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Farther · 1 day ago

Senior Product Designer - Design Systems Focus

New York, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Farther is a rapidly growing RIA that combines expert advisors with cutting-edge technology to deliver a tailored wealth management experience. The Senior Product Designer will own and scale the design system, ensuring consistency and quality across the platform while collaborating with engineering and design teams.

ConsultingFinanceFinancial ServicesFinTechWealth Management

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Own and evolve Farther's design system—refining foundations, building new components, and scaling for growth

Create reusable components, design tokens, and detailed usage documentation in Figma

Drive prioritization, roadmapping, and stakeholder communication

Define governance processes for adoption, enhancements, and deprecations

Collaborate closely with engineering to ensure design-to-code fidelity

Establish education and onboarding processes that drive real adoption across the team

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

Qualification

Design systems ownershipFigmaComponent architectureStakeholder managementEngineering collaborationSystems thinkingPrioritizationMobile design systemsAI tools interestDocumentation skillsCommunication skillsCollaboration