Staff Product Designer, Design Systems

Airwallex

Melbourne +2 more

Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Aimed at mid-to-senior level design professionals who prioritize collaboration and systematization. Candidates should have a background in building and maintaining design systems and be comfortable working across global teams in financial technology.

Best fit for

Candidates with experience in financial technology and a track record of building scalable design systems
— “Airwallex is the AI-native financial operating system for a real-time, intelligent economy.”
Individuals who thrive in cross-functional environments and can advocate for design principles internally
— “Champion the value and advantages of the design system to internal stakeholders, advocating for its adoption within our organization”
Professionals with a strong foundation in UI design and a history of working with Figma
— “Strong UI design skills with proficiency in Figma”

Things to consider

The role requires a long-term commitment to maintaining and evolving a complex design system
— “7+ years as a designer, with preferably 2+ years of experience maintaining a design system”
Candidates must be prepared to work with global teams across multiple locations
— “We're co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore, with more than 2,300 people across 27 offices.”

How to stand out

Highlight your experience in creating reusable components and resolving design inconsistencies
— “Identify inconsistencies in existing component usage and design, and deviations from the existing design system”
Demonstrate your ability to work with developers and enforce design system processes
— “Work collaboratively with developers to implement and quality check components”
Showcase your ability to craft and advocate for design system guidelines and usage
— “Crafting component and pattern usage guidelines”
Emphasize your adaptability and ability to evolve systems with user feedback and trends
— “Continuously enhance and adapt the design system based on user feedback, industry best practices, and emerging design trends.”

Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

deep understanding of product design
strong UI design skills
portfolio demonstrating innovative solutions

Typical background

7+ years of design experienceexperience maintaining a design system

Skills & requirements

Required

Design System MaintenanceComponent And Pattern DefinitionTeam CollaborationComponent ImplementationUsage Guidelines CraftingDesign System AdvocacyContinuous Enhancement

Preferred

Html/css KnowledgeContent Strategy

Stack & domain

UI DesignFigmaHtml/cssContent StrategyCollaborationCommunicationProblem-solvingTeamworkDesign SystemsProduct DesignUX

About the role

Original posting from Airwallex via Ashby

ABOUT AIRWALLEX
Airwallex is the AI-native financial operating system for a real-time, intelligent economy. More than 675,000 businesses, including McLaren Racing, Qantas, SHEIN, and TikTok, use us, directly or through our platform partners, to run their financial operations or build and monetize financial products of their own.
We started in Melbourne in 2015 to build the infrastructure global commerce runs on. We're the regulated backbone behind global payments: not by accident, but by design. A decade plus, 85+ licenses, and a financial infrastructure spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.
We're co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore, with more than 2,300 people across 27 offices. We hire builders with founder-level energy, people who move fast with good judgment, dig in with real curiosity, and make calls from first principles rather than waiting to be told what to do. Read our operating principles https://www.airwallex.com/en-us/operating-principles to see it in full.
Responsibilities:
Conduct audits to gather use cases and UX patterns across our digital products, create reusable component and pattern definitions that can support a diverse range of use cases.
Identify inconsistencies in existing component usage and design, and deviations from the existing design system
Work collaboratively with teams to ensure alignment and adoption of a consistent set of components and patterns
Work collaboratively with developers to implement and quality check components
Crafting component and pattern usage guidelines
Enforce processes to guide the appropriate usage and upkeep of the design system
Champion the value and advantages of the design system to internal stakeholders, advocating for its adoption within our organization, and demonstrating its positive impact on user experience and efficiency.
Continuously enhance and adapt the design system based on user feedback, industry best practices, and emerging design trends.
Qualifications:
7+ years as a designer, with preferably 2+ years of experience maintaining a design system
A portfolio that demonstrates a deep understanding of product design, craftsmanship, and innovative solutions from conception to launch
Strong UI design skills with proficiency in Figma
Content strategy, HTML/CSS knowledge is a bonus
Excellent methodical and critical thinking skills
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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We don’t regard color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status when making our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Source: Airwallex careers (Ashby)