About True SparrowTrue Sparrow is a product design & engineering services company. We partner with enterprises and startups across North America and Europe, embedding deeply with their teams as a trusted extension of their organization. We are a small, fully remote team of builders who care about craft and ship work we are proud of.The RoleWe're looking for a talented, systems-obsessed Design Systems Designer to work on a complex, multi-product design system for one of our key clients. You'll be embedded in a collaborative global team of designers and developers, owning a unified design language that spans multiple products and platforms.This isn't a single-product role. It's a whole ecosystem; tokens flowing through multiple surfaces, components flexing across brands, and a style guide that actually guides. You won't be pixel-pushing; you'll be building the foundation everything else is built on.This is a high-impact, client-facing role. As part of an international team, you should be comfortable taking late-night or early-morning calls.What You'll DoShape and own a multi-product design system in Figma: component library, style guide, the whole lotDesign a robust token architecture: global → semantic → component tokens, multi-theme, light/dark modesBuild complex, production-ready components with well-structured variants, interactive states, and responsive behaviourUse Figma Variables and advanced Auto Layout to create flexible, scalable componentsCollaborate daily with a cross-functional global team of designers & developers to keep design–dev handoff smooth and saneWrite documentation people actually want to read (yes, really)Run audits, spot inconsistencies, and fix things before anyone else notices they're brokenChampion the system: become the go-to person for /"how should this component work?/"What We're Looking For✅ Required5+ years in product design with at least 2 years focused on design systemsExpert-level Figma proficiency: Variables, Variants, Component Properties, Auto Layout, all of itDeep understanding of design token architecture: naming conventions, tiered tokens (global → semantic → component), multi-brand themingProven experience building complex, multi-state component libraries from scratchThorough style guide experience — typography, colour, spacing, iconography, motion, and accessibility. Not just a colour palette PDF.Strong communicator — able to explain design decisions clearly to both designers and engineers★ Nice to HaveToken Studio experience — this one's a big plus, we love itExperience with design systems spanning 3+ products or brandsWhy Join True SparrowDesign challenges that span multiple products, platforms, and brands. No two days are the same.A team that gets it: You'll work alongside designers and developers who respect craft and geek out over systemsRemote-first cultureMeaningful impact: your system will be the foundation for products used by thousands of people
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Design Systems Designer