The team
The Design Systems team at SoFi plays a critical role in shaping cohesive scalable and delightful product experiences across our financial ecosystem. As a recently established agile team we build and maintain Pacificour foundational design system comprising components guidelines patterns and tooling. Pacific empowers product teams to efficiently design and develop intuitive accessible experiences accelerating innovation across SoFis mobile and web platforms.
The role
SoFi is seeking a Product Designer to join the Design Systems team. In this role youll contribute directly to the evolution and expansion of Pacific ensuring seamless integration and consistency across our entire product suite. Youll collaborate closely with engineers researchers and fellow designers to craft intuitive scalable design components and experiences. Your work will empower product teams across SoFi helping deliver cohesive and delightful financial products to our members.
SoFi has achieved significant growth and has ambitious plans ahead. To sustain this trajectory we need exceptional talentand that begins with you.
Responsibilities:
- Design and refine scalable components patterns and design system documentation for Pacific across mobile and web platforms.
- Collaborate closely with engineering and research partners to identify and fulfill design system needs and enhancements.
- Design components and patterns with UX/UI best practices in mind.
- Use design tools effectively to express ideas through concepts prototypes and highfidelity specifications when necessary.
- Clearly communicate your design intent through documentation presentations and collaborative discussions.
- Advocate and facilitate the adoption of the Pacific design system ensuring consistency and scalability throughout SoFis products.
- Attend and participate in Pacific Office Hours sessions to help guide designers on the SoFi team through using the design system.
- Support the broader design organization by addressing incoming Pacific requests including new icons component enhancements documentation updates and general guidance around design system usage.
- Support ongoing maintenance and continuous improvement of the design system proactively identifying opportunities for innovation.
Required Experience
- 3 years of experience working in product design UX or equivalent education in a related field.
- Proficient in Figma with familiarity in other tools in the Adobe Creative Suite.
- Foundational knowledge or experience in visual design best practicesyou understand the basics of what makes design effective and are eager to keep improving.
- A sharp eye for detailyou recognize that small design choices have a big impact.
- Strong product intuition combined with a clear design perspective.
- Knowledge of mobile (iOS Android) and responsive web best practices.
- Ability to synthesize user research and analytics data into effective usercentered design solutions.
- Collaborative mindset with demonstrated experience working effectively across crossfunctional teams (engineering research and marketing).
- Excellent communication and presentation skills clearly articulating design concepts rationales and advocating for user needs.
- Portfolio URL or PDF demonstrating examples of mobile or responsive web product design.
Bonus Experience
- Previous experience working closely on a design systems team.
- Knowledge and proficiency in motion design and familiarity with tools like Rive Lottie or other industrystandard motion tools.
- Experience with iconography design including how to create cohesive icon families choose appropriate sizes and ensure accurate export for product use.
- Experience working on financial or fintech products.