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Principal Designer, Design Systems

Ibotta 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America

$185,000 - $205,000 Full-time Senior

Set the design system’s direction and roadmap, design accessible foundations and components, and establish governance, contribution, versioning, release, and documentation practices. Partner with design and engineering teams to drive adoption, evaluate system quality, conduct user research, and create reusable guidance for people and AI agents.

Responsibilities

  • Set the design system’s direction and roadmap, design accessible foundations and components, and establish governance, contribution, versioning, release, and documentation practices. Partner with design and engineering teams to drive adoption, evaluate system quality, conduct user research, and create reusable guidance for people and AI agents.

Requirements

  • Requires 10+ years of design experience, including ownership of a design system at a company with multiple product surfaces, and a bachelor’s degree in Design, HCI, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience. Candidates should have advanced Figma skills, working fluency with front-end code, experience establishing governance and contribution models, and the ability to lead cross-functional roadmaps and demonstrate adoption.

Benefits

  • Flexible Time Off
  • Medical Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Employee Stock Purchase Program
  • 401(k) Match
  • Paid Parking
  • Snacks
  • Occasional Meals
  • Equity

Key Skills

Design systems leadership System architecture Component design Accessibility design Governance models Version control Release management Documentation practices Figma Front‑end code (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) Cross‑functional roadmapping User research AI agent design guidelines Collaboration with engineering Strategic planning Stakeholder communication Mentorship Design advocacy

About Ibotta

Built in Denver, CO, Ibotta ("I bought a...") (NYSE: IBTA) is a performance marketing platform allowing brands to deliver digital promotions to over 200 million consumers through a network of publishers called the Ibotta Performance Network (IPN). The IPN allows marketers to influence what people buy, and where and how often they shop – all while paying only when their campaigns directly result in a sale. Guided by our values and our mission to Make Every Purchase Rewarding, we come to work energized by the business problems we get to solve, the technology we build, the innovative people we work (and have fun) with, and the consumers we get to help. To date, we have credited American consumers $1.8 billion. The largest tech IPO to come out of Colorado, Ibotta is headquartered in Denver. Ibotta has been named as a Top Workplace by The Denver Post five times, made BuiltIn Colorado’s Best Places to Work list four years in a row and appeared on Inc.'s list of Best Workplaces in 2017 and

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