Design System Product Designer — Scale UI & Tokens

Underdog: Verified engineers. Interview-ready. Searching confidentially. And companies apply to you; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) program

Commuter benefits

Unlimited PTO

Catered lunch

Premium snacks and coffee

Gym in building

Dog-friendly office

Job summary

Underdog: Verified engineers. Interview-ready. Searching confidentially. And companies apply to you is seeking a Design System Product Designer to define and scale a comprehensive design system, partnering with engineering to ensure high-quality adoption and implementation.

The role requires 4+ years in product design, deep Figma expertise, and a proactive stance on AI-enabled UI/UX tools, with strong communication and documentation skills to guide cross-team collaboration.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in product design.
• Deep expertise in Figma, including component libraries, tokens, variants, and systematic file organization.
• Ability to learn and adapt to AI impacts on UI/UX design.
• A proclivity for adopting and experimenting with AI tools in the design workflow.
• Strong communication and documentation skills, with ability to articulate system rationale.

Responsibilities

• Creating, maintaining, and scaling component libraries, design tokens, interaction patterns, and accessibility standards.
• Defining and owning the vision, strategy, and roadmap for the design system.
• Partnering with engineering to ensure system adoption, alignment, and implementation quality.
• Developing workflows that improve designer-developer collaboration, including Figma libraries, documentation, and quality checks.
• Shaping internal best practices for design documentation, guidelines, and cross-team collaboration.
• Raising the bar for design craft and execution across the organization.

Skills

Product design

Communication

Documentation

Tools

Figma

Job description

Underdog: Verified engineers. Interview-ready. Searching confidentially. And companies apply to you is seeking a Design System Product Designer to define and scale a comprehensive design system, partnering with engineering to ensure high-quality adoption and implementation.

The role requires 4+ years in product design, deep Figma expertise, and a proactive stance on AI-enabled UI/UX tools, with strong communication and documentation skills to guide cross-team collaboration.