Senior Product Designer — Design Systems New

Clear Street; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Clear Street is seeking a Senior Product Designer to lead design systems and shape our design foundation as we build a fast-growing retail trading platform.

You will own token architecture, a component library, and documentation, while collaborating with PMs and engineers from day one to ensure system integrity and scalable product decisions.

Qualifications

• Has built or substantially rebuilt a design system, not just contributed to one.
• Fluent in Figma Variables, design tokens, and the Figma-to-code bridge.
• Knows token naming, semantic structure, and governance explanations.
• Uses AI tools to close gaps and speed up workflows.
• Some familiarity with investing or trading is a plus.
• Comfortable in the product layer and with minimal oversight.

Responsibilities

• Own the design system: token architecture, Figma Variables, component library, documentation
• Bridge design and engineering; catch drift and fix issues with engineering
• Set accessibility and quality standards and uphold them
• Collaborate with PMs and designers on system-related product decisions
• Leverage AI tooling to close gaps and accelerate delivery

Skills

Design systems

Figma Variables

Token naming

Figma-to-code

AI tooling

Accessibility

Cross-functional

Tools

Token Studio

Style Dictionary

Code Connect

React

Job description

Senior Product Designer — Design Systems

Remote

Clear Street Active is a new retail trading platform. We're building the design team from scratch, and this is a critical early hire to help set the foundation as we build fast. The role is rooted in design systems but won't stay there. You'll be involved in product decisions alongside PMs and engineers from day one.

What you'll do

• Own the design system: token architecture, Figma Variables, component library, Code Connect mappings, documentation
• Be the connection between design and engineering. When things drift, you catch it and work with engineering to fix it before it becomes a problem.
• Set accessibility and quality standards and hold to them
• Work with PMs and product designers when a systems decision has product implications
• Use AI tooling as part of how you work. Claude Code, Cursor, whatever closes gaps and moves things faster.

What we're looking for

• Has built or substantially rebuilt a design system, not just contributed to one. Those are different jobs.
• Fluent in Figma Variables, design tokens, and the Figma-to-code bridge, whether that's Code Connect, Token Studio, or something equivalent
• Has opinions about token naming, semantic structure, and governance, and can explain them clearly to an engineer or a PM
• Uses AI tooling to actually close gaps, not just as an experiment
• Some familiarity with investing or trading, from work or personal use
• Comfortable in the product layer. Understands the users at the end of the decisions being made.
• Can work without much oversight

Nice to have

• Experience with Token Studio or Style Dictionary
• Fintech or financial services background
• Exposure to React component architecture