UX Designer - Design systems
Canonical is seeking a UX Designer to join its Design System Team, focusing on developing and maintaining a cohesive design system across the company's products. This role is integral to ensuring a consistent and accessible user experience, aligning with Canonical's mission to deliver open-source software solutions globally.
The UX Designer will be responsible for building and evolving Canonical's design system, ensuring its adoption, consistency, scalability, and accessibility. Key tasks include collaborating with designers, engineers, and stakeholders to translate user needs and brand principles into reusable components, patterns, and guidelines. The role also involves designing and documenting UI components, design tokens, and interaction patterns, as well as advocating for design system best practices and providing support for cross-functional teams.
Candidates should have relevant experience in UX/product design, with a strong focus on design systems in complex environments. A portfolio demonstrating expertise in design systems, including component libraries and documentation, is essential. Proficiency in Figma, Storybook, and design token workflows is required, along with experience collaborating with engineers to bridge design and code. Strong attention to detail, a systemic approach to solving complex design challenges, and a commitment to transparent project delivery are also important.
Canonical offers a distributed work environment with twice-yearly in-person team sprints, a personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year, annual compensation reviews, recognition rewards, and generous holiday leave. Additional benefits include maternity and paternity leave, a Team Member Assistance Program, and opportunities to travel to new locations to meet colleagues.
Joining Canonical means becoming part of a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the publisher of Ubuntu, Canonical is changing the world of software and offers a unique opportunity to work in a globally distributed team, challenging you to think differently, work smarter, and learn new skills.