White Cap · 1 day ago
Senior Design Systems Designer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
5+ years expWhite Cap is committed to Building Trust on Every Job, providing a diverse and exciting work environment. The Senior Design Systems Designer will own and evolve the design system to ensure a consistent user experience across digital products, focusing on strategy, component creation, and collaboration with engineering and product teams.
Building MaintenanceConstructionManufacturingService Industry
Responsibilities
Owns and evolves the White Cap design system by maintaining a unified source of truth, scaling the Figma library, delivering prioritized system updates, applying Atomic Design principles, and developing a strategy to expand and democratize the system through a centralized design system portal
Defines and executes a design system strategy that expands adoption beyond WhiteCap.com by leading the development of a centralized design system portal, enabling scalable contribution and governance, aligning with engineering and product on standards and implementation, and continuously improving components and documentation based on system usage and gaps to support long‑term consistency across products
Partners with product designers to translate requirements into reusable system components, tests those components across states and breakpoints for predictable scalability, and ensures they meet accessibility standards and inclusive design best practices
Writes clear, actionable user stories and acceptance criteria to support accurate engineering implementation, collaborates with developers on component feasibility and system alignment, and conducts design QA to ensure shipped components match design specifications and intended behavior
Creates and maintains comprehensive documentation for designers and developers, provides guidance on effective component usage and appropriate use cases, and tracks system changes to ensure alignment as the design system evolves across teams
Qualification
Required
Typically requires BS/BA in a related discipline
Generally 5-8 years of experience in a related field OR MS/MA and generally 3-5 years of experience in a related field
Certification is required in some areas
Preferred
6+ years of professional product or digital design experience, including 3+ years owning and evolving a design system in Figma across multiple teams or products
Experience working in an agile environment and collaborating with cross‑functional teams
Strong understanding of Atomic Design principles and how to apply them effectively
Advanced proficiency in Figma, including components, variables, and versioning
Solid understanding of accessibility best practices and their application within design systems
Excellent communication and collaboration skills for partnering with designers, developers, and product teams
Familiarity with component libraries such as Shadcn or similar (good to have)
Company
White Cap
White Cap is a distributor of specialist hardware equipment and supplies for large and medium sized contractors.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
White Cap has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (4)
2024 (1)
2023 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2020-08-01Acquired
Leadership Team
Alan Sollenberger
Chief Executive Officer
Tracy Rosser
Chief Supply Chain Officer
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