Senior Design System Designer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Spain.

📋 Description

• Create and enhance reusable components, patterns, and foundations within the design system.

• Collaborate with engineering to define component behavior, states, and variants.

• Manage and refine the contribution model for proposing and implementing components.

• Assist in design work from problem identification through documentation and handover.

• Utilize research and team feedback to guide decisions related to the design system.

• Develop documentation and specifications that cover variants, edge cases, and usage guidance.

• Work with engineers on token strategy and the integration between Figma and production code.

• Address conflicts between local product requirements and the overarching system coherence.

• Collaborate with product design teams to identify gaps and reinforce systems thinking.

• Leverage AI-assisted tools for research, prototyping, and defining components.

• Organize the system for AI-assisted workflows using tokens, documentation, and reusable patterns.

• Use design judgment to assess and override AI outputs when necessary.

• Engage in recruiter screening, portfolio evaluations, and AI sandbox challenge interviews.

⛳️ Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in designing and maintaining a design system at scale.

• Experience in managing or contributing to a contribution model, or a well-defined perspective on how to build one.

• Strong technical fluency with the capability to translate design decisions into code.

• Excellent judgment regarding consistency versus exceptions.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to justify design system decisions to stakeholders.

• Familiarity with AI-assisted tools and a keen interest in their practical applications.

• A portfolio showcasing strong product and systems thinking with tangible impact.

• Proficiency in Figma, including working with component libraries, variables, and tokens.

• Experience with built or coded prototypes.

• Proven experience collaborating closely with engineers to deliver high-quality, scalable results.

• Experience or a strong interest in AI-assisted design or development workflows.

🏝️ Benefits

• Full-time employment.

• Remote work opportunity from Spain.

• Chance to work with a diverse global team comprising over 50 nationalities and 7 markets.

• Engage in AI-native product and design transformation.

• Opportunity to advance the practice of design systems.

• A collaborative and trust-based culture.

• Consideration for future OLX roles if consenting to data storage for up to 12 months.