Sr. Design Systems Designer

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the evolution and maintenance of the Onyx Design System in Figma, with a focus on high-quality components, patterns, tokens, and documentation.
• Ensure visual consistency, clarity, and craftsmanship across system components by applying strong foundational principles in layout, color, typography, and hierarchy.
• Help lead visual standards discussions across the UX organization, advocating for elevated visual quality and consistency across products and platforms.
• Conduct audits of in-product visual design, identify areas of visual drift or inconsistency, and propose system-based solutions to resolve them.
• Partner closely with engineers to ensure components are implemented with visual precision, accessibility, and scalability in mind.
• Drive adoption of the system by evangelizing best practices across product design, engineering, and brand teams.
• Act as a mentor to other product and system designers, offering design critiques, onboarding, and training.
• Partner with accessibility, content, localization, and brand teams to ensure inclusive and scalable system foundations.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives to improve system tooling, documentation, and developer experience.
• Advocate for the strategic value of design systems at team and organizational levels.
• Advocate for a system-first mindset through design critiques, internal presentations, and informal coaching.

Skills:

• 5+ years of experience in product design, with at least 2 years focused on contributing to design systems.
• Proficiency in Figma, including component architecture, variants, tokens, libraries, and design file organization.
• A strong portfolio that demonstrates thoughtful contributions to a shared design system, including documentation and collaboration with engineering.
• Experience working in cross-functional teams and influencing design outcomes at the platform or pattern level.
• Familiarity with WCAG accessibility principles and how they apply to system components.
• Clear and effective communicator—able to articulate rationale, gather alignment, and advocate for system goals across teams.
• Experience working on complex or enterprise-scale products is highly valued.
• Bonus: Experience contributing to or collaborating with DesignOps functions—such as improving design workflows, tooling, documentation practices, or system governance—is highly valued.

Benefits:

• 💼 Medical, retirement, financial, wellness benefits
• 🌎 Worldwide remote work
• 🎓 Training and growth opportunities
• 🌈 Diverse and inclusive workplace

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in product design
• 2+ years focused on design systems
• Proficiency in Figma
• Strong portfolio showcasing design system contributions
• Experience in cross-functional teams
• Familiarity with WCAG accessibility principles
• Effective communication skills
• Experience in enterprise-scale products

Company:

Alteryx

Location:

Worldwide