Middle Product Designer (Design Systems)

Why this role exists:

This role exists to own and advance the core design system that powers all our web and mobile app platforms. You’ll help us build a productive, minimal, and human product experience by maintaining scalable design libraries, aligning token architecture with front-end code, and keeping our design ecosystem grounded in real product problems.

What you’ll drive:

System Architecture & Tokens

• Build and maintain components, widgets, and primitives in Figma using advanced variants, properties, auto layout, and constraints.

• Own the variable and token architecture across primitive, semantic, and component layers, including multi-brand theme modes.

• Audit the library regularly to manage versioning, plan deprecations, and systematically reduce design debt.

Developer Alignment & Implementation

• Partner with front-end developers during implementation, reviewing built components to ensure code accurately matches Figma designs.

• Align component properties, states, and naming conventions directly between Figma libraries and front-end code (e.g., Storybook).

• Define and document design patterns, usage guidelines, and responsive behavior rules to ensure seamless multi-breakpoint execution.

Adoption, Enablement & Operations

• Support product and graphic designers in adopting the system through onboarding, usage reviews, and component gap analysis.

• Establish clear processes for collecting system requests, evaluating new pattern proposals, and resolving library friction.

• Communicate the reasoning behind system decisions transparently, keeping all internal stakeholders aligned around core standards.

Product Design & Research

• Design end-to-end features, flows, wireframes, and interactive prototypes to solve real product problems and keep the system grounded.

• Validate design hypotheses alongside UX Researchers and Product Managers using usability tests, interviews, and user feedback.

• Enforce WCAG AA accessibility fundamentals (contrast, focus states, keyboard navigation, hit areas) across all digital platforms.

What makes you a GR8 fit:

Must-have

• Ukrainian/Russian proficiency is required.

• 3+ years of experience as a Product Designer, with at least 1 year dedicated to building and maintaining a production design system used by other teams.

• Expert-level mastery of Figma, including advanced component architecture, sets, variable layers, design tokens, and multi-brand theming.

• Strong technical literacy—ability to read HTML/CSS/JSX or Storybook pages and hold constructive technical conversations with front-end developers.

• Practical understanding of responsive design best practices across various breakpoints and platform constraints.

• Familiarity with WCAG AA accessibility standards (focus states, contrast ratios, keyboard navigation).

• Proven ability to conduct usability research, iterate on prototypes, and define requirements based on team briefs.

• Exceptional communication skills to articulate system decisions, facilitate cross-team alignment, and manage feature requests diplomatically.

Nice-to-have

• Hands-on experience working in or closely alongside a dedicated Design Ops function.

• Familiarity with visual design principles and brand consistency across marketing and product touchpoints.

• Track record of establishing deprecation strategies and managing large-scale UI kit migrations.