Staff Product Designer, Design Systems & Platform

To excel in this Staff-level role, you should possess a rare combination of design mastery, technical fluency, and organizational leadership.

You possess a deep professional history in enterprise product design . This includes 7+ years of professional experience designing and successfully shipping high-quality, complex SaaS or enterprise products at scale, with a significant track record of organizational impact.

You demonstrate expert mastery over the entire Design Systems lifecycle . You have proven, expert-level experience in leading, building, scaling, and governing a large-scale, enterprise-grade Design System, including defining component architecture, governance models, and comprehensive documentation standards.

You possess the technical fluency required to influence code and front-end architecture . This includes a strong understanding of front-end development technologies (e.g., React, HTML/CSS) sufficient to influence technical implementation decisions and build strong, collaborative partnerships with engineering leaders.

You are an expert in managing the integrity of design decisions across code . Your expertise includes ensuring design decisions are implemented consistently in code through Design Token Management tools like Figma Tokens or Style Dictionary, enabling distribution across various formats (CSS, JSON).

You are fluent in modern developer workflows and component distribution . You have familiarity with developer processes including Version Control (Git/GitHub), managing component distribution via Package Management, and the structure of Front-End Frameworks to inform design decisions regarding component complexity.

You prioritize system quality assurance and comprehensive documentation . This includes experience with component documentation platforms like Storybook and understanding of quality assurance tools used to prevent regressions.

You maintain a world-class portfolio that demonstrates exceptional systems thinking . Your portfolio showcases exceptional visual design, interaction design, and strategic thinking, specifically demonstrating work on large-scale platform interfaces and large, complex data sets. You know how to balance the needs of long-term strategic work, but can also pivot to support rapid tactical iterations.

You are a proven leader in founding and launching new product foundations . You have proven experience successfully leading and shipping product initiatives from 0-1, including defining foundational, system-wide user experiences.

You demonstrate advanced proficiency with specialized design systems tools . This includes mastery of core design and prototyping tools (e.g., Figma), and demonstrated advanced proficiency in leveraging AI-powered tools to accelerate knowledge, quality, and delivery.

You have exceptional strategic collaboration and organizational influencing skills . You have a proven ability to clearly articulate and defend design and system rationale to executive leadership across Product, Design, and Engineering.

You lead and inform system priorities through rigorous research and data . You utilize both qualitative user research and quantitative data to inform and validate system priorities, rollout strategy, and adoption success. Talking to customers and understanding user needs first-hand will be paramount to your success.