Staff Design Systems Designer

Role Overview

The Staff Design Systems Designer at Harvey will define the foundational elements that ensure the coherence, scalability, and trustworthiness of Harvey’s product as it evolves. This role involves designing, prototyping, and shipping production-ready system components in collaboration with frontend engineering. The designer will also bring a brand lens to system decisions, ensuring the product feels considered and distinctive.

What You’ll Do

• Define and evolve the core design system foundations, including components, patterns, and tokens that scale across complex, AI-powered experiences
• Design, prototype, and ship production-ready system components in tight collaboration with frontend engineering
• Bring a brand lens to system decisions, ensuring the product feels considered and distinctive, not just consistent
• Establish clear contribution, governance, and deprecation models that balance velocity with system integrity
• Embed accessibility, responsiveness, and performance into the system by default
• Document system usage and best practices in a way that is clear, practical, and trusted by product teams
• Advocate for system adoption and consistency in product planning, design reviews, and execution
• Anticipate future product and platform needs, evolving the system proactively as Harvey scales

What You Have

• 8+ years of experience in product design, with significant ownership of design systems in complex product environments — ideally with a background in brand or visual design
• A portfolio that demonstrates not just system-level thinking, but a strong point of view on craft, quality, and visual cohesion
• Deep understanding of component architecture, design tokens, and how design systems scale across teams
• Proven experience partnering closely with frontend engineers to ship high-quality, production systems
• Strong working knowledge of accessibility standards and inclusive design practices
• Ability to clearly articulate system decisions and tradeoffs to designers, engineers, and cross-functional partners
• Comfort operating in ambiguous problem spaces and bringing structure where it doesn’t yet exist

Why design systems matter at Harvey

At Harvey, the product is AI-native, and as the system reasons, responds, and adapts in real time, the interface must remain consistent and legible. A strong design system ensures that complexity does not leak into the experience. It enables teams to move faster, reduces cognitive load for users, and builds trust in moments where clarity matters most.

Compensation

$200,000 - $260,000 USD

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