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Senior Product Designer, Design Systems

Wealthsimple Technologies 🇨🇦 Canada

Hybrid $151,200 - $189,000 Full-time Mid-level

The role involves defining, evolving, and maintaining the company's visual language, component library, and interaction patterns for mobile and web experiences. Responsibilities include improving the contribution model, developing documentation, championing accessibility, and guiding product teams using the system.

Responsibilities

  • Helping to define, evolve, and maintain Wealthsimple's visual language and component library
  • Designing and refining reusable components, tokens, and interaction patterns
  • Improving the contribution model so teams can effectively propose, build, and scale new components
  • Developing clear documentation, guidelines, and tooling that help teams adopt and use the design system
  • Championing accessibility, usability, and design quality across the system
  • Partnering closely with the Brand team to ensure alignment between Wealthsimple's brand expression and product experience
  • Supporting and guiding product teams using the system through reviews, feedback, and collaborative problem solving
  • Proactively identifying opportunities to improve the system and driving improvements with a strong bias toward action

Requirements

  • Strong visual design and product thinking with exceptional attention to detail
  • Experience designing and maintaining design systems, component libraries, or UI frameworks at scale
  • Deep understanding of interaction design, layout systems, typography, and visual hierarchy
  • Experience designing for both mobile and web platforms
  • Familiarity with accessibility standards and inclusive design practices
  • Experience collaborating closely with product management and engineering partners
  • Ability to balance system scalability with real product needs, making thoughtful tradeoffs when required
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to clearly articulate design decisions

Benefits

  • Top-tier health benefits and life insurance
  • Long-term group savings with employer match
  • 20 vacation days, 4 wellness days, and unlimited sick and mental health days per year
  • Opportunity to work with a growing fintech company

Key Skills

Design systems Component libraries UI frameworks Visual design Product thinking Interaction design Layout systems Typography Visual hierarchy Accessibility standards Inclusive design practices Collaboration Communication Problem-solving Design tools such as Figma or Sketch Front-end development principles Agile methodology Scrum Design thinking User experience Cross-functional collaboration Leadership Mentoring

About Wealthsimple Technologies

Wealthsimple is a fintech company that provides simple, transparent, and low-cost financial services. The company is growing and is looking for a Design System Product Designer to help evolve their design system.

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