Staff Design Systems Designer
Harvey
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $192,000 - $259,500 per year
Job Level
About the role
- 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
- Offers Equity
- Offers Bonus
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
design systemscomponent designdesign tokenscomponent architectureprototypingproduction systemsaccessibility standardsinclusive design practicesperformance optimizationsystem documentation
Soft Skills
system-level thinkingcollaborationcommunicationadvocacyproblem-solvingownershiparticulation of tradeoffsadaptabilitystructure creationcross-functional partnership