Senior Product Designer, Design Systems

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About the role

  • Senior Product Designer at Wealthsimple crafting and evolving design systems for seamless user experiences across mobile and web platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Help define, evolve, and maintain Wealthsimple’s visual language and component library, including typography, color, iconography, and UI patterns.
  • Design and refine reusable components, tokens, and interaction patterns that enable teams to build consistent, high-quality experiences across web and mobile.
  • Improve the contribution model so teams can effectively propose, build, and scale new components from real product use cases.
  • Develop clear documentation, guidelines, and tooling that help teams adopt and use the design system with confidence.
  • Champion accessibility, usability, and design quality across the system.
  • Partner closely with the Brand team to ensure alignment between Wealthsimple’s brand expression and product experience.
  • Support and guide product teams using the system through reviews, feedback, and collaborative problem solving.
  • Proactively identify opportunities to improve the system and drive improvements with a strong bias toward action.
  • Act as an advocate for systems thinking and consistency across the design organization.

Requirements

  • Strong visual design and product thinking with exceptional attention to detail.
  • Experience designing and maintaining design systems, component libraries, or UI frameworks at scale.
  • Deep understanding of interaction design, layout systems, typography, and visual hierarchy.
  • Experience designing for both mobile and web platforms.
  • Familiarity with accessibility standards and inclusive design practices.
  • Experience collaborating closely with product management and engineering partners.
  • Ability to balance system scalability with real product needs, making thoughtful tradeoffs when required.
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to clearly articulate design decisions.

Benefits

  • Top-tier health benefits and life insurance
  • Long-term group savings with employer match, through Wealthsimple for Business
  • 20 vacation days, 4 wellness days, and unlimited sick and mental health days per year
  • 90 days away: work outside Canada for up to 90 days per year
  • Employee resource groups, including Rainbow (2SLGBTQ), Women of WS, and Black at WS

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

CA$151,200 - CA$189,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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