Product Designer, Design Systems

Summary

Join Gusto as a Senior Design Systems designer to spearhead the creation of our native iOS and Android design system. You will standardize our existing mobile applications and build a cohesive visual language that extends our web design system to native experiences. This role requires expertise in Figma component creation, token architecture, accessibility guidelines, documentation, and engineer collaboration. You will define and maintain design system tokens, create components and patterns in Figma, support colleagues, work with engineering for consistency, document design decisions, and communicate effectively. The ideal candidate has 3+ years of mobile design systems experience, 5+ years of product design experience, and strong technical acumen. Gusto offers competitive compensation and benefits.

Requirements

• Design Systems Experience: Have 3+ years of experience working on a mobile design systems team supporting product design teams through the full life cycle of design system creation, implementation, and maintenance. Experience designing and building both mobile web and Native components is required
• Product Design Experience : 5+ years experience working on a product design team
• Technical Acumen: The ability to pair effectively with our engineering team designing component APIs
• Accessibility Minded: A deep understanding of Accessibility guidelines and the ability to implement WCAG AA compliant components and styles in mobile web and native experiences
• Technical Skill: Expert knowledge of Figma, including creating complex components with variants, properties, and interaction demos. Expert knowledge of Material and HIG design guidance and Native expectations
• Design integrity: High degree of design craft and polish
• Communication: Documentation expertise and the ability to educate peers on all things design systems. Demonstrated ability to use storytelling effectively in a variety of methods (visual, spoken language, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain semantic and functional tokens for the design system
• Create both Native and mobile-responsive simple and complex components, patterns, and templates in Figma
• Support Gusties in building and designing Native experiences with our Design System through Office Hours and Slack support
• Work with our Engineering team to ensure component and pattern consistency and alignment across Figma, Native experiences, and React web views
• Document and publish design decisions and guidance
• Represent a service mindset with collaborative communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

Specific strengths: Strong skills in animation, prototyping, data visualization, and/or iconography preferred

Benefits

• Our cash compensation range for this role is $139,000/yr to $199,000/yr in Denver & most remote locations, and $179,000/yr to $221,000/yr in Seattle, San Francisco & New York
• Gusto has physical office spaces in Denver, San Francisco, and New York City. Employees who are based in those locations will be expected to work from the office on designated days approximately 2-3 days per week (or more depending on role)