Senior Design Systems Designer

London, Remote. Posted a month ago

The role

You will own the craft and visual direction of Suitcase, Perk's design system. You will work with engineers, content designers, and product designers to develop components, token architecture, and accessibility standards for web and mobile.

What you will do

Set the direction for Suitcase with design and engineering leadership
Own the visual language, token architecture, and foundations of Suitcase
Work with content design and localisation on content tokens
Design, document, and refine components with complete states and usage guidance
Write component specs for AI prototyping tools
Bring components to WCAG 2.2 AA standards
Define adoption, component health, accessibility, and Figma-to-code parity measures
Run the contribution governance model
Champion Suitcase and coach designers and engineers on using and contributing to the system

Required qualifications

Strong product design experience, including designing and scaling design systems for web and mobile
Deep grasp of typography, colour, layout, motion, and micro-interactions
Experience designing and maintaining token systems including naming, theming, documentation, and Figma-to-code workflows
Working knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript
Practical experience designing components for WCAG 2.2 AA standards
Experience prototyping with AI tools and with Storybook, Code Connect and MCP tooling
Ability to build adoption by persuasion
Ability to make trade-off decisions and defend them
Experience using customer insight from research, support and sales as well as team data
Ability to shape roadmap, sequencing and scope and push back
Experience integrating or consolidating design systems
Familiarity with content and localisation considerations in components

Benefits

Relocation help available for certain roles

Before you apply

Must be based within commuting distance of hubs
Submit resume in English
Submit an updated portfolio and/or resume

About the company

Perk is an intelligent platform for travel and spend management. It is a global company of more than 1,800 people with headquarters in London and Boston.