Staff Design Systems Designer

What you'll do

• 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

What you have

• 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

Compensation

$200,000 - $260,000 USD