# Senior Product Designer & Design Systems

**Company:** [Farther Finance](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/farther-finance)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** Product Design
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Figma, Design Systems, Design Tokens, Component Libraries, Storybook, Accessibility, Ios Design, Android Design, AI Tools, Design Automation
**Posted:** 2026-04-28

> Build and own the company design system from scratch, creating scalable Figma component libraries, tokens, and documentation while ensuring adoption across design and engineering teams. Requires 5+ years product design experience with 3+ years in design systems.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

### 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
- Excellent documentation, communication, and collaboration skills

## Nice-to-Haves
- 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

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