Headway
Senior Product Designer, Design Systems
$180K–$225K
New York, NY +2 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 14, 2026
- Location
- New York, NY
San Francisco, CA
Seattle, WA - Experience
- 5+ years designing digital products, including at least two years on a design system used by multiple teams.
About the job
Design and evolve Headway’s Helix design system, building scalable components, tokens, themes, and documentation for its consumer marketplace and therapist EHR products.
What you'll do
- Design and specify flexible components, including Figma library variants and properties, with strong visual craft.
- Shape semantic tokens and theming, and create documentation and migration plans for product teams and coding agents.
- Partner with designers and engineers, advocate for accessibility, and help teams adopt Helix.
What they ask for
- 5+ years designing digital products, including at least two years on a design system used by multiple teams.
- Strong visual design craft across typography, spacing, color, states, and density.
- Technical depth in design systems, including comfort with React and Tailwind and building simpler components.
Pay
$180,000 - $225,000 USD base salary
Tools
React, Tailwind, Figma, Claude Code, Claude Design
AI focus
Work in an AI-first design team using Claude Code and Claude Design for prototyping, and create a design system that supports AI tooling and AI-first workflows.
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