design
Posted May 19Staff Product Designer, Design Systems
at BetterUp
Austin, United StatesRemote
Requirements
- This role sits at the intersection of craft, systems thinking, and AI-powered design—ensuring our product experiences are consistent, accessible, and built for velocity.
- You’ll define how our design system leverages AI for implementation, adoption, and continuous improvement, positioning BetterUp at the forefront of AI-augmented product design.
- What You'll Do - Own the end-to-end strategy, architecture, and evolution of BetterUp’s design system, ensuring it scales across web and mobile product surfaces - Define and drive AI-powered workflows for design system implementation—including AI-assisted component generation, code translation, and automated quality checks - Establish and maintain a comprehensive component library with clear documentation, usage guidelines, and contribution standards that enable product teams to move faster - Partner
- experience integrating AI tools into design and development workflows (e.g., AI-assisted prototyping, generative design, automated component generation) - Expert-level proficiency with Figma (including Figma Variables, Auto Layout, and component architecture), with
- experience evaluating and adopting emerging AI-powered design tools - Strong understanding of front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, React or similar frameworks) and how design systems bridge design and engineering - Track record of leading cross-functional initiatives that span multiple teams and disciplines - Exceptional communication skills with the ability to influence VP-level leaders and gain buy-in for strategic design system investments - Portfolio demonstrating systems-level thinking, craft
- Experience building AI-native design system tooling or contributing to open-source design systems - Background in accessibility standards (WCAG) and inclusive design practices baked into system-level components -
- Experience with design-to-code automation tools and workflows - Familiarity with coaching, HR tech, or enterprise SaaS product domains - External thought leadership through speaking, writing, or open-source contributions in the design systems space AI at BetterUp Our team thrives at the intersection of human expertise and AI capability.
- As an AI-forward company, adaptation and continuous learning are part of our daily work.
- We're looking for teammates who are excited to evolve alongside technology – people who experiment boldly, share their discoveries openly, and help define best practices for AI-augmented work.
- These professionals thoughtfully integrate AI into their work to deliver exceptional results while maintaining the human judgment and creativity that drives real innovation.
- During our interview process, you’ll have opportunities to showcase how you harness AI to learn, iterate, and amplify your impact.
- As a Staff Product Designer, you’ll: - See around corners, spotting shifts in AI technology, market dynamics, or customer needs before they land.
- Bring forward data-backed proposals that reimagine how design work gets done, then mobilize multiple functions to pilot, measure, and scale the highest-impact AI solutions—retiring legacy processes once evidence is clear.
- We encourage all candidates to share examples of how they’ve used AI tools in their work—whether Figma plugins, generative design tools, or AI-powered user research analysis.
Experience
- Join us and we promise you the most intense and fulfilling years of your career, doing life-changing work in a fun, inventive, soulful culture.
- - 7+ years of product design experience, with at least 3 years focused on design systems at scale - Deep expertise in building and scaling design systems across web and mobile platforms, including token architectures, component APIs, and documentation frameworks - Demonstrated
Benefits
- And when you get an offer from us (and accept it), you get way more than a paycheck.
- - Anticipate industry-shifting AI capabilities in design tooling and position BetterUp to leverage them ahead of competitors - Drive technical vision for how AI will reshape design system capabilities and product development practices over 3–5 year horizons - Build AI research and experimentation programs within design that discover breakthrough applications before they become industry standard.
Additional details
- Let’s face it, a company whose mission is human transformation better have some fresh thinking about the employer/employee relationship. We do.
- We can’t cram it all in here, but you’ll start noticing it from the first interview.
- You get a personal BetterUp Coach, a development plan, a trained and coached manager, the most amazing team you’ve ever met (yes, each with their own personal BetterUp Coach), and most importantly, work that matters.
- This makes for a remarkably focused and fulfilling work experience.
- But for people with fire in their belly, it’s a game-changing, career-defining, soul-lifting move.
- If that sounds exciting—and the job description below feels like a fit—we really should start talking. About the Team &
- Your Impact BetterUp is looking for a Staff Product Designer, Design Systems to own, evolve, and scale our design system across web and mobile platforms.
- Benefits: At BetterUp, we are committed to living out our mission every day and that starts with providing