Design Systems Lead — Fintech UI, Figma Tokens, AI Tools

Clear Street; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Clear Street is building its design team from scratch and seeks a Design Systems Engineer to own token architecture, Figma Variables, and the component library across design and engineering. You will drive cross-discipline decisions and ensure accessibility, quality, and scalable tooling in fintech contexts.

You will partner with PMs and product designers on system choices and leverage AI tooling to speed workflows in a fast-paced trading environment.

Qualifications

• Experience building or rebuilding design systems.
• Proficiency in Figma Variables and design tokens.
• Understanding of the Figma-to-code bridge.
• Familiarity with investing or trading.
• Ability to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Own the design system: architecture, tokens, components, docs.
• Be the connection between design and engineering.
• Set accessibility and quality standards.
• Work with PMs and product designers on systems decisions.
• Use AI tooling to accelerate workflows.

Skills

Design systems

Figma Variables

Figma-to-code bridge

Investing or trading

Independent work

Fintech background

Tools

Token Studio

Style Dictionary

Job description

Clear Street is building its design team from scratch and seeks a Design Systems Engineer to own token architecture, Figma Variables, and the component library across design and engineering. You will drive cross-discipline decisions and ensure accessibility, quality, and scalable tooling in fintech contexts.

You will partner with PMs and product designers on system choices and leverage AI tooling to speed workflows in a fast-paced trading environment.