Design Systems Designer

TEKsystems; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

TEKsystems is seeking a Senior Product Designer with deep expertise in mobile design systems to drive consistency and quality across consumer mobile products. You will partner with product and engineering to evolve design systems enabling teams to move faster while maintaining a high-quality user experience.

This contract role is based in San Francisco, CA, with a hybrid work model. You will design, maintain, and document reusable components, manage Figma libraries, and collaborate with

Qualifications

• 5+ years designing and maintaining production design systems for mobile products at scale.
• Advanced Figma expertise: components, variants, auto layout, variables, design tokens.
• Experience creating reusable UI components and scalable documentation.
• Strong visual design with typography, spacing, accessibility and consistency.
• Experience partnering with software engineers to ship design systems to production.
• Experience managing design systems across multiple products/brands.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration, documenting decisions.

Responsibilities

• Design, evolve, and maintain reusable design system components for mobile.
• Manage Figma libraries, design docs, source-of-truth assets.
• Partner with product teams to create components and refine patterns.
• Provide design system support via office hours, critiques, documentation.
• Promote adoption of design standards across product teams.
• Collaborate with engineers to ensure components are implemented accurately.
• Contribute lightweight code updates to align design and implementation.
• Identify opportunities to improve system quality, usability, scalability, accessibility.
• Drive continuous improvement of design workflows and governance.

Skills

5+ years design systems

Figma expertise

UI components

Visual design

Cross-functional collaboration

Multi-product design systems

Communication

Mobile apps (iOS/Android)

Tools

Git

GitHub

Job description

Job Title: Senior Product Designer, Mobile Design Systems (Contract)

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior Product Designer with deep expertise in mobile design systems to help drive the consistency, scalability, and quality of user experiences across multiple consumer mobile products. This role is ideal for a designer who combines exceptional visual craft with strong systems thinking and enjoys partnering closely with product and engineering teams to build and evolve design systems that enable teams to move faster while maintaining a high-quality user experience.

Location

• Seattle, WA (preferred) or Burlingame, CA

Key Responsibilities

• Design, evolve, and maintain reusable design system components, patterns, and interaction models for mobile experiences.

• Manage and maintain Figma libraries, design documentation, and source-of-truth assets.

• Partner with product teams to create new components and refine existing system patterns based on emerging product requirements.

• Provide design system support through office hours, design critiques, documentation, and consultation.

• Promote adoption and adherence to design standards and best practices across multiple product teams.

• Collaborate closely with engineers to ensure design system components are accurately implemented in production.

• Contribute lightweight code updates when appropriate to maintain alignment between design and implementation.

• Identify opportunities to improve system quality, usability, scalability, consistency, and accessibility.

• Drive continuous improvement of design workflows, governance, and documentation processes.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience designing, building, and maintaining production design systems for mobile products at scale.

• Advanced expertise in Figma, including component architecture, variants, auto layout, variables, design tokens, and library management.

• Proven experience creating reusable UI components, interaction patterns, and scalable documentation.

• Strong visual design skills with exceptional attention to detail across typography, spacing, accessibility, consistency, and overall user experience quality.

• Experience partnering closely with software engineers to bring design systems into production environments.

• Experience managing design systems that support multiple products, brands, or user experiences while balancing consistency and flexibility.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with a track record of presenting system changes, documenting decisions, and driving adoption across cross-functional teams.

• Experience designing consumer-facing mobile applications for both iOS and Android platforms.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with design tokens and code-backed design systems.

• Familiarity with React Native and/or native iOS and Android component architectures.

• Experience using Git and GitHub and contributing minor code updates.

• Experience facilitating design system governance, office hours, design reviews, or adoption programs.

• Experience supporting large organizations with multiple teams leveraging a shared design system.

• Ability to work independently, proactively identify opportunities for improvement, and drive solutions with limited direction.

What Success Looks Like

• A healthy, scalable, and well-documented mobile design system that drives consistency across products.

• Strong adoption and engagement from product and engineering teams.

• High-quality production implementations that remain aligned with design intent.

• Continuous improvements to system efficiency, usability, accessibility, and maintainability.

Ideal Candidate Profile

You are a systems-minded product designer with a passion for craft, consistency, and scale. You thrive at the intersection of design and engineering, enjoy solving complex platform challenges, and excel at creating frameworks that empower teams to build exceptional mobile experiences efficiently and consistently.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of San Francisco, CA.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $90.00 - $110.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in San Francisco,CA.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Sep 15, 2026.

About TEKsystems

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

We’re a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We’re a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We’re strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We’re building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.