Senior AI-First Design Systems Architect

Into Design Systems; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Harvey is seeking a Senior or Staff Product Designer focused on Design Systems. The role can be based in San Francisco, New York City, or Toronto and reports to the Design org.

You will own the foundations that keep our AI-first product coherent, scalable, and trustworthy as it grows, working closely with design, engineering, and product teams. The ideal candidate has 5+ years (Senior) or 8+ years (Staff) of design systems experience, a strong portfolio, and deep knowledge of system

Qualifications

• 5+ years of product design experience with ownership of design systems in complex product environments.
• 8+ years for Staff level with demonstrated leadership of design systems initiatives.
• A portfolio showing system-level thinking, visual cohesion, and quality.

Responsibilities

• Design, prototype, and ship production-ready system components in collaboration with frontend and platform engineering.
• Define and evolve core design system foundations (components, tokens, patterns) that scale for AI-powered experiences.
• Shape APIs, token structures, theming, and composition patterns with engineering teams.
• Advocate technical approaches in ambiguous areas with minimal established patterns.
• Embed accessibility, responsiveness, and performance into the system by default.
• Establish governance, contribution, and deprecation models balancing velocity and integrity.
• Lead design reviews and hands-on work to raise system quality across the product team.
• Build alignment across Design, Engineering, and Product through technical direction.

Skills

Design systems

System architecture

Design tokens

Component APIs

Design-engineering collaboration

Job description

Harvey is seeking a Senior or Staff Product Designer focused on Design Systems. The role can be based in San Francisco, New York City, or Toronto and reports to the Design org.

You will own the foundations that keep our AI-first product coherent, scalable, and trustworthy as it grows, working closely with design, engineering, and product teams. The ideal candidate has 5+ years (Senior) or 8+ years (Staff) of design systems experience, a strong portfolio, and deep knowledge of system