Senior Product Designer & Design Systems
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Job description
We're looking for a highly experienced Senior Product Designer to build Farther's design system from the ground up and own it long-term. This foundational role will define how our entire product organization works-creating the infrastructure that enables consistent, high-quality experiences at speed.
You will be responsible for the full lifecycle of the design system: auditing assets, creating a scalable component library, defining patterns, and layouts, documenting usage, and driving adoption across design and engineering. This is deep, hands-on, expert-level work that requires strategic thinking, systems-level vision, and the ability to execute down to the smallest detail.
Your Impact
Design Systems Ownership
- Audit existing design assets and build a scalable, accessible component library in Figma
- Create reusable components, design tokens, and detailed usage documentation
- Own prioritization, roadmapping, and stakeholder communication for the design system
- Define governance processes for adoption, enhancements, and deprecations
- Collaborate closely with engineering to ensure design-to-code fidelity and proper implementation
- Establish education and onboarding processes that drive real adoption across the team
Supporting Design Team Work
- Provide guidance and support to designers across advisor tools, client platforms, and mobile, ensuring design system principles are applied consistently
- Partner with PMs and engineering teams as needed to clarify component usage, patterns, and best practices during feature implementation
- Apply systems thinking to help maintain consistency, accessibility, and quality across all product experiences
- Collaborate with other designers to support seamless cross-platform experiences, leveraging the design system as the single source of truth
Requirements
- 5+ years of product design experience, including 3+ years leading design systems
- Expert in Figma, capable of building scalable component architectures
- Deep understanding of design-to-code implementation and cross-platform consistency
- Both strategic and executional-able to set vision, define governance, and execute detailed components
- Self-directed, highly organized, and skilled at prioritization and stakeholder management
- Excited by the challenge of building and maintaining a permanent, enterprise-grade design system
- Excellent documentation, communication, and collaboration skills
Bonus Points
- Experience in fintech or regulated industries
- Familiarity with Storybook or similar tools
- Background in mobile design systems (iOS/Android)
- Interest in AI tools and design automation
- Experience mentoring designers or leading adoption initiatives
Benefits & conditions
- Competitive comp package that rewards impact
- Work alongside some of the brightest minds in fintech
- Ground-floor opportunity at a fast-scaling startup
- Chart your own growth path as we expand
- Full health benefits + 401(k) matching & Roth IRA options
- Unlimited PTO
- An amazing collaborative atmosphere between product, design, and engineering to solve hard problems together