Senior Design Systems Architect - AI-Native Product

Harvey, Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 206,000 - 315,000; Full time

Job summary

Harvey, Inc. is seeking a Senior or Staff Product Designer to define and advance an AI-native design system that connects design, engineering, and product across fast-scaling contexts.

You will own principles, components, tokens, and governance to ensure consistency as the product grows in complexity. You will collaborate with frontend, platform teams, and AI specialists to ship production-ready system components, push architectural boundaries, and raise the bar for system quality and

Qualifications

• 5+ years (Senior) / 8+ years (Staff) of product design experience with ownership of design systems in complex product environments.
• Strong portfolio showing system-thinking, quality, and visual cohesion.
• Deep design systems knowledge from tokens to scalable architectures and future directions.
• Excellent communication of system decisions to designers, engineers, and cross-functional partners.

Responsibilities

• Build an AI-native design system that sets the bar for design quality across Design, Engineering, and Product through technical direction.
• Design, prototype, and ship production-ready system components with frontend and platform engineering, ensuring quality and performance.
• Define and evolve core design system foundations (components, tokens, patterns, theming) that scale across AI-powered experiences.
• Shape APIs, token structures, and theming patterns with engineers, not after them.
• Establish governance, deprecation models, and contribute to system integrity while maintaining velocity.
• Embed accessibility, responsiveness, and performance into the system by default.
• Raise the bar for system quality through design reviews, critique, and hands-on work across teams.
• Anticipate future product needs and evolve the system as Harvey scales.
• Own AI design workflows and best practices for prototyping and shipping with AI.

Skills

Design systems

Design leadership

System architecture

Design engineering comms

Tools

Design tokens

Theming

Job description

Harvey, Inc. is seeking a Senior or Staff Product Designer to define and advance an AI-native design system that connects design, engineering, and product across fast-scaling contexts.

You will own principles, components, tokens, and governance to ensure consistency as the product grows in complexity. You will collaborate with frontend, platform teams, and AI specialists to ship production-ready system components, push architectural boundaries, and raise the bar for system quality and