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Rocket Mortgage · 2 days ago

Lead Product Designer - Design Systems

Detroit, MI

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$152K/yr - $341K/yr

7+ years exp

Rocket Mortgage is a Detroit-based company focused on helping clients achieve their homeownership dreams through innovative mortgage solutions. The Lead Product Designer, Design Systems role is responsible for evolving and scaling the design system to create cohesive and accessible experiences across products, while mentoring others and collaborating with various teams to raise design standards.

Consumer LendingFinanceFinancial ServicesLendingMortgageReal Estate

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead the evolution of the company’s design system, creating a shared set of elements that are flexible across web and mobile platforms

Design and maintain scalable components, tokens, patterns, and system documentation

Partner with engineering to deliver high-quality, performant libraries, tooling, and documentation

Champion accessibility, inclusivity, and localization within the design system

Advocate for high-quality design craft by raising visual and interaction standards across the organization

Enable and educate product teams through documentation, workshops, critiques, and hands-on collaboration

Partner with product, engineering, brand, and marketing teams to encourage adoption and alignment

Mentor designers and influence the broader organization by promoting systems thinking as a core design capability

Continuously identify gaps, inconsistencies, and opportunities to improve the system as products evolve

Qualification

Design systems expertiseComponent libraries FigmaComponent libraries StorybookAccessibility standards (WCAG)Systems thinkingCollaboration with EngineeringFront-end technologiesMentoring designersCommunication

Required

7+ years of experience in product, visual, or systems design, including significant ownership of design systems

Deep expertise building and scaling design systems in complex, multi-product environments

Strong systems thinking - you see patterns, anticipate edge cases, and design for scale

Hands-on experience designing and maintaining component libraries in tools like Figma and Storybook

You stay up to date and have experience with the latest design system features, tooling and benchmarks, including emerging AI-assisted design and development workflows (e.g., MCP, Code Connect, Figma Make, v0)

Strong understanding of accessibility standards (WCAG) and inclusive design principles

Experience collaborating closely with Engineering to deliver production-ready components

Ability to translate complex system requirements into clear, usable patterns and documentation

Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate system decisions and influence adoption

Familiarity with front-end technologies and constraints (e.g., CSS, component-based frameworks like React or Angular, and design tokens)

Benefits

Medical

Dental

Vision benefits

401K retirement plan

Paid-time off

Company

Rocket Mortgage

Rocket Mortgage allows you to buy a home, refinance, or manage your mortgage online with America's largest mortgage lender. It is a sub-organization of Rocket Companies.

Founded in 2018

Detroit, Michigan, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.rocketmortgage.com

H1B Sponsorship

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