UX Designer - Design Systems

About the Role

Canonical is seeking a UX Designer to join our Design System Team. You will play a pivotal role in scaling our open-source software by defining, evolving, and advocating for a consistent design system that serves our global community and enterprise customers.

Key Responsibilities

• System Development: Build and evolve Canonical’s design system, ensuring measurable adoption, consistency, scalability, and accessibility.
• Collaboration: Work closely with designers, engineers, and stakeholders to translate user needs and brand principles into reusable components, patterns, and guidelines.
• Advocacy: Champion design system best practices, provide documentation, and support cross-functional teams.
• Execution: Design and document UI components, design tokens, and interaction patterns while ensuring timely delivery of the roadmap.
• Governance: Enable alignment on design system usage across teams and iterate based on data and technological advancements.

What We Are Looking For

• Proven experience in UX/product design with a strong focus on design systems in complex environments.
• A portfolio demonstrating expertise in component libraries, documentation, and systemic design.
• Expertise in Figma, Storybook, and design token workflows.
• Strong ability to bridge the gap between design and code through collaboration with engineers.
• Excellent attention to detail and a systemic approach to problem-solving.
• Commitment to transparent project delivery and meeting deadlines.
• Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal team events.

What We Offer

• Distributed Environment: A remote-first culture with twice-yearly in-person team sprints.
• Professional Growth: Annual personal learning and development budget of $2,000 USD.
• Compensation: Competitive, performance-driven compensation with annual reviews and bonus opportunities.
• Benefits: Comprehensive wellness platform, team member assistance programs, and travel upgrades for company events.
• Global Impact: Opportunity to contribute to Ubuntu and other world-leading open-source projects.