UX Designer - Design systems

Canonical; Remoto; EUR 50.000 - 70.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A leading tech firm is looking for a UX Designer specializing in design systems. This role involves building and evolving the design system for product consistency, collaborating with various teams to ensure user needs are met, and advocating for accessibility and performance. The ideal candidate will have relevant experience, a strong design portfolio, and expertise in tools such as Figma. The position offers a distributed work environment and opportunities for personal development.

Servizi

Personal learning and development budget

Annual compensation review

Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform

Opportunity to travel for company events

Competenze

• Relevant experience in UX/product design focused on design systems.
• Portfolio demonstrating expertise in complex design systems.
• Exceptional educational achievements in design or related fields.

Mansioni

• Build and evolve design system for product consistency.
• Collaborate with teams to translate user needs into components.
• Document UI components and design tokens effectively.

Conoscenze

UX/Product design experience

Expertise in Figma

Experience collaborating with engineers

Attention to detail

Formazione

Degree in design or behavioral science discipline

Strumenti

Figma

Storybook

Descrizione del lavoro

Job Title

UX Designer - Design systems

Company

Canonical

Overview

Join to apply for the UX Designer - Design systems role at Canonical. 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. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is founder led, profitable, and growing. We are hiring a UX designer for our Design System Team.

Location

This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region.

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

Qualifications

• 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

Benefits

• 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 Statement

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.