Genius AI
Design Systems Designer
$170K–$210K
NYC · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Sep 15, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years of product design experience with significant hands-on design-systems focus.
About the job
Own and evolve Genius AI’s design system, component library, and workflows across mobile and web, including supporting the company-wide rebrand.
What you'll do
- Set design-system vision, standards, governance, documentation, and adoption.
- Build and maintain reusable components, design tokens, and Figma libraries; partner with engineering on handoff.
- Champion accessibility and craft, support the rebrand, and improve team workflows, including with AI-powered tools.
What they ask for
- 4+ years of product design experience with significant hands-on focus on design systems, component libraries, or design infrastructure.
- Portfolio demonstrating strong UI craft and end-to-end product thinking.
- Track record of leading and scaling a design system in production.
- Expert-level Figma skills; experience with design-system pillars including tokens, accessibility, developer collaboration, documentation, or contribution models.
Nice to have
- Storybook, Tokens Studio, or Style Dictionary.
- Rebrand or platform-evolution experience; curiosity about AI tools like Cursor or Claude.
Pay
$170K – $210K (base salary; currency not stated)
Tools
Figma, Storybook, Tokens Studio, Style Dictionary, Cursor, Claude
AI focus
Identify and implement AI-powered workflows to improve team velocity and output quality; the company may also use AI tools in applicant evaluation, with human oversight of final hiring decisions.
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