Senior Design Systems Architect - Hybrid (Milpitas)

Sandisk; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandisk is seeking a Senior Digital Product Designer, Design Systems to scale the design system that powers our products across platforms. This role owns the evolution of design foundations, including tokens, component architecture, theming, interaction patterns, accessibility, and implementation quality.

You will collaborate with Product, Engineering, Brand, and Design to ensure consistency, scalability, and developer-friendly solutions, translating complex product requirements into reusable

Qualifications

• 6+ years in product design, including 2+ years focused on design systems.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve our design token architecture across color, typography, spacing, motion, elevation, iconography, and semantic foundations, with strategies that hold up across themes, platforms, and future needs.
• Design, document, test, and maintain reusable UI components and patterns that meet accessibility requirements and platform conventions.
• Work with product designers to turn emerging product needs into system solutions, balancing consistency against product constraints.
• Partner with Engineering to set implementation standards, align on component architecture and APIs, and hold quality through design QA and implementation reviews.
• Scale the system across mobile, tablet, and desktop with responsive, platform-appropriate behavior, plus flexible theming, localization, and internationalization.
• Spot system gaps and build solutions ahead of upcoming product work.
• Set governance, documentation, and adoption standards that keep the system consistent and maintainable over time.
• Educate and support designers and developers in the effective use of the design system.
• Champion consistency, scalability, and design excellence by promoting system-driven thinking across teams.
• Measure and continuously improve the design system's effectiveness, quality, and adoption.
• Contribute to broader product design work, including new feature flows, journey mapping, wireframing, and concepting to support user testing and product exploration.

Job description

Sandisk is seeking a Senior Digital Product Designer, Design Systems to scale the design system that powers our products across platforms. This role owns the evolution of design foundations, including tokens, component architecture, theming, interaction patterns, accessibility, and implementation quality.

You will collaborate with Product, Engineering, Brand, and Design to ensure consistency, scalability, and developer-friendly solutions, translating complex product requirements into reusable