Design Systems Designer

Skills
AdoptionAppealsContextCustomer ExperienceDesign GuidelinesDiamondsDrift
Role

What the job involves

The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.

Requirements

  • 5+ years experience in a Design System role
  • Delivered successful work across product areas
  • Strong understanding of design systems double diamond process heuristics and UX methodologies
  • Strong collaborator balancing user and business needs
  • Excellent attention to detail and craft
  • Experience using motion in UI to production level
  • Proficiency in Figma including building and maintaining components
  • Passion for design product thinking market fit and customer experience
  • Strong written communication for design decisions
  • In depth knowledge in subject matter and awareness of related domains

Nice to have

  • Detail oriented
  • Inspiring
  • Collaborative
  • Flair
  • Considered judgement

Day to day

  • Lead the design system development with UX and Tech teams to create scalable components across platforms.
  • Collaborate with product managers designers and engineers to define requirements maintain documentation and resolve drift across Figma Zeroheight and code.
  • Apply strong UI craft accessibility and AI-assisted workflows to improve components tokens and system consistency while communicating decisions clearly to stakeholders.