Why Harvey

At Harvey were transforming how legal and professional services operate not incrementally but end-to-end. By combining frontier agentic AI an enterprise-grade platform and deep domain expertise were reshaping how critical knowledge work gets done for decades to come.

This is a rare chance to help build a generational company at a true inflection point. With 1000 customers in 58 countries strong product-market fit and world-class investor support were scaling fast and defining a new category in real time. The work is ambitious the bar is high and the opportunity for growth personal professional and financial is unmatched.

Our team is sharp motivated and deeply committed to the mission. We move fast operate with intensity and take real ownership of the problems we tackle from early thinking to long-term outcomes. We stay close to our customers from leadership to engineers and work together to solve real problems with urgency and care. If you thrive in ambiguity push for excellence and want to help shape the future of work alongside others who raise the bar we invite you to build with us.

At Harvey the future of professional services is being written today and were just getting started.

Role Overview

As a Staff Design Systems Designer you will define the foundations that make Harveys product coherent scalable and trustworthy as it grows in complexity. The design system is not just a library of componentsit is the shared language between design engineering and AI that ensures consistency quality and confidence across every interaction.

In this role you will operate as both a systems thinker and hands-on builder. Working in close partnership with frontend and platform engineering you will design ship and evolve the components patterns and tokens that power the product. Your work will directly shape how quickly teams can build how reliably the product behaves and how confidently users interact with AI-driven workflows.

What youll do

• Define and evolve the core design system foundations including components patterns and tokens that scale across complex AI-powered experiences

• Design prototype and ship production-ready system components in tight collaboration with frontend engineering

• Partner directly with frontend and platform engineers to ensure system decisions translate cleanly into code with shared ownership of quality performance and maintainability

• Establish clear contribution governance and deprecation models that balance velocity with system integrity

• Embed accessibility responsiveness and performance into the system by default

• Document system usage and best practices in a way that is clear practical and trusted by product teams

• Advocate for system adoption and consistency in product planning design reviews and execution

• Anticipate future product and platform needs evolving the system proactively as Harvey scales

What you have

• 8 years of experience in product design with significant ownership of design systems in complex product environments

• An excelelnt portfolio demonstrating system-level thinking component design and real product impact

• Deep understanding of component architecture design tokens and how design systems scale across teams

• Proven experience partnering closely with frontend engineers to ship high-quality production systems

• Strong working knowledge of accessibility standards and inclusive design practices

• Ability to clearly articulate system decisions and tradeoffs to designers engineers and cross-functional partners

• Comfort operating in ambiguous problem spaces and bringing structure where it doesnt yet exist

Why design systems matter at Harvey

Harvey is an AI-native product. As the system reasons responds and adapts in real time the interface must remain consistent and legible. A strong design system ensures that complexity does not leak into the experience. It enables teams to move faster reduces cognitive load for users and builds trust in moments where clarity matters most.

Compensation

$192000 - $259500 USD

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