Lead UX Engineer (React)

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Kraków, Małopolskie
Senior level
Automotive • Hardware • Logistics
The Role
The Lead UX Engineer will develop and maintain reusable React components for the design system, collaborate with product designers, implement design tokens, manage CI/CD pipelines, and ensure component quality through testing while leading a team and mentoring engineers.
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About GPC Global Technology Center

Established in 1928, Genuine Parts Company (GPC) is a leading global service organization specializing in the distribution of automotive and industrial replacement parts. GPC's commitment to innovation and technology is evident in the GPC Global Technology Center in Krakow, established in 2022. This center serves as a hub for research and development, supporting GPC's digital transformation efforts. The center's team of highly skilled IT engineers focuses on developing advanced technologies and solutions that enhance GPC's operations and growth. Their work spans across various areas, including e-commerce and data platforms, supply chain solutions, selling systems, and cyber security.

Position Purpose

We are seeking a Lead UX Engineer to build and maintain reusable React components for our design system. This role involves close collaboration with designers and engineers, a deep understanding of design tokens, CI/CD practices, and a service-oriented mindset to ensure scalable, future-proof solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain React components with a focus on performance, accessibility, and scalability.

  • Implement and manage design tokens to maintain consistent theming and styling across platforms.

  • Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions for automated testing and deployment.

  • Collaborate closely with product designers to ensure smooth design-to-code integration.

  • Ensure component quality through unit, integration, and visual regression testing using Jest.

  • Document components and systems thoroughly to support team collaboration and system scalability.

  • Act with a service-oriented mindset, responding to internal feedback and adapting solutions as needed.
     

Requirements

  • 5+ years of front-end development experience with a focus on React and JavaScript/TypeScript.

  • Strong understanding of design tokens, CSS-in-JS frameworks (e.g., Tailwind), and component-based architecture.

  • Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions.

  • Proficiency in Jest for automated testing.

  • Strong documentation skills to support knowledge sharing and collaboration.

  • Bonus: Experience with React Native for cross-platform development.

What We Offer

  • Competitive salary and hybrid work flexibility.

  • Opportunities to shape the design system’s future and mentor a growing team.

  • A collaborative environment focused on innovation and continuous learning.
     

Location

Krakow/Hybrid

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GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. GPC's policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.

Top Skills

JavaScript
React
Typescript
The Company
Marietta, GA
4,400 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1928

What We Do

Genuine Parts Company (GPC), founded in 1928, is a global service organization engaged in the distribution of automotive and industrial replacement parts. We serve hundreds of thousands of customers from a network of more than 10,000 locations in 14 countries and have approximately 50,000 employees.

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