Systems Designer, Design Foundations

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

📋 Description

• Oversee the Hawkins Core layer and incorporate system context and components into prototyping tools.

• Activate eligibility and contribution criteria to guide how domain libraries enhance and elevate patterns into Core.

• Collaborate with engineering to standardize taxonomy and capabilities across design and coding.

• Formalize visual and motion standards into scalable, reusable tokens along with shared motion principles.

• Manage significant releases across product domains in coordination with XD, PM, and Engineering stakeholders.

• Work alongside domain system designers to consolidate agentic context for Commerce, Games, and Member.

• Oversee documentation, interaction patterns, accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA), and naming conventions.

• Team up with embedded system designers to optimize contribution workflows, assess adoption across Figma and codebases, and clarify centralization versus domain autonomy.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of experience as a System Designer, along with prior experience as a product designer.

• Proficient in utilizing AI for system research, audits, component generation, code contribution, and strategic communication.

• Comprehend agentic pipelines and assess when AI output meets the system standards.

• Expertise in Figma.

• Experience in creating, maintaining, and evolving design libraries.

• Proficient in design system tools and workflows, such as Storybook and design tokens.

• Background in designing for games, social media, or entertainment applications.

• Strong understanding of platform constraints and capabilities.

• Extensive visual interaction and motion experience applied through a systems perspective.

• Proven track record of governing and contributing to design systems, establishing standards, delivering scalable solutions, and fostering adoption.

• Ability to tackle complex issues with tactical execution and system-level thinking.

• Established partnership and mentoring skills.

• Capable of navigating ambiguity across design, technology, and business requirements.

• Committed to accessibility and inclusive design, ensuring components adhere to industry standards.

🏝️ Benefits

• Stock Option Program.

• Health Plans.

• Mental Health support.

• 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match.

• Disability Programs.

• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts.

• Family-forming benefits.

• Life and Serious Injury Benefits.

• Paid leave of absence programs.

• Full-time hourly employees accumulate 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick leave.

• Full-time salaried employees are immediately eligible for flexible time off.