Senior Design Systems Specialist

Grindr

Senior Design Systems Specialist at Grindr developing and refining the core design system. Collaborating with product designers and engineers to ensure design consistency and quality across the platform.

Posted 5/14/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $134,087 - $178,782 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the development, documentation, and ongoing refinement of Grindr's core design system - components, tokens, patterns, and the guidelines that govern how they are used
Partner directly with product designers and engineers to ensure the system is adopted consistently and evolves to meet real product needs
Identify and resolve design inconsistencies across the core app, driving toward a more coherent and efficient product experience
Contribute strong visual design craft to the system - not just structural rigor, but considered, polished execution that raises the quality bar for the whole product
Operate with a high degree of autonomy in a lean environment - prioritize effectively, make defensible decisions without heavy process, and move fast without creating debt
Lead the charge on integrating our design system with AI tools

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of product or visual design experience, with at least 2-3 years of focused design systems ownership - building or significantly evolving a system, not just contributing to one
Demonstrated experience working in smaller or mid-size companies where you built or maintained systems with limited resources and without a dedicated systems team around you
Strong visual design skills - typography, color, iconography, spacing, and motion - with a portfolio that shows craft alongside systems thinking
Proficiency in Figma, including component architecture, variables, auto layout, and design token management
Track record of partnering with engineers to implement design systems in code - comfortable working across the design-to-development handoff
Experience documenting systems clearly for audiences with varying levels of design fluency - product designers, engineers, and non-design stakeholders

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health, Dental & Vision Full premium coverage for you. Partial coverage for dependents.
Family Formation Up to $300,000 in fertility and family-building support, covering IVF, surrogacy, egg freezing, and adoption.
Retirement: 401(k) with 6% match and immediate vesting.
Compensation: Industry-competitive compensation, company bonus, and equity for every employee.
Gender-Affirming Care: Industry-leading gender-affirming offerings with up to 90% cost coverage, access to Included Health, monthly stipends for HRT, and more.
Time Off & Rest: Flexible vacation policy. Two company-wide rest weeks per year.
Other Benefits: Monthly stipends for cell phone, internet, wellness, food, and commuting, breakfast/lunch

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Hard Skills & Tools

visual designdesign systems ownershiptypographycoloriconographyspacingmotioncomponent architecturedesign token managementsystems thinking

Soft Skills

autonomyprioritizationdecision makingcollaborationcommunication