Staff Product Designer, Design Systems

About the role

Airwallex, the AI-native financial operating system used by more than 675,000 businesses, is looking for a Staff Product Designer focused on its design system. The role audits use cases and UX patterns across digital products, defines reusable components and patterns, and works with teams and developers to keep the design system consistent and well adopted.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct audits to gather use cases and UX patterns across digital products, and create reusable component and pattern definitions.
• Identify inconsistencies in existing component usage and design, and deviations from the current design system.
• Work with teams to ensure alignment and adoption of a consistent set of components and patterns.
• Work with developers to implement and quality check components.
• Craft component and pattern usage guidelines and enforce processes for their upkeep.
• Advocate for the design system's value to internal stakeholders and show its impact on user experience and efficiency.
• Continuously improve the design system based on user feedback, industry best practices and emerging trends.

Required profile

• 7+ years as a designer, preferably with 2+ years maintaining a design system.
• A portfolio showing deep understanding of product design, craftsmanship and innovative solutions from concept to launch.
• Excellent methodical and critical thinking skills.

Required skills

• Strong UI design skills with proficiency in Figma.
• Content strategy; HTML/CSS knowledge is a bonus.