UX Designer - Design systems

On-site

Responsibilities

Building and evolving Canonical’s design system, ensuring measurable adoption, consistency, scalability and accessibility across our products
experience and design, providing documentation and support for cross-functional teams

Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT.
experience of the software and infrastructure we build is true to our intentions, and delivers the tools our community and customers need.
experience in UX/product design, with a strong focus on design systems in complex environments
Expertise in Figma, Storybook and design token workflows •
Experience of collaborating with engineers and bridging design and code
Proven ability to apply design process and clearly communicate and document design decisions
As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open-source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud, we are changing the world of software.

We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide.
We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognize outstanding performance.
In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission.
Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
Annual compensation review Recognition rewards
Annual holiday leave
Maternity and paternity leave

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets.
Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors.
The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office based roles.
Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.
The company is founder led, profitable and growing.
We are hiring a UX designer for our Design System Team.
You will play a key role making open source software available to the world. Our Design function ensures the
This role sits in the design system team reporting to Design Systems Management
Location: This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region. The role entails
Collaborating with designers, engineers and stakeholders to translate user needs and brand principles into reusable components, patterns and guidelines