Senior Product Designer

Ivo; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Ivo is seeking an exceptional designer to manage its design system in San Francisco. The role involves defining the vision and strategy while collaborating closely with engineering on system adoption. Candidates should have over 6 years of product design experience, people management skills, and deep expertise in Figma. This is an in-person role, providing a chance to shape scalable design patterns and craft cohesive user experiences in a fast-paced startup environment.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in product design, design systems, or front-end/UI engineering.
• 2+ years of people management experience.
• Experience building design systems for SaaS platforms.
• Deep expertise in Figma and systematic file organization.
• Ability to communicate system rationale and implementation guidance.

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain, and scale component libraries and design tokens.
• Define and own the vision and roadmap for the design system.
• Partner closely with Engineering to ensure system adoption.
• Develop workflows that improve designer and developer collaboration.
• Shape best practices for design documentation and guidelines.

Skills

Product design

Design systems

UI engineering

People management

Figma

Documentation skills

Job description

Overview

We are looking for an exceptional designer to join our team in San Francisco. You will guide the vision, strategy, and execution of Ivo’s design system while managing a small team of designers. You will work across Product and Engineering to build a system that elevates product teams, one that enables rapid iteration without sacrificing coherence, taste, or craft.

What You’ll Do

• Create, maintain, and scale component libraries, design tokens, interaction patterns, and accessibility standards
• Define and own the vision, strategy, and roadmap for Ivo’s design system.
• Partner closely with Engineering to ensure system adoption, alignment, and implementation quality of the design system
• Develop workflows that improve designer and developer collaboration, such as Figma libraries, documentation, and quality checks
• Shape internal best practices for design documentation, guidelines, and cross-team collaboration
• Constantly raise the bar for design craft and execution

What You Bring

• 6+ years of experience in product design, design systems, or front-end/UI engineering
• 2+ years of people management experience (designers, engineers, or cross-functional teams)
• Experience building design systems for SaaS platforms
• Deep expertise in Figma, component libraries, tokens, variants, and systematic file organization
• Constantly learning and adapting to the rapid changes AI brings to UI/UX
• A proclivity to adopting and experimenting intelligently with AI tools
• Strong communication and documentation skills, with the ability to clearly articulate system rationale and implementation guidance
• Experience operating in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities and high expectations for craft
• A portfolio that demonstrates how you’ve shaped scalable design patterns, systematized complex UI challenges, and delivered cohesive experiences

Ivo Might Be a Good Fit For You If

• Have a "do what it takes" attitude. You're willing to dive into problems and solve them yourself — you won't have anyone to delegate to
• Would describe yourself as being relentlessly resourceful
• You have a strong internal sense of urgency. You have a bias towards doing things today, rather than tomorrow
• Experience working in a startup environment is preferred but not required
• You are excited about the adventure of building a company!

Frequently Asked Questions

How far along are we?

We launched in early access in 2023. Since then, we’ve had an incredible response from the market and are growing rapidly. We 6x'd in ARR in the last 12 months. Our clients include companies like Canva, Quora, Zapier, Pinterest, Reddit, WordPress, and more. We’re happy to share more details with candidates who go through our interview process.

Is this a chill gig?

Startups are very hard, especially if they’re growing fast. You’ll have a ton of responsibility, and there’s always an enormous amount of stuff to do. It’s hard work but the payoff is uncapped.

Can I work remotely?

We require candidates to work with us in-person 5 days a week in our San Francisco office.