Design Systems UX Designer - Remote & Scalable Components

Higlobe, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Distributed work environment

Learning budget of USD 2,000 per year

Annual compensation review

In-person team sprints

Travel opportunities

Wellness platform

Job summary

Canonical is seeking a UX designer for the Design System Team, focusing on building and evolving a scalable, accessible design system across Canonical products. You will translate user needs into reusable components and guidelines, collaborating with designers and engineers to ensure consistency and high quality.

The role reports to Design Systems Management and is based remotely in the EMEA region, with travel up to four times a year for internal events.

Qualifications

• 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.

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

Skills

UX design

Design systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Accessibility

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in design or related field

Tools

Figma

Storybook

Design tokens workflows

Job description

Canonical is seeking a UX designer for the Design System Team, focusing on building and evolving a scalable, accessible design system across Canonical products. You will translate user needs into reusable components and guidelines, collaborating with designers and engineers to ensure consistency and high quality.

The role reports to Design Systems Management and is based remotely in the EMEA region, with travel up to four times a year for internal events.