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# Design Systems Designer

- **Company:** SoFi Technologies, Inc.
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** HTML, Adobe InDesign, Artificial Intelligence, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Cursor, Interaction Design, Responsive Web Design, Figma, Front End Software Development
- **Published:** October 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/design-systems-designer-contract-sofi-10557603

## About the Role

The ideal candidate is systems-minded, collaborative, detail-oriented, and comfortable balancing consistency with creativity., * 4+ years of experience in digital, web, product, or brand design.

 * Experience building a design system.
 * A portfolio demonstrating strong web design, visual design, and systems thinking.
 * Experience designing responsive marketing websites and landing pages.
 * Understanding of design system principles, including tokens, components, variants, states, patterns, and templates.
 * Systems thinker: Sees patterns across components, modules, tokens, and page experiences; knows when to create, consolidate, or extend a solution.
 * Experience collaborating with engineers and working within technical constraints.
 * Strong visual design skills, including layout, typography, color, composition, and hierarchy.
 * Experience creating or maintaining icon libraries, or a strong interest in developing iconography skills.
 * Familiarity with accessibility and inclusive design principles.
 * Strong Figma skills, including components, variables, styles, libraries, and prototyping.
 * Clear communication and strong collaboration skills.
 * High attention to detail and a willingness to ask questions, incorporate feedback, and improve the work.
 * Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining quality and meeting deadlines.

Nice to have:

 * Experience working on financial services, fintech, technology, or other highly regulated websites.
 * Experience supporting large-scale marketing websites with many products, pages, and content types.
 * Familiarity with HTML, CSS, responsive behavior, and front-end development constraints.
 * Experience with motion, interaction design, or micro-interactions.
 * Experience working within a brand redesign or evolving visual identity.
 * Comfortable incorporating AI tools, including Cursor, into their workflow to support exploration, documentation, prototyping, and system maintenance.

## Description

* Contribute to the development and maintenance of our marketing web design system, including foundations, components, modules, patterns, and templates.
 * Design flexible, scalable solutions that support a range of products, audiences, and marketing needs.
 * Create clear design specifications, usage guidance, and documentation for system assets.
 * Partner with Engineering to ensure designs are feasible, accessible, responsive, and implemented accurately.
 * Collaborate with Brand and Creative partners to translate the visual identity into a cohesive web experience.
 * Design and refine landing pages when needed, applying existing system principles while identifying opportunities to improve or expand the system.
 * Explore new layouts, visual treatments, and interaction patterns that support user and business goals.
 * Create and maintain custom icons for our website and broader icon library.
 * Participate in design audits to identify inconsistencies, gaps, and opportunities for improvement.
 * Apply accessibility, responsive design, and interaction principles to your work.
 * Contribute to design system governance, maintenance, and ongoing improvements.
 * Present work, participate in critiques, and communicate design rationale to partners and stakeholders.
 * Incorporate feedback thoughtfully and follow through on design updates with a high level of attention to detail.