Senior Design System Specialist
Senior Design System Specialist
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Job Description
Company Description
Farther is a rapidly growing RIA that combines expert advisors with cutting-edge technology - delivering a comprehensive tailored wealth management experience.
Farthers founders are leaders and innovators from the private wealth industry who possess a unique blend of traditional wealth management fintech and technology production backed by top-tier venture capital firms fintech investors and industry leaders.
Joining Farther means joining a collaborative team of entrepreneurs who are passionate about helping their clients and our teammates achieve more. If youre the type who breaks through walls to get things done the right way we want to build the future of wealth management with you.
The Role
Were seeking a Design System Specialist to rebuild and lead Farthers design system from the ground up. This high-impact role will drive scale speed and visual quality connecting design engineering and brand through both strategy and execution.
As the owner of our design system youll work at the intersection of design craft and technical implementation ensuring our rapidly growing platform maintains consistency while enabling teams to move fast. Youll partner closely with product designers engineers and brand teams to create the foundation that powers exceptional user experiences across our wealth management platform.
Your Impact
- Ensure consistency accessibility and efficiency across the platform as the design system owner
- Audit existing assets and build a scalable component library to enable faster more cohesive product experiences
- Rebuild and maintain a modern responsive and accessible design system
- Create reusable components design tokens and detailed usage documentation
- Define governance processes for adoption enhancements and deprecations
- Collaborate across design engineering and brand to ensure alignment
- Raise the bar on visual design and usability across our platform
- Operate as the PM designer and engineering partner for the design system
- Align the system with our visual identity and product experience goals
- Implement scalable processes for growth enhancement and maintenance
- Translate brand and product needs into thoughtful reusable UI patterns
- Own both craft and operations with a proactive action-oriented mindset
The Ideal Match
- Systems thinker Figma power user and strong visual designer with engineering fluency
- Built or scaled design systems before ideally in fast-paced high-growth environments
- Know how to balance speed with thoughtful structure
- 5 years in UI/UX or Product Design with at least 3 years in design systems
- Expert-level Figma skills
- Proven experience building and scaling systems in startups or high-growth teams
- Fluency in accessibility responsive design and front-end fundamentals
- Strong collaboration communication and documentation skills
- A growth mindset and a passion for scalable sustainable design infrastructure
Bonus Points
- Experience in fintech or other regulated industries
- Familiarity with tools like Storybook
- Background in branding motion design or front-end development
- Interest in AI tools automation or improving design ops
- Enthusiasm for leading system education and adoption within a design org
Why Join Us
- Everything you need to build the perfect dev station from hardware to software
- Learn & grow through book clubs seminars and peer learning sessions
- Full health benefits 401(k) matching & Roth IRA options
- Unlimited PTO
- An amazing collaborative atmosphere between product design and engineering to solve hard problems together
Want to learn more about building the future of wealth tech at Farther Visit to discover more about our engineering teams tech stack culture interview process and perks & benefits.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
