**Job Summary****Responsibilities**DescriptionAmerican is transforming the way we deliver software and solutions for our customers and employees.As part of this transformation the UX organization is championing Design Systems methodology to create and maintain reusable components that will lead to more efficient and consistent product design.This job is a member of the Transformation & User Experience (UX) within the Information Technology division at American Airlines.As an Engineer you will design build and operate systems in Americans development environment in collaboration with users product partners software vendors and other Engineering teams to increase the speed reliability and value of our systems.You will build and maintain end to end solutions at scale for our customers and employees across the enterprise meeting their expectations with the right tools platforms and experiences that deliver on caring for people on lifes journey.Own the strategy and implementation of a highly scalable design system and translate technical direction into easily understandable language for all levels of technical expertiseMaintain a balanced workload with fellow engineers and provide mentorship/instruction to junior engineersBuild design system artifacts that meet user needs and follow organizational IT standards process and infrastructure as well as industry best practices and trends in reusability accessibility and design system methodologyCollaborate with Engineers Designers and Product partners to understand requirements and drive timely execution in an Agile environment.Enable product teams in their modernization journey to maintain the highest levels of development practices and standards when writing clean modular and self-sustaining code.Measure success of the design system through quantitative metrics that prove the value of reusability and consistencyProduce clear actionable guidelines that help designers and developers understand the design system.Regularly update stakeholders and leaders on the state of the design system changes made and how it impacts product work.Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job ExperienceBachelors degree in software engineering computer science information systems or other related discipline or equivalent experience3+ years of experience in web based front end user interface development or similarFull stack web development - HTML CSS and Javascript Web components Lit (or similar)Experience with iPhone/Android app designExperience in Scrum/Agile development environmentsPreferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience5+ years of experience in delivering enterprise design systems at scale including web-based front-end user interface development or similarExperience working with UX (research information architecture visual design)Modern frameworks like Angular or ReactE-commerce and/or airline industry experienceSkills Licenses & CertificationsExperience with design prototyping and component library tools such as Figma or similar- Accessibility best practices:



WCAG 2.0+ AA compliance localization inclusive designUnderstanding of components and patterns of a design system and how each design choice is able to scaleAbility to audit the design system to remove redundancy and improve load timesLanguage Communication Skills & Physical AbilitiesAbility to effectively communicate both verbally and written with all levels within the organizationPhysical ability necessary to safely and successfully perform the essential functions of the position with or without any legally required reasonable accommodations that do not pose an undue hardship.Note- If the Company has reason to question an employees physical ability to safely and/or successfully perform the positions essential job functions the HR team generally will engage in an interactive process to determine whether a reasonable accommodation is appropriate.HR (working with the operation) ordinarily first speaks with the team member directly and they mutually identify the physical demands of the job that are or may be impacted by the employees obvious or known condition.Then if necessary HR would request medical documentation from the team members treating physician or others to confirm the employees ability to perform those essential job functions safely and successfully.

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