Senior Product Designer

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

Job summary

Icehouseventures in San Francisco is looking for a talented designer to guide the strategy and execution of their design system. You will manage a small team and work closely with engineering on maintaining and scaling component libraries, ensuring alignment and quality of implementation. Candidates should have over 6 years of experience, strong skills in Figma, and a solid track record of building SaaS design systems. This role requires in-person presence in the San Francisco office.

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.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain, and scale component libraries and accessibility standards.
• Define and own the vision and strategy for Ivo’s design system.
• Partner closely with engineering for implementation quality.
• Develop workflows for designer and developer collaboration.

Skills

Product design

Design systems

Front-end/UI engineering

Figma

Communication 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, enabling 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

Can I work remotely?

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