Senior Product Designer, Design Systems

Summary

Join Altruist's design team as a Senior Product Designer focused on Design Systems for a 6-month contract (with potential extension). This remote-friendly role involves leading the creation and maintenance of Altruist's design system, collaborating with engineering, and ensuring design-code alignment. You will define and document reusable components, promote accessibility, establish system processes, conduct audits, and mentor other designers. The ideal candidate possesses 6+ years of product design experience, including 2+ years focused on design systems. Technical fluency and expertise in Figma are essential. Altruist offers a competitive benefits package for full-time employees, including premium healthcare, 401k matching, generous parental leave, and professional development opportunities.

Requirements

• 6+ years of product design experience, including 2+ years focused on design systems in product-led environments
• Expertise in Figma, component architecture, atomic design, and managing large design libraries
• Experience supporting design systems for both desktop and mobile platforms
• Technical fluency —you understand HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern front-end frameworks like React, which we currently use
• Familiarity with component documentation tools like Storybook (which we use) or equivalent platforms to ensure consistency between design and code
• Strong visual design craft , with a deep understanding of layout, hierarchy, and interaction
• Excellent communication skills —you’re a clear, thoughtful collaborator and documentation pro
• Comfort working in fast-paced, iterative environments with high ambiguity
• A proactive, ownership-driven mindset—you bring pride and polish to your work

Responsibilities

• Lead the vision, strategy, and execution of Altruist’s design system
• Design new components and evolve existing ones within Figma libraries
• Collaborate closely with engineering to ensure design-code alignment across Figma and Storybook
• Define and document reusable components, patterns, and design tokens
• Promote usability, accessibility (WCAG), and scalability across all product surfaces
• Establish lightweight, scalable processes for system contributions and governance
• Conduct audits to identify inconsistencies and opportunities for systematization
• Use research and internal feedback to evolve system guidance and tooling
• Mentor product designers on system best practices and contributions
• Explore how AI tooling can enhance system design workflows and efficiency

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building or contributing to motion design standards within a design system
• Experience working across both consumer and enterprise applications

Benefits

• A hybrid work schedule for most positions to promote strong, in-person collaboration and a healthy work-life-balance
• Stunning, amenity-filled office spaces in Culver City, CA, San Francisco, CA, and Dallas, TX
• Competitive pay, as well as equity for eligible positions
• Premium healthcare, dental, and vision insurance plans
• 401k savings plan with matching contributions and immediate vesting
• Generous paid parental leave
• Professional growth and development opportunities including an employee mobility program and an annual L&D budget allocation for each employee
• Physical and emotional wellness programs that nurture both your mind and body
• Company perks program (includes discounts on pet insurance, fitness, cell phone plans, entertainment and travel, etc.)
• Financial guidance program (includes counseling on navigating debt, tracking personal spend, saving and planning goals, home-purchasing preparedness, etc.)