UX: Staff Product Designer, Design Systems - Visual
Core
Foundational Staff Product Design role shaping the visual language and token architecture of an enterprise-scale design system for a multi-product ecosystem.
Role type
Staff Product Designer (Design Systems - Visual)
Builds
Enterprise-scale design system components, patterns, and visual infrastructure
Domain
Enterprise Software / Design Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Multi-tier design token architecture, visual design craft, design principles development, machine-readable design systems, engineering collaboration, design governance, strategic problem solving
Preferred skills
AI coding tools integration, MCP integrations, generative UI workflows, dark mode/density scaling, W3C DTCG token formats
Technologies
Tokens Studio, Style Dictionary, Figma Variables API, W3C DTCG
Responsibilities
Own and evolve a three-tier design token architecture; Make and communicate architectural decisions around token naming and scalability; Lead safe token migration strategies; Own the system-level visual language across color, typography, spacing, iconography, and motion; Serve as the final visual quality bar for the design system; Develop design principles and tenets; Lead initiatives to make the token layer machine-readable for AI coding tools; Partner with product teams as an authority on tokens and visual language; Collaborate with engineers to maintain implementation fidelity; Contribute to design-system governance; Provide Staff-level leadership across multiple projects
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic autonomy
