Staff Product Designer: Design Systems & Pattern Leadership

Airwallex; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Airwallex is seeking a senior product designer to audit and strengthen our design system across digital products. You will craft reusable components, define patterns, and ensure consistency across teams.

The role requires 7+ years design experience, 2+ years maintaining a design system, strong UI skills with Figma, and familiarity with HTML/CSS as a bonus. Sydney, Australia, offers a fast-paced, global environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years as a designer, with 2+ years in maintaining a design system.
• A portfolio showing deep product design craft from concept to launch.
• Strong UI design with proficiency in Figma.
• Content strategy; HTML/CSS knowledge is a bonus.
• Excellent methodical and critical thinking.

Responsibilities

• Audit digital products to gather use cases and UX patterns.
• Create reusable components and pattern definitions for diverse use cases.
• Identify inconsistencies in component usage and design versus system.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure alignment and adoption of components.
• Work with developers to implement and quality check components.
• Create component and pattern usage guidelines.
• Advocate the design system value to stakeholders and drive adoption.

Skills

UI design

Design system maintenance

Content strategy

HTML/CSS knowledge

Tools

Figma

Job description

Airwallex is seeking a senior product designer to audit and strengthen our design system across digital products. You will craft reusable components, define patterns, and ensure consistency across teams.

The role requires 7+ years design experience, 2+ years maintaining a design system, strong UI skills with Figma, and familiarity with HTML/CSS as a bonus. Sydney, Australia, offers a fast-paced, global environment.