Senior Design Systems Architect

Jobtailor; California (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a senior product designer to build and scale a design system across web, iOS, Android, and TV. You will design reusable components, patterns, and tokens that are clear and easy to use, and work with front-end engineers to ship components that work well in Storybook.

You will set up rules so product teams grow the system the right way, review the product for design gaps, and own accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA) across the library.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in product design with at least 2 years on design systems.
• Strong Figma skills including variables, components, and library setup.
• Hands-on work with Figma Make to build and test components.
• Experience using Storybook to document components and collaborate with engineers.
• Proficiency with GitHub for version control and system updates.

Responsibilities

• Build, scale, and document a design system for web, iOS, Android, and TV.
• Design reusable components, patterns, and tokens that are clear and easy to use.
• Team up with front-end engineers to ship components that work well in Storybook.
• Set up clear rules so product teams can grow the system the right way.
• Review the product for design gaps and lead fixes across the suite.
• Write living docs, including how-to guides, do and don't examples, and specs.
• Own accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA) across the whole component library.
• Work with brand and marketing to keep the product and brand in step.
• Use Figma Make to prototype and test how components behave before handoff.
• Manage design system versions and track changes in GitHub.

Skills

Design Systems

Figma Prototyping

Storybook Documentation

Accessibility WCAG

GitHub Versioning

HTML/CSS

Strong Writing

Tools

Figma Make

Storybook

GitHub

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking a senior product designer to build and scale a design system across web, iOS, Android, and TV. You will design reusable components, patterns, and tokens that are clear and easy to use, and work with front-end engineers to ship components that work well in Storybook.

You will set up rules so product teams grow the system the right way, review the product for design gaps, and own accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA) across the library.