Staff, UX Designer - Design System

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Staff, UX Designer - Design System based in the United States.

This role offers the opportunity to shape the future of enterprise-scale digital experiences through strategic design system leadership. You will own the vision, evolution, and adoption of a comprehensive design system used across complex product environments. The position combines advanced UX craftsmanship, visual design expertise, and hands-on technical collaboration. You will partner closely with product, engineering, and design teams to create scalable solutions that improve consistency and efficiency. This is a senior-level opportunity for a designer passionate about bridging design and development through modern tools and workflows. The ideal candidate will help establish design systems as critical infrastructure for human and AI-assisted product creation.

Accountabilities:: As Staff, UX Designer - Design System, you will lead the strategy, execution, and continuous improvement of a large-scale design system. You will ensure design principles, components, and technical implementation remain aligned while enabling teams to build high-quality experiences faster and more consistently.

Own the design system vision, roadmap, governance model, and long-term strategy across enterprise web products.

Design, refine, and help implement reusable components, patterns, and design tokens through both design and development workflows.

Maintain a strong connection between design and engineering by supporting Figma-to-code workflows, component libraries, and production implementation.

Partner with engineering teams to develop and maintain token pipelines, shared component libraries, and scalable front-end solutions.

Use AI-assisted development tools to accelerate prototyping, component creation, and design-to-code collaboration.

Create structured documentation, specifications, and workflows that allow designers, engineers, product managers, and AI tools to effectively consume the design system.

Establish quality standards, validation processes, accessibility guidelines, and automated checks to ensure consistent product experiences.

Drive adoption by identifying product team needs, prioritizing system improvements, and supporting contribution models.

Mentor designers and engineers contributing to the system while raising standards for visual and interaction design quality.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support complex enterprise workflows, including dashboards, tables, reporting experiences, and data-intensive interfaces.

Track design system performance through adoption metrics, component coverage, contribution velocity, and consistency improvements.

Communicate strategy, progress, and business impact to senior stakeholders and leadership teams.

Requirements:

The ideal candidate is an experienced product designer with deep expertise in building and scaling production design systems, combining strong design judgment with technical implementation skills.

8+ years of experience in product, UX, or UI design, including 3+ years leading or building large-scale design systems.

Proven experience creating and deploying production design systems from Figma libraries and design tokens through shipped code.

Strong front-end development knowledge, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and familiarity with component-based frameworks such as React.

Experience collaborating directly with engineers on component libraries, implementation workflows, and design-to-code processes.

Proficiency with AI-assisted coding tools and modern workflows that improve design system development.

Experience making design systems accessible to non-designers and AI-enabled tools through structured documentation and scalable frameworks.

Advanced Figma expertise, including variables, tokens, component architecture, auto layout, and prototyping.

Strong visual design skills with expertise in typography, layout, color, spacing, interaction states, and enterprise interface design.

Understanding of design token architecture, tooling, and the transition from design assets to production code.

Strong knowledge of accessibility standards, including WCAG principles and reusable accessible components.

Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills with experience influencing senior teams.

Portfolio demonstrating both design system strategy and successful implementation of production-ready digital experiences.

Experience with enterprise SaaS, fintech, data-heavy applications, or complex B2B workflows is preferred.

Experience mentoring teams, establishing governance models, and managing design system operations is a plus.

Benefits:

Flexible working environment with a business casual culture.

Opportunity to work with advanced investment management technology and industry expertise.

Collaborative team culture focused on innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement.

Career development opportunities with multiple growth pathways.

Competitive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage.

Maternity and paternity leave programs.

Paid time off and volunteer time off opportunities.

Equity participation through RSUs, employee stock purchase plan, and 401(k) matching.

Ability to work remotely from anywhere for several weeks each year.

Flexible work options, including work-from-home Fridays.

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