Hybrid Staff Design Systems Designer

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About the role

  • Staff Design Systems Designer shaping the foundations of design systems for scalable AI-powered products. Collaborating closely with engineering to enhance product coherence and trustworthiness.

Responsibilities

  • Define and evolve the core design system foundations, including components, patterns, and tokens that scale across complex, AI-powered experiences
  • Design, prototype, and ship production-ready system components in tight collaboration with frontend engineering
  • Partner directly with frontend and platform engineers to ensure system decisions translate cleanly into code, with shared ownership of quality, performance, and maintainability
  • Establish clear contribution, governance, and deprecation models that balance velocity with system integrity
  • Embed accessibility, responsiveness, and performance into the system by default
  • Document system usage and best practices in a way that is clear, practical, and trusted by product teams
  • Advocate for system adoption and consistency in product planning, design reviews, and execution
  • Anticipate future product and platform needs, evolving the system proactively as Harvey scales

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in product design, with significant ownership of design systems in complex product environments
  • An excellent portfolio demonstrating system-level thinking, component design, and real product impact
  • Deep understanding of component architecture, design tokens, and how design systems scale across teams
  • Proven experience partnering closely with frontend engineers to ship high-quality, production systems
  • Strong working knowledge of accessibility standards and inclusive design practices
  • Ability to clearly articulate system decisions and tradeoffs to designers, engineers, and cross-functional partners
  • Comfort operating in ambiguous problem spaces and bringing structure where it doesn’t yet exist

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
  • Retirement benefits (401k match up to 4%)
  • Flexible PTO

Job title

Staff Design Systems Designer

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$192,000 - $259,500 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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