8am · 19 hours ago
Senior Product Designer | Design Systems
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$100K/yr - $150K/yr
6+ years exp8am is a company dedicated to empowering professionals with innovative technology and is seeking a Senior Product Designer to enhance their design system. This role focuses on modernizing components, collaborating with product teams, and ensuring the design system supports accessibility and usability across platforms.
Financial ServicesFinTechLegal TechPayments
Responsibilities
Shepherd and strengthen the existing design system, building on established foundations
Identify gaps, inconsistencies, and opportunities through audits and team feedback
Improve and modernize foundational and commonly used components and patterns
Ensure system decisions support scalability, usability, and maintainability
Consider cross platform needs, including mobile, when evolving system foundations, patterns, and commonly used components
Partner closely with Product Management and Engineering to align system work with product priorities and technical realities
Collaborate day to day with the Front End Experiences team on shared patterns, workflows, and standards
Support designers and engineers consuming and contributing to the system
Act as a trusted design system partner across product teams
Help inform and refine governance models for system contributions, updates, and maintenance
Support clear processes for proposing, reviewing, and shipping system changes
Balance consistency with flexibility to enable teams while protecting system integrity
Improve and maintain design system documentation, usage guidance, and best practices
Ensure documentation is clear, actionable, and useful for both designers and engineers
Help onboard and enable teams to effectively use the design system
Champion accessibility and inclusive design standards within the system
Ensure high quality interaction design, visual consistency, and usability across components
Partner with engineering to ensure design intent is well represented in production
Qualification
Required
6 to 8+ years of product design experience, with direct ownership or deep contribution to a design system
Proven experience evolving and maintaining an existing design system in a real product environment
Strong collaboration skills with Product Managers and Front End Engineers
Experience designing component based systems using tools like Figma, including libraries, variants, and tokens
Solid understanding of front end concepts such as HTML, CSS, and component based frameworks like React
Ability to think systemically while still executing at a detailed, hands-on level
Clear communicator who influences through collaboration rather than authority
Passion for design quality, consistency, and accessibility
Demonstrated experience leveraging AI tools and technologies to improve workflows, enhance decision-making, or drive innovation
Preferred
Experience designing for mobile platforms or contributing to systems that scale across web and mobile is a strong plus
Experience modernizing or refactoring legacy design systems
Familiarity with design tokens, theming, or multi brand systems
Experience working in healthcare, fintech, or other regulated product spaces
Prior experience contributing to or supporting design system governance
Benefits
Health Insurance Coverage: We offer our 8Team a variety of medical, dental, and vision plans, designed to fit your needs, including a 100% company-paid HDHP plan for employees.
Financial perks: We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package including annual bonuses, equity options and 401(k) or RRSP if in Canada, with a company match for all team members.
Time for what matters: Flexible Time Off, paid holidays, and a parental leave program for our new parents.
Wellness: Wellness stipends, mental health support, and one-on-one nutrition coaching.
Learning and Development: Continuous learning through 8am.edu, leadership programs, professional development funds, and individually focused talent development.
Giving back to the communities around us: Participate in our charitable matching gift program, paid time off for volunteer service, and company-sponsored volunteer events (both local and virtually).
Engagement: Virtual and in-person team-building events, quarterly award recognition through our Rise & Shine Award of Excellence Program, and our peer-to-peer appreciation platform.
Company
8am
8am helps legal, accounting, and client-focused professionals simplify operations, ensure compliance, and fuel growth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
Genstar CapitalGreat Hill Partners
2024-07-17Private Equity
2020-02-25Acquired
2015-09-30Private Equity
Leadership Team
Dru Armstrong
CEO
Bryan Thompson
Chief Technology Officer
Recent News
2026-01-07
2026-01-06
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