Senior Staff Design Systems Designer – AI-Powered Workbench

Gusto; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 178,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity (RSUs)

Job summary

Gusto is seeking an AI-native Design Systems Designer to join the Builder Enablement team, shaping Workbench, its internal design system, and AI-assisted workflows across design and engineering.

The role blends deep design systems craft with AI tooling, evolving token architecture, and system-wide consistency. You will collaborate closely with engineers to ship high-quality components and document design decisions within a brand-refresh context.

Qualifications

• 4+ years on a product design systems team through the full lifecycle (design, implement, document, adopt).
• 7+ years on a product design team.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain Workbench components and patterns with tokens and variants.
• Own semantic and functional token architecture during Brand Refresh and theming.
• Collaborate with engineering to ensure component consistency, review implementations, and contribute to technical plans.

Skills

Design Systems

Product Design

AI Fluency

Technical Acumen

Accessibility

Figma

Design Craft

Documentation

Communication

LLM Documentation

Tools

Figma

Job description

Gusto is seeking an AI-native Design Systems Designer to join the Builder Enablement team, shaping Workbench, its internal design system, and AI-assisted workflows across design and engineering.

The role blends deep design systems craft with AI tooling, evolving token architecture, and system-wide consistency. You will collaborate closely with engineers to ship high-quality components and document design decisions within a brand-refresh context.