Senior Product Designer – Design Systems & Motion

Tavus; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work schedule

Unlimited PTO

Healthcare coverage

Gear stipends

Job summary

Tavus, an AI research lab, is seeking a craft-obsessed, systems-minded Product Designer to evolve our product suite and own the Tavus design systems—the components, tokens, and patterns that every surface we build on top of depends on. This role demands exceptional VisD skills, typography, color, spacing, and motion craft, with six-plus years of UX-focused experience.

You'll collaborate with product, engineering, and leadership in a fast-paced environment to ensure the system is scalable,

Qualifications

• An indefatigable visual designer with an exceptional eye for typography, color, layout, and detail, plus motion design chops.
• A genuinely capable product designer with 6+ years of experience and solid UX judgment.
• Experienced building and governing design systems at scale.
• Original, not just tasteful—able to produce distinct, defensible decisions.
• Principled and able to defend design choices with clear reasoning.
• Decisive in ambiguity—weighs tradeoffs and moves ahead with confidence.
• Technically fluent, able to work near code and align build with design.
• Built for startup pace, protecting quality while moving fast.

Responsibilities

• Architect for scale: Define token architecture, component structure, and theming model.
• Own governance, not just files: Establish standards, documentation, and contribution model.
• Partner deeply with engineering: Work with frontend engineers to ensure faithful implementation.
• Elevate craft everywhere: Bring meticulous visual and interaction craft, including motion.
• Drive adoption: Build artifacts, documentation, and relationships to promote system usage.

Skills

VisD craft

Typography

Color theory

Layout

Motion design

UX judgment

Design systems

Startup pace

Job description

Tavus, an AI research lab, is seeking a craft-obsessed, systems-minded Product Designer to evolve our product suite and own the Tavus design systems—the components, tokens, and patterns that every surface we build on top of depends on. This role demands exceptional VisD skills, typography, color, spacing, and motion craft, with six-plus years of UX-focused experience.

You'll collaborate with product, engineering, and leadership in a fast-paced environment to ensure the system is scalable,