User Experience Designer | Design Systems

Title

: User Experience Designer \| Design Systems

Location

: Remote

Job Type

: Contract (12 months)

Compensation

: $60\.00 - $75\.00 per hour (W2)

Industry:

Retail

About The Role

Our firm is partnering with a leading Fortune 50 retailer and omnichannel commerce organization to identify an experienced

User Experience (UX) Designer - Design Systems

. This organization serves millions of customers through industry-leading digital experiences across web and mobile platforms and is committed to creating accessible, scalable, and user-centered products.

In this role, you will contribute to the evolution of a shared design system that supports a broad ecosystem of digital products. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including design, engineering, product management, and accessibility specialists, to create reusable solutions that drive consistency, efficiency, and exceptional user experiences.

This opportunity is ideal for a designer with significant hands-on experience building, maintaining, and governing design systems, rather than solely leveraging existing systems in product design work.

Job Description

As a UX Designer focused on Design Systems, you will:

• Design, maintain, and evolve reusable UI components, patterns, and shared design assets within Figma.
• Establish scalable design solutions that improve consistency across multiple products, teams, and platforms.
• Collaborate closely with UX designers, engineers, product managers, and accessibility experts to enhance usability and design quality.
• Create and maintain design system documentation, standards, best practices, and usage guidelines.
• Partner with engineering teams to ensure alignment between design system assets and production implementations.
• Identify and resolve inconsistencies between design artifacts and coded components.
• Apply accessibility, inclusive design, and responsive design principles across reusable components and patterns.
• Participate in design reviews, governance processes, and contribution workflows that support ongoing system adoption and quality.
• Evaluate and improve tools, workflows, and processes that streamline design-to-development collaboration.
• Support the continued growth and adoption of a shared design language across digital experiences.

Qualifications

Required Skills \& Qualifications

• 5\+ years of UX, Product Design, or Interaction Design experience.
• Proven hands-on experience building, maintaining, governing, or evolving enterprise design systems.
• Demonstrated expertise creating reusable components, patterns, and shared component libraries.
• Advanced proficiency with Figma, including:

+ Components

+ Variants

+ Auto Layout

+ Shared Libraries

• Strong understanding of design systems, component architecture, and scalable design methodologies.
• Experience developing design system documentation, standards, and adoption guidelines.
• Experience partnering directly with engineering teams to translate design specifications into production-ready solutions.
• Ability to identify and address discrepancies between design assets and implemented components.
• Working knowledge of accessibility standards, inclusive design principles, and their application within design systems.
• Strong understanding of responsive design principles for web and mobile experiences.
• Experience working within cross-functional product teams consisting of design, engineering, and product stakeholders.
• Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), User Experience, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Portfolio demonstrating:

+ Design system ownership or significant contributions

+ Component architecture

+ Reusable pattern development

+ Shared libraries

+ Documentation and governance

+ Scalable cross-product design solution

Preferred Skills \& Qualifications

• Experience supporting design systems across web, iOS, and Android platforms.
• Knowledge of design tokens, governance models, contribution workflows, and release management processes.
• Familiarity with modern design-to-code workflows and product development methodologies.
• Exposure to AI-assisted design and development tools, including:

+ Prompt-based design workflows

+ Design automation tools

+ Code generation solutions

+ Figma Make or similar technologies

+ Emerging AI-enabled product design platforms

• Experience driving design system adoption across large, enterprise-scale organizations.

Benefits

Dahl Consulting is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees that will allow you to choose the best coverage to meet your family’s needs. For details, please review the DAHL Benefits Summary: https://www.dahlconsulting.com/benefits-w2fta/.

How To Apply

Take the first step on your new career path! To submit yourself for consideration for this role, simply click the apply button and complete our mobile-friendly online application. Once we’ve reviewed your application details, a recruiter will reach out to you with next steps!

Equal Opportunity Statement

As an equal opportunity employer, Dahl Consulting welcomes candidates of all backgrounds and experiences to apply. If this position sounds like the right opportunity for you, we encourage you to take the next step and connect with us. We look forward to meeting you!

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