with Storybook, GitHub, and accessibility/WCAG testing tools like Axe.
  • Experience building products for a developer-facing audience with strong community outreach and relationship-building skills.
  • Data science background and data-visualization experience (preferred).
  • Experience with MCP servers, Figma, OutSystems, or developer relations (preferred).

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