Staff Designer - Design Systems
PermitflowConstruction Tech company
New York, United StatesLead
Accel
Kleiner Perkins
Initialized Capital
Y Combinator
Felicis
Altos Ventures
Design
About the role
TL;DR
Establish and lead the design system for PermitFlow's AI-driven product.
- •We're hiring our first Design Systems Designer and Architect to build Cornerstone: the visual and interaction foundation that keeps design, engineering, and an increasingly AI-driven product moving as one.
- •Key Responsibilities Build and continually refine Cornerstone's core building blocks, components, patterns, and tokens designed for complex, workflow-heavy, AI-enabled experiences, with a strong eye for brand cohesion and polish.
- •Set a multi-year direction for the design system and turn it into a roadmap that design, engineering, and product leadership can develop in concert.
- •Design, prototype, and ship production-ready components hand in hand with a dedicated team.
- •Define how contribution, governance, and deprecation work in an AI-native working environment; balance shipping speed against system integrity; and adjust the model as the org grows.
- •Bake accessibility, responsiveness, and performance into every part of the system from day one.
- •Requirements A portfolio with real point of view, not just system diagrams: craft, quality, accessibility, and visual cohesion are all a must. 10+ years in product design, with meaningful ownership of a design system across a multi-product environment; brand or visual design background is a plus.
- •Strong command of component architecture, design tokens, and what it takes for a system to total adoption across teams and surfaces.
- •A history of working shoulder to shoulder with frontend engineers to ship production-grade systems, not just handing off specs and moving on.
- •A track record of setting & reinforcing accessibility standards.
- •Clear communication about system tradeoffs, whether you're talking to designers, engineers, or executives.
- •Mastery of Figma, Notion, and Linear; actively experimenting with the next best tool to add to our stack.
Required skills
Design SystemsUI DesignVisual DesignAccessibility DesignFigmaNotionLinear
Benefits & perks
Competitive salary, Equity, Health insurance, 401(k) savings plan, Unlimited PTO, Paid family leave, Home office stipend, Daily in-office lunch and dinner, Commuter benefits
Tech stack
FigmaNotionLinear