Senior Design Systems Designer — Hybrid, Token-Driven, High Impact

Into Design Systems; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Ryan, LLC in Plano, Texas seeks a Senior UX Designer, Design Systems to own and evolve the design system powering its digital tax products. This craft-first IC role emphasizes component quality, tokens, documentation, and accessibility, with a portfolio required.

The role collaborates with Engineering and Product to ensure design system components translate into code, while maintaining governance and a well-documented component library in Figma.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of product/UX design experience with ownership of a design system.
• Portfolio demonstrating design system thinking and execution.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted design tools and processes.

Responsibilities

• Be the go-to authority for the design system and its standards.
• Educate designers on system usage and contribution.
• Identify gaps and debt; prioritize high-impact improvements.
• Collaborate with Engineering to translate components to code.
• Align patterns with product needs and visual standards.
• Govern design system governance from a craft perspective.
• Design, build, and maintain reusable components in Figma.
• Own token and variable architecture in Figma and sync with engineering.

Skills

Design systems

UX design

Portfolio

AI tools awareness

Tools

Figma

HTML/CSS basics

React knowledge

Job description

Ryan, LLC in Plano, Texas seeks a Senior UX Designer, Design Systems to own and evolve the design system powering its digital tax products. This craft-first IC role emphasizes component quality, tokens, documentation, and accessibility, with a portfolio required.

The role collaborates with Engineering and Product to ensure design system components translate into code, while maintaining governance and a well-documented component library in Figma.