Lead Product Designer, Design System and Platform UX
Location
United States
Posted
16 days ago
Salary
Not specified
No structured requirement data.
Job Description
Role Description
This role involves creating, managing, and evolving a Figma-based design system, including:
- Components, variants, and auto-layout structures
- Design tokens (colors, spacing, typography, etc.)
- Responsive/adaptive layout patterns
Additional responsibilities include:
- Ensuring visual and interaction consistency across the Celigo product suite
- Establishing and enforcing a governance model for contributions, version control, and release cycles
- Maintaining change logs and communicating updates to internal teams
- Auditing and refactoring existing components to reflect best practices and reduce redundancy
- Writing and maintaining system usage guidelines and accessibility specs (e.g., WCAG compliance)
- Publishing tutorials or usage examples for internal designers and developers
- Hosting design system onboarding, workshops, and office hours
- Collaborating closely with front-end engineers to align Figma components with code (e.g., React, Web Components)
- Ensuring fidelity between design specs and implementation
- Supporting the integration of design tokens into codebases
- Supporting product teams with UX guidance and reusable patterns
- Facilitating the adoption of the design system across multiple pods/squads
- Providing hands-on UX/UI design for complex platform flows that benefit from systemic consistency
- Defining and contributing to the overall platform user experience, from discovery through delivery
- Conducting and applying user research insights to shape user journeys, workflows, wireframes, and hi-fidelity prototypes
- Advocating for a user-centered, data-informed design approach grounded in UX principles
Qualifications
- Experience with Figma and design systems
- Strong understanding of UX/UI principles
- Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams
- Experience in user research and usability testing
Requirements
- Proficiency in design tools and methodologies
- Experience in creating and maintaining design systems
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to work in a remote-first environment
Benefits
- Three weeks of vacation (starting year one)
- Wellness days and holidays to recharge
- Parental leave and a generous benefits package
- Monthly tech stipend
- Recognition and career development opportunities
Job Requirements
- Experience with Figma and design systems
- Strong understanding of UX/UI principles
- Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams
- Experience in user research and usability testing
- Proficiency in design tools and methodologies
- Experience in creating and maintaining design systems
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to work in a remote-first environment
Benefits
- Three weeks of vacation (starting year one)
- Wellness days and holidays to recharge
- Parental leave and a generous benefits package
- Monthly tech stipend
- Recognition and career development opportunities
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