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"Good design is obvious. Great design is transparent."
— Joe Sparano
Senior Staff Product Designer
Questrade Financial Group • Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦
The Senior Staff Product Designer will drive the vision and strategy for the AllSparks Design System, ensuring it aligns with product and business goals. They will also lead design excellence by creating robust components and maintaining comprehensive documentation.
Responsibilities
- Drive the Design System Vision & Strategy
- Define and communicate a clear, compelling vision and strategic roadmap for the AllSparks Design System, aligning it with our overall product and business goals
- Be the strategic IC owner of the end-to-end lifecycle of the design system, from discovery and component design to documentation, release, and ongoing maintenance
- Establish and govern a clear contribution and adoption model, making it easy for product teams to use the system and contribute back to it
- Measure and articulate the system's success, tying its adoption to measurable improvements in product quality, team efficiency, and speed-to-market
- Deliver Design & Operational Excellence
- Lead by example as the primary, hands-on designer for the most robust and scalable components, ensuring everything we build meets the highest standards of usability, accessibility, and craft
- Create and maintain world-class documentation that is clear, comprehensive, and empowers designers and developers to work with confidence and autonomy
- Partner closely with engineering leads to ensure the system is technically sound and that design intent is translated flawlessly into code
- Continuously research and introduce new tools, methodologies, and best practices to improve the quality and efficiency of the design system itself
- Influence Team & Cross-Functional Success
- Act as the primary advocate and evangelist for the Design System across the organization
- Build strong partnerships with product design, engineering, and brand teams to ensure the system anticipates their needs and fosters a cohesive user experience
- Act as a recognized craft leader and coach for system contributors, providing direct, actionable critique and guidance to the two existing design system designers and other product designers, focusing on systems thinking and component craft
Requirements
- 7+ years of product design (UX/UI) experience, with at least 3 years in a Staff/Senior Individual Contributor role focused specifically on driving and scaling a design system
- A strong portfolio with detailed case studies showcasing your direct, hands-on process for building and scaling a design system, and its impact on product quality and team efficiency
- Proven track record of launching and providing the deep design expertise for a design system in a complex product organization
Key Skills
- Expert proficiency in Figma, with deep experience using advanced features like variants, auto layout, and component properties to build scalable design systems
- A strong understanding of front-end development and the ability to hold technical conversations with engineering partners
- Deep knowledge of accessibility standards and how to build accessible components from the ground up
- Experience creating and maintaining comprehensive design system documentation that developers and designers love to use
- Leadership & Collaboration
- You don't just see components; you see the entire ecosystem
- You excel at designing scalable, reusable solutions for the most complex challenges
- You build strong relationships and influence design direction and best practices across cross-functional teams with your expertise and passion
Benefits
- Health & wellbeing resources and programs
- Paid vacation, personal, and sick days for work-life balance
- Competitive compensation and benefits packages
- Work-life balance in a hybrid environment with at least 3 days in office
- Career growth and development opportunities
- Opportunities to contribute to community causes
- Work with diverse team members in an inclusive and collaborative environment
About Questrade Financial Group
Questrade is an award-winning low-cost digital alternative to traditional banks that is changing the Canadian financial services industry. We empower Canadians by giving them better, more affordable ways to take control of their financial future by using cutting-edge technology to develop innovative products. Questrade offers Canadians an easy way to invest in securities and foreign currency and provides online wealth management and mortgage through the Questrade Group of Companies, with more financial products in development. At Questrade, we care deeply about helping Canadians become much more financially successful and secure. We believe in infinite possibilities, not only for our customers but for those who build careers with us. Our exceptional culture and forward-thinking workplace policies make Questrade a great place to work and build a career. We are a collaborative, diverse team that shares the same sense of infinite opportunity. Our beliefs, values, and atmosphere make you
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