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UX Designer - Design systems

Canonical
Remote
Full Time
Posted December 1, 2025
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Job Description

A UX Designer in the Design System Team responsible for developing, maintaining, and advocating for a scalable and accessible design system across Canonical's products, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure a cohesive user experience and innovative design solutions.

Key Responsibilities

  • Build and evolve Canonical's design system to ensure adoption, consistency, scalability, and accessibility across products
  • Collaborate with designers, engineers, and stakeholders to translate user needs and brand principles into reusable components, patterns, and guidelines
  • Design and document UI components, design tokens, and interaction patterns
  • Advocate for design system best practices, cohesive user experience, and cross-functional support
  • Ensure timely delivery of the design system roadmap and facilitate alignment on its usage and governance
  • Promote accessibility, performance, and scalability in design system decisions and iterate based on data and technological advancements

Requirements

  • Relevant experience in UX product design, with a strong focus on design systems in complex environments
  • A portfolio demonstrating strong expertise in design systems, including component libraries, documentation, and handling complex environments
  • Exceptional educational achievements in design or related behavioral science discipline
  • 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
  • Excellent attention to detail and systemic approach to solving complex design challenges
  • Commitment to transparent project delivery and owning team deadlines
  • A passion for balancing consistency and innovation
  • Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events

Benefits & Perks

Compensation is based on location, experience, and performance, with annual reviews and more frequent reviews for graduates and associates
Performance-driven annual bonus or commission
Distributed work environment with twice-yearly in-person team sprints
Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
Annual compensation review
Recognition rewards
Annual holiday leave
Maternity and paternity leave
Team Member Assistance Program
Wellness Platform
Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events

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