Senior UX Designer, Design Systems - Scale & Govern

Ryan

Burlington (MA)

Hybrid

USD 120,000 - 170,000

Full time

29 hours ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Work Options
Award-Winning Culture
Generous PTO benefits
14 weeks paid parental leave (adoption
Gym membership reimbursement
Benefits eligibility on Day One
401K with employer match
Tuition reimbursement after one year
Fertility assistance
Sabbatical eligibility after five yrs

Job summary

Ryan, LLC is seeking a Senior UX Designer, Design Systems to own and evolve the design system powering our enterprise tax products. You’ll ensure components are sharp, patterns consistent, and the system scalable as the product grows.

This craft-first role emphasizes obsession with token naming, documentation clarity, and collaboration with engineers. You’ll work with designers and product to align patterns with real needs and drive governance across the design system.

Qualifications

  • 5–8 years of product/UX design, with enterprise design system ownership.
  • Proven track record in building and scaling component libraries.
  • Experience in financial/enterprise/B2B sectors is a plus.
  • Experience with AI tools to accelerate design and research.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain a library of reusable components in Figma.
  • Own token and variable architecture in Figma and sync with engineering.
  • Write practical documentation for components and patterns.
  • Integrate accessibility into the system by default (WCAG/ARIA/contrast).

Skills

Figma
Design Systems
Portfolio
AI tools

Tools

Figma

Job description

Ryan, LLC is seeking a Senior UX Designer, Design Systems to own and evolve the design system powering our enterprise tax products. You’ll ensure components are sharp, patterns consistent, and the system scalable as the product grows.

This craft-first role emphasizes obsession with token naming, documentation clarity, and collaboration with engineers. You’ll work with designers and product to align patterns with real needs and drive governance across the design system.

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