Hybrid Product Designer

Posted 2 months ago

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About the role

  • Design Systems Designer evolving Rover’s Kibble design system for scalable product experiences across brands and platforms. Collaborate closely with product designers, engineers, and product managers.

Responsibilities

  • Own and evolve the Kibble design system to scale Rover’s product experiences across brands, platforms, and markets
  • Conduct design system audits to identify gaps, inconsistencies, design debt, and accessibility issues
  • Establish and manage design system governance, contribution processes, and system documentation
  • Develop scalable token strategies and multi-brand theming approaches to support new partnerships and acquisitions
  • Build measurement frameworks to monitor system adoption, design consistency, and system health over time
  • Collaborate with product designers to ensure proper system usage, provide design reviews, and document exceptions
  • Partner closely with platform engineering to evolve component architecture, ensure design-to-code alignment, and reduce redundant custom code
  • Integrate accessibility standards into system components and collaborate with accessibility specialists to ensure compliance
  • Develop and maintain system documentation, guidelines, and onboarding resources for design and engineering teams
  • Serve as an advocate for system adoption through education, training, and ongoing communication
  • Support the long-term roadmap for design system growth alongside design and engineering leadership

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience in product design, with significant experience building or maintaining design systems
  • Deep knowledge of design system principles, scalable component architecture, and design-to-code handoff processes
  • Strong collaboration experience working cross-functionally with engineering, accessibility, brand, and product partners
  • Experience establishing governance models, contribution workflows, and documentation standards for design systems
  • Working knowledge of design tokens, theming, and scalable design architectures that support multi-brand environments
  • Working knowledge of front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, basic JavaScript or React) and how design decisions translate into code
  • Solid experience with Figma and system management tools such as Storybook, ZeroHeight, or similar
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to document standards and educate teams
  • Passion for accessibility and incorporating inclusive design standards into system evolution
  • Highly collaborative mindset with attention to detail and long-term system scalability
  • Familiarity with accessibility auditing tools and WCAG standards
  • Professional-level English skills; ability to collaborate with global teams

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation
  • Permanent contract
  • Equity
  • Private health insurance
  • Discounted gym access (via AJ by Gympass)
  • Bring your dog to work (and unlimited puppy time)
  • Monetary help for adopting a dog plus yearly credit to use on our platform
  • Snacks, fresh fruit, and monthly company lunches
  • Regular team activities, including happy hours, game nights, and more

Job title

Product Designer

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

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