Staff Design Systems Designer Job at Ethos

Job Description

We’re looking for Ethos’ first Design Systems Designer to build and evolve the design system that powers our customer and internal experiences. This is a true 0→1 opportunity. Ethos is not yet “design-system mature,” and that’s exactly why this role matters: you’ll help bring structure to how we design and build UI, without slowing down product teams or over-engineering processes. You’ll partner closely with Product Design, Engineering, Brand/Creative, and Content Design to create a system that helps teams move faster while improving consistency, accessibility, quality, and trust. This role is a blend of strategy and hands-on execution.

Job Responsibility

Establish the vision, principles, and roadmap for Ethos’ design system
Audit the current system, product UI and identify the highest-leverage opportunities to standardize patterns and reduce inconsistency
Define a scalable token strategy (color, typography, spacing, elevation, motion, etc.) and a clear approach to theming and brand expression across products
Design, build, and maintain Figma libraries (components, styles/variables, templates, and patterns)
Create high-quality component specifications with clear interaction behavior, states, responsive guidance, and accessibility considerations
Ensure the system supports narrative, conversion-driven experiences
Partner with Design System / Front-End engineers to translate the system into reusable code components and tokens
Align on workflows that keep design and code in sync
Drive pragmatic adoption
Build documentation
Coach and enable partner teams
Create a lightweight contribution process
Define what success looks like and track meaningful signals
Partner with Research and Data teams where useful to connect system changes to outcomes

Requirements

7+ years of relevant experience, with a track record of setting system strategy, driving cross-team adoption, and raising the bar for design quality across an organization
Strong product design foundation with excellent visual and interaction craft
Hands-on experience building and maintaining design systems in Figma, including component architecture, documentation, and scalable patterns
Strong working fluency with modern front-end concepts (tokens, components, states, responsive behavior)
Experience setting accessibility standards and shipping accessible components (WCAG-informed practices, inclusive design thinking)
Ability to thrive in ambiguity and build structure where it doesn’t yet exist
Clear communicator who can align diverse stakeholders and influence without relying on formal authority
A portfolio that demonstrates end-to-end design system thinking and real-world impact (adoption, quality, speed, consistency)

Nice to have

Experience building design tokens pipelines and/or working with tooling like Storybook or similar component documentation environments
Experience with video, motion, illustration/iconography, tone

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