Design System QA Engineer
Posted 5 days ago by Hays
Negotiable
Inside
Remote
Waterside, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Design System QA Engineer will be integral to a dedicated team focused on developing and maintaining foundational components, tokens, and patterns for the organization. This role involves designing and executing test strategies to ensure the robustness, accessibility, and compliance of these components. The position offers remote working flexibility, with occasional meetings at the office in Waterside. The contract is rolling until June 2026, with an in-scope IR35 status.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own the testing strategy for Design System components including regression, accessibility, and visual testing.
- Build and maintain automated test suites across platforms.
- Implement and monitor CI/CD pipelines that validate every design system release.
- Partner with developers and designers to write testable components and define test-driven workflows.
- Conduct manual exploratory testing where automation isn’t sufficient, especially for accessibility, responsiveness, and edge cases.
- Perform cross-browser and cross-device testing to ensure consistent behavior across supported environments.
- Develop visual regression testing pipelines using tools like Percy, Chromatic, or Storybook Addons.
- Test for accessibility compliance (WCAG 2.1/2.2 AA) using tools such as axe, Lighthouse, and screen readers.
- Collaborate across product, platform, content, and accessibility teams to embed quality at every level of the system lifecycle.
Key Skills:
- Solid understanding of web accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1/2.2) and how to test for compliance.
- Experience building & supporting various automated testing approaches: unit testing, visual/snapshot testing, accessibility testing, performance testing & cross-platform testing.
- Proficiency with test frameworks and tools like Jest, Playwright, React Testing Library, Cypress, Selenium.
- Familiarity with design systems and Storybook workflows; able to test components in isolation and in context.
- Detail-oriented with strong debugging skills and a mindset for preventing regressions.
- Strong communication and writing skills.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Waterside
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Design System QA Engineer
About the role
As a Design System Quality Engineer you will play a key role in a dedicated Design System team responsible for building and maintaining foundational component, tokens and patterns used across our organisation. In this role, you will design and execute test strategies that ensure components are robust, accessible & 508 compliant, and ready for use.
Tell me more, tell me more… Our client is currently looking to recruit a Technical Lead in joining their team, please read on! You can also ask our friendly recruitment team any questions you may have about the role, between 8:30am-5:30pm Monday to Friday.
Shifts: Monday – Friday (37.5 hours per week)
Key responsibilities
- Own the testing strategy for our Design System components including regression, accessibility and visual testing
- Build and maintain automated test suites across platforms (?)
- Implement and monitor CI/CD pipelines that validate every design system release (e.g., GitHub Actions or Jenkins). (?Jenkins, what would this ential?)
- Partner with developers and designers to write testable components and define test-driven workflows
- Conduct manual exploratory testing where automation isn’t sufficient—especially for accessibility, responsiveness, and edge cases.
- Perform cross-browser and cross-device testing to ensure consistent behavior across supported environments.
- Develop visual regression testing pipelines using tools like Percy, Chromatic, or Storybook Addons.
- Test for accessibility compliance (WCAG 2.1/2.2 AA) using tools such as axe, Lighthouse, and screen readers.
- Collaborate across product, platform, content, and accessibility teams to embed quality at every level of the system lifecycle.
Experience & Skills
- Solid understanding of web accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1/2.2) and how to test for compliance.
- Experience building & supporting various automated testing approaches: unit testing, visual/snapshot testing, accessibility testing, performance testing & cross-platform testing.
- Proficiency with test frameworks and tools like Jest, Playwright, React Testing Library, Cypress, Selenium.
- Familiarity with design systems and Storybook workflows; able to test components in isolation and in context.
- Detail-oriented with strong debugging skills and a mindset for preventing regressions.
- Strong communication and writing skills
What’s in it for you? – This is a contract till June 2026(rolling contract)
A day rate is in-scope IR35, either PAYE or Hays approved Umbrella company
This role provides a remote working access from the comforts of your own home and only going to our state-of-the-art office in Waterside when there is a meeting.
Next Steps
Once you’ve applied, one of our friendly recruitment consultants will give you a call and talk you through the screening process. If your application is successful, you’ll be involved in a live virtual interview with one of our client’s hiring managers to get to know you better. We look forward to speaking to you!