Staff, UX Designer - Design System

Accountabilities

• 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

• 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.