Ux Product Designer, Design Systems

Summary

Join Elastic, a leading Search AI company, as a Design System Designer! You will be responsible for developing and maintaining our comprehensive design system, collaborating with designers and engineers to ensure seamless implementation and consistency across our platform. This role requires strong UI/UX design skills, proficiency in design tools (Figma, Figjam), and familiarity with front-end development technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript). Ideally, you'll have experience with design systems for complex B2B products. Elastic offers competitive pay, comprehensive health coverage, flexible work arrangements, generous vacation time, and parental leave, among other benefits. A portfolio or case studies are essential for consideration.

Requirements

• Structured systems thinking, with the ability to break down molecules into atoms
• Balances the big-picture vision of design systems with a pragmatic, iterative approach—delivering solutions that are elegant, feasible, and future-ready
• Strong understanding of design principles, UI/UX, and responsive design
• Strong interaction, IA and visual design skills
• Proficiency in design tools - we use Figma and Figjam
• Understanding of accessibility standards and how to implement them within a design system
• Knowledgeable about front-end development technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
• Familiarity with Git/Github - you are comfortable running a local development environment, reviewing and commenting on Pull requests, and contributing layout and style changes to a codebase
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work cross-functionally with designers, engineers, and stakeholders
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to effectively convey ideas in groups and clearly explain your design decisions
• You are an organised self-starter and able to adapt to work across timezones. Asynchronous updates help in our remote set-up and even oversharing aids alignment with your team across the globe
• You are passionate about latest design and technology trends and adopt modern techniques, as appropriate

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive design system that includes UI components, patterns, style guides, figma design toolkits and documentation
• Collaborate with product and UI/UX designers to create scalable design solutions for web
• Work closely with engineering teams to ensure seamless implementation of design system components
• Ensure consistency in visual language, interaction design, and accessibility across the platform
• Create and maintain detailed design documentation for designers and developers
• Contribute to the evolution of the design system by identifying areas for improvement and implementing best practices
• Conduct usability tests to refine design system components
• Enable internal partners through clear guidelines, shaping working practises, design deliverables, and creative problem-solving
• Your diplomatic personality allows you to walk the tightrope between giving platform orientated expert recommendations whilst bringing solution requirements into your design thinking

Preferred Qualifications

Ideally you have experience working on design systems for complex B2B or technical products

Benefits

• Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
• Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
• Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
• Generous number of vacation days each year
• Increase your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
• Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
• Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave