Product Designer - Design Systems

Who are we?

For the past 20 years, we have powered many Digital Experiences for the Fortune 500\. Since 1999, we have grown from a few people to more than 4000 team members across the globe that are engaged in various Digital Modernization. Our current focus and innovation in Digital Hyper expansion TM offers nearly limitless opportunities for career growth. For a brief 1-minute video about us, you can check out https://youtu.be/uJWBWQZEA6o.

Photon is an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We bring out the best in each other.

Product Designer — Role Overview

We're looking for a sharp, execution-focused Product Designer who thrives in a fast-moving environment and brings a systems-first mindset to every pixel they push.

What You'll Do

Design and iterate on product experiences at speed, balancing quality with velocity in a high-output, agile environment

Build and maintain scalable design system components from the ground up — including tokens, variables, and boolean logic — ensuring consistency across the product surface

Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams (engineering, product, research) to translate requirements into polished, production-ready designs

Own the developer handoff process — preparing clean, well-annotated Figma files with clear specs, redlines, and component documentation that engineers can build from without back-and-forth

Partner with QA during implementation reviews to catch design drift early, validate interaction states, and ensure the shipped product matches the intended design with precision

Contribute to and evolve our component library, establishing clear naming conventions, states, and documentation for handoff

Leverage AI-powered design tools and workflows to accelerate ideation, prototyping, and iteration cycles

Participate in design critiques, giving and receiving structured feedback to continuously raise the bar on craft and usability

Maintain meticulous attention to detail across spacing, typography, color, interaction states, and accessibility standards

What We're Looking For

Core Skills \& Mindset

Detail obsessed — you catch the 1px misalignment before anyone else does; consistency and precision are non-negotiable for you

Fast and focused — you thrive under tight timelines, can context-switch without losing quality, and know how to prioritize ruthlessly

Systems thinker — you design from the component up, not the page down; you understand how a single token change ripples across an entire product

AI-native — you actively use AI tools (Figma AI, Cursor, Midjourney, ChatGPT, etc.) to move faster and smarter, not as a crutch but as a force multiplier

Collaborative by default — you treat engineers and QA as partners, not recipients; you show up to implementation reviews, answer spec questions promptly, and close the loop on every build

Design Systems Expertise

Hands-on experience building or contributing to a design system in Figma (or equivalent), including:

Component architecture — variants, auto layout, nested components

Variables \& tokens — color, spacing, typography, and semantic token structures

Boolean properties — toggling states, visibility, and conditional logic within components

Familiarity with token management tools (e.g., Style Dictionary, Tokens Studio) is a plus

Understanding of how design tokens translate to code (CSS custom properties, JSON exports)

Technical Fluency

Proficient in Figma — including advanced prototyping, component logic, and dev mode handoff

Comfortable reviewing front-end implementations and flagging design drift

Basic understanding of HTML/CSS is a plus — enough to have informed conversations with engineers and validate spacing, typography, and layout in the browser

Nice to Have

Experience working in a startup or fast-paced product team

Exposure to motion design or micro-interaction principles

Familiarity with accessibility standards (WCAG 2\.1 AA)

Experience with Storybook or similar component documentation tools

Portfolio demonstrating component-level design thinking, not just final screens — bonus points if it includes handoff artifacts or QA comparison examples