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Rippling

Product Design Lead, Design Systems

New York, NY · On-site

$174K - $290K/yr

About the role The Rippling Design System team is responsible for ensuring every product at Rippling has a high-quality and cohesive user experience. Design Systems does this by developing the high ...

Ambrook

Design Systems Engineer

New York, NY · On-site +1

$115K - $280K/yr

The opportunity You'll own the design system at Ambrook, from the components down to the frontend infrastructure underneath them. You're an engineer first: you write clean, fast TypeScript and React ...

PermitFlow

Design Systems Engineer

New York, NY · Remote

$190K - $250K/yr

Role Overview As a Design System Engineer, you'll be the technical steward of the component library that every product engineer at PermitFlow builds on top of. You'll work at the intersection of ...

PermitFlow

Design Systems Engineer

New York, NY · On-site

$190K - $250K/yr

Role Overview As a Design System Engineer, you'll be the technical steward of the component library that every product engineer at PermitFlow builds on top of. You'll work at the intersection of ...

Perplexity

Design Systems Lead

New York, NY · On-site +1

$220K - $280K/yr

You'll bootstrap an intuitive semantic token system that supports design and product teams across multiple platforms and frameworks - the foundation that keeps Perplexity's product coherent as we ...

Imprint

Design Systems Lead

New York, NY · On-site

$190K - $250K/yr

Evolve the design system beyond traditional Figma libraries and Storybook documentation toward machine-readable, AI-consumable foundations that connect design tooling, code generation, and AI ...

Altana

Head of Product Design

New York, NY · On-site

$169K - $208K/yr

You will create a consistent, agent-first design system for handling a wide array of information-dense, complex workflows across governments, logistics providers, importers, and their suppliers ...

Altana

Head of Product Design

New York, NY · On-site

$169K - $208K/yr

You will create a consistent, agent-first design system for handling a wide array of information-dense, complex workflows across governments, logistics providers, importers, and their suppliers ...

Canary Technologies Corp

Head of Design

New York, NY · On-site

$250K - $290K/yr

Most design system roles are about consistency for humans. This one is about building the design language that AI agents obey. You're not just making a dashboard pretty - you're defining the rules of ...

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How much do design system jobs pay per year?

As of Aug 5, 2026, the average yearly pay for design system in Commack, NY is $122,805.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $103,600.00 and $141,900.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What does a design system do?

A professional in a Design System role typically spends their days creating and maintaining design components, documenting usage guidelines, and collaborating closely with designers and developers to ensure consistency across products. They may facilitate design critiques, conduct audits of existing interfaces, and advocate for best practices in design and code implementation. Regular communication with product, engineering, and accessibility teams is common to address evolving needs and ensure that the system remains scalable and effective. This collaborative and detail-oriented work is essential for supporting efficient product development and delivering a unified user experience.

What is a design system?

A Design System job involves creating and maintaining a structured set of design guidelines, reusable components, and coding standards to ensure consistency across digital products. Professionals in this role collaborate with designers, developers, and product teams to build scalable UI frameworks that enhance efficiency and usability. Their responsibilities may include defining design tokens, documenting best practices, and ensuring seamless integration of the system into various projects.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive in the design system position, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Design System Specialist, you should have a strong background in user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) design, knowledge of component-driven development, and experience with front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Familiarity with design tools like Figma, Adobe XD, as well as version control systems and documentation platforms is highly valuable. Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills are essential for working effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders. These abilities help ensure consistency, scalability, and usability across digital products, which are critical for a cohesive brand and efficient development workflows.

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Product Design Lead, Design Systems

Rippling

New York, NY • On-site

$174K - $290K/yr

Full-time

Re-posted 15 days ago

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Company rating: 8.9 out of 10

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Job description

About Rippling
Rippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT, and Finance. It brings together all of the workforce systems that are normally scattered across a company, like payroll, expenses, benefits, and computers. For the first time ever, you can manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle in a single system.
Take onboarding, for example. With Rippling, you can hire a new employee anywhere in the world and set up their payroll, corporate card, computer, benefits, and even third-party apps like Slack and Microsoft 365-all within 90 seconds.
Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.4B+ from the world's top investors-including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock-and was named one of America's best startup employers by Forbes.
We prioritize candidate safety. Please be aware that all official communication will only be sent from @Rippling.com addresses.
About the role
The Rippling Design System team is responsible for ensuring every product at Rippling has a high-quality and cohesive user experience. Design Systems does this by developing the high-quality building blocks and UX patterns used by over 40 product teams. The Design Systems team also builds advanced AI tooling to ensure designers and product teams can build advanced prototypes and production-ready code based on our design system. Because Design Systems is at the heart of the Rippling Platform, this is one of the highest-impact positions at Rippling.
As a Lead Designer on the Design Systems team, you'll execute on high-impact projects like advanced patterns and new, AI-first user experiences. You'll work with many teams across Rippling to drive key, platform-wide projects and design components that will be adopted into the Rippling platform, becoming exceptional experiences for Rippling's end users. You will be working closely with the Frontend Platform team to help build and manage our global design language and library of components. Your work will enable all the teams at Rippling to move quickly and at scale, while maintaining our exceptionally high quality bar.
What you will do
  • Lead efforts to simplify a wide range of complex workflows by developing easy-to-use, highly repeatable UX patterns and components.
  • Help define AI-based design systems to accelerate the work of our design team.
  • Become an authority on Rippling's design language, setting standards for our design system and how systems thinking is embedded within Rippling's design practice.
  • Provide regular design feedback to other designers and engineers on implementing and contributing to our design system, and solicit feedback from them to ensure we're addressing product needs.
  • Effectively manage your time and process to meet team deadlines.
  • Create and validate designs through sketches, prototypes, and testing.
  • Work with Engineering to ensure high-quality implementation and user experience.
  • Create high-fidelity visuals and specifications for your final design solutions.

What you will need
  • 6+ years of experience as a design systems or product designer
  • Experience defining and expanding design systems, components and patterns
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
  • An outstanding portfolio showcasing a depth of knowledge in user experience, interaction, and visual/user interface design.
  • Experience partnering with Product Managers, Engineers, and Product Designers to execute on component deliverables.
  • Experience with prototyping as a means to explore and convey design solutions.
  • Experience using or building AI tools is a plus

Even if you don't meet all of the requirements listed here, we still encourage you to apply. Skills can be used in lots of different ways and your life and professional experience may be relevant beyond what a list of requirements will capture.
Additional Information
Rippling is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected characteristics, Rippling is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process. To request a reasonable accommodation, please email accommodations@rippling.com.
Rippling highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. For office-based employees (employees who live within a defined radius of a Rippling office), Rippling considers working in the office, at least three days a week under current policy, to be an essential function of the employee's role.
This role will receive a competitive salary + benefits + equity. The salary for US-based employees will be aligned with one of the ranges below based on location; see which tier applies to your location here.
A variety of factors are considered when determining someone's compensation-including a candidate's professional background, experience, and location. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed below.
The pay range for this role is:
174,000 - 290,000 USD per year (US Tier 1)
156,600 - 261,000 USD per year (US Tier 2)
147,900 - 246,500 USD per year (US Tier 3)

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