UX Designer - Design systems

Canonical; Granada; A distancia; EUR 45.000 - 60.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading open-source software provider is hiring a UX designer for their Design System Team. This role involves building and evolving the design system, collaborating with teams, and advocating for design best practices. Candidates should have relevant experience and expertise in tools like Figma. The position offers a distributed work environment with opportunities for personal development and travel for team events.

Servicios

Personal learning and development budget

Annual compensation review

Maternity and paternity leave

Wellness platform

Formación

• Relevant experience in UX/product design focused on design systems.
• Strong portfolio in design systems, demonstrating expertise.
• Exceptional educational achievements in design or related fields.
• Ability to bridge design with code through collaboration.

Responsabilidades

• Build and evolve Canonical's design system for scalability and accessibility.
• Translate user needs into reusable components and guidelines.
• Document UI components and interaction patterns.
• Advocate for design system best practices.

Conocimientos

UX/Product design experience

Expertise in Figma

Design systems knowledge

Collaboration with engineers

Detail-oriented

Commitment to project delivery

Educación

Degree in design or related behavioral science

Herramientas

Figma

Storybook

Descripción del empleo

Overview

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution. The company is founder led, profitable and growing. We are hiring a UX designer for our Design System Team.

Responsibilities

• Building and evolving Canonical's design system, ensuring measurable adoption, consistency, scalability and accessibility across our products
• Collaborating with designers, engineers and stakeholders to translate user needs and brand principles into reusable components, patterns and guidelines
• Championing design system best practices, advocating for cohesive user experience and design, providing documentation and support for cross-functional teams
• Designing and documenting UI components, design tokens and interaction patterns
• Ensuring timely and efficient delivery of the roadmap
• Enabling alignment on design system usage and governance across teams
• Advocating for accessibility, performance, and scalability in design system decisions and iterating based on data and technological advancements
• Staying ahead of industry trends, ensuring innovation and balancing it with system coherence and performance

What we are looking for in you

• Relevant experience in UX/product design, with a strong focus on design systems in complex environments
• A portfolio demonstrating strong expertise in design systems, including component libraries, documentation and handling complex environments
• Exceptional educational achievements in design or related behavioral science discipline
• Expertise in Figma, Storybook and design token workflows
• Experience of collaborating with engineers and bridging design and code
• Proven ability to apply design process and clearly communicate and document design decisions
• Excellent attention to detail and systemic approach to solving complex design challenges
• Commitment to transparent project delivery and owning team deadlines
• A passion for balancing consistency and innovation
• Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events

What we offer colleagues

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open-source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud, we are changing the world of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence; in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since our inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

Equal Opportunity

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.