Product Designer, Design Systems

Gusto; Georgia (VT); Hybrid; USD 139,000 - 199,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Design Systems Designer to lead the mobile design system for iOS and Android. This role involves standardizing applications and developing a cohesive visual language, requiring expertise in Figma and collaboration with engineering teams. The ideal candidate will have a strong focus on accessibility and design craft, contributing to a team dedicated to enhancing user experiences.

Benefits

Equity Ownership

Qualifications

• 3+ years in mobile design systems; experience with mobile web and native components required.
• 5+ years in product design.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain semantic and functional tokens for the design system.
• Create native and responsive components, patterns, and templates in Figma.
• Collaborate with Engineering to ensure consistency across Figma, native, and web views.

Skills

Mobile Design Systems

Accessibility

Documentation

Figma

Collaboration

Tools

Figma

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About Gusto
Gusto is a modern, online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. On top of full-service payroll, Gusto offers health insurance, 401(k)s, expert HR, and team management tools. Today, Gusto offices in Denver, San Francisco, and New York serve more than 400,000 businesses nationwide.

About Design at Gusto
Product Design at Gusto is made up of over 70 creative, collaborative people who care deeply about our mission to empower small businesses and their employees. We’re a cross-functional team focused on Design, Research, Writing, Ops, and Front-end Development, always looking for opportunities to build understanding and empathy for our users. We work closely with our partners in Product, Engineering, Data, and Marketing to design, build, and ship meaningful experiences. We are passionate advocates for thoughtful, crafted, and inclusive design, believing it can make complex things possible and even delightful. Learn more about Design at Gusto.

About The Role
We're seeking a Senior Design Systems designer to lead our native iOS and Android design system, a key priority that will transform user experiences. You will standardize existing mobile applications and develop a cohesive visual language extending our web design system to native platforms. The ideal candidate has expertise in Figma component creation, token architecture, accessibility, documentation, and collaboration with engineers. This is an exciting opportunity to shape our mobile design future from the ground up.

About The Team
Our design systems team includes designers and engineers dedicated to creating and maintaining a comprehensive set of Figma and coded components across platforms. We are evolving our design system into its next stage of maturity, led by our CDO, Amy Thibodeau.

Day-to-day Responsibilities

1. Define and maintain semantic and functional tokens for the design system
2. Create native and responsive components, patterns, and templates in Figma
3. Support Gusto employees in designing native experiences through Office Hours and Slack
4. Collaborate with Engineering to ensure consistency across Figma, native, and web views
5. Document and publish design decisions and guidance
6. Communicate effectively with a service mindset

Qualifications

1. 3+ years in mobile design systems, supporting full lifecycle creation and maintenance; experience with mobile web and native components required
2. 5+ years in product design
3. Technical acumen for pairing with engineering on component APIs
4. Deep understanding of accessibility guidelines and WCAG AA compliance
5. Expertise in Figma, including complex components, variants, and interactions; knowledge of Material and HIG design standards
6. High level of design craft and polish
7. Strong documentation and storytelling skills
8. Preferred skills: animation, prototyping, data visualization, iconography

Gusto offers competitive compensation, emphasizing equity ownership. The salary range for this role is $139,000–$199,000 in Denver and most remote locations, and $179,000–$221,000 in Seattle, San Francisco, and New York, with final offers based on experience.

Our offices are in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, with expectations for in-office work 2-3 days per week or more, depending on the role. Remote candidates must have a reliable internet connection. We value diversity and are committed to equal opportunity employment, including accommodations for disabilities and veterans.