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Senior/Lead Design System Designer

full-time•Warsaw

Summary

Location

Warsaw

Type

full-time

Experience

5-10 years

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About this role

<p><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial LatArm&quot;;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;background:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong>•&nbsp;Tech Level:</strong></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial LatArm&quot;;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:0pt;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;background:rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;Senior/Lead<br></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial LatArm&quot;;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;background:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong>•&nbsp;&nbsp;Language Proficiency</strong></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial LatArm&quot;;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:0pt;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;background:rgb(255, 255, 255);">:&nbsp;Upper-Intermediate<br></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial LatArm&quot;;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;background:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong>•&nbsp;Employment type:</strong></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial LatArm&quot;;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:0pt;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;background:rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;Full time<br></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial LatArm&quot;;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;background:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong>•&nbsp;Candidate Location:</strong></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial LatArm&quot;;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:0pt;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;background:rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;Poland<br></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial LatArm&quot;;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;background:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong>•&nbsp;Working Time Zone:</strong></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial LatArm&quot;;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:0pt;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;background:rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;CET<br></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial LatArm&quot;;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;background:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong>•&nbsp;Start:</strong></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial LatArm&quot;;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:0pt;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;background:rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;ASAP<br></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial LatArm&quot;;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;background:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong>•&nbsp;&nbsp;Planned Work Duration:&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial LatArm&quot;;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:0pt;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;background:rgb(255, 255, 255);">12 months<br><br></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial LatArm&quot;;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;background:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong>Customer Description:</strong></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial LatArm&quot;;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:0pt;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;background:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br>The customer is a regulated digital asset bank operating in Europe.<br>It focuses on providing secure and compliant financial services related to digital assets for institutional and private clients, operating at the intersection of traditional finance and emerging digital technologies.<br><br></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial LatArm&quot;;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;background:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong>Project Description:</strong></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial LatArm&quot;;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:0pt;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;background:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br>The project involves building a unified cross-product e-banking portal with the goal of becoming state-of-the-art across both traditional banking and digital asset platforms.<br>The role focuses on auditing, refining, and scaling an existing design system, ensuring it is robust, extensible, and aligned with long-term product strategy through close collaboration with engineering teams.<br><br></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial LatArm&quot;;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;background:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong>&nbsp;Project Phase:</strong></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial LatArm&quot;;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:0pt;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;background:rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;ongoing<br><br></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial LatArm&quot;;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;background:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong>Project Team:&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial LatArm&quot;;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:0pt;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;background:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br>&nbsp;Design and front-end engineering teams<br><br></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial LatArm&quot;;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;background:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong>&nbsp;Soft Skills:</strong></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial LatArm&quot;;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:0pt;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;background:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br>• Strategic and systems-level thinking<br>• Strong communication and collaboration skills with engineering leadership<br>• Ability to justify design decisions using efficiency, scalability, and maintainability arguments<br><br></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial LatArm&quot;;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;background:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong>Hard Skills / Must Have:</strong></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial LatArm&quot;;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:0pt;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;background:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br>• 2+ years of experience in product design (UI/UX)<br>• 5+ years of hands-on experience building and scaling design systems at an organizational level<br>• Proven experience evolving design systems for products with a large user base<br>• Expert-level proficiency in Figma including components, tokens, variants, auto-layouts, and plugins<br>• Deep understanding of design tokens and component architecture and their connection to code<br>• Experience defining and maintaining typography and color guidelines within a design system<br>• Strong focus on responsive and scalable component design across devices<br>• Experience integrating design systems with front-end frameworks such as Storybook, React, or MUI<br>• Knowledge of WCAG and accessibility standards and their implementation in components<br>• Strong documentation skills for organizing and maintaining component libraries<br><br></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial LatArm&quot;;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;background:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong>Hard Skills / Nice to Have</strong></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial LatArm&quot;;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:0pt;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;background:rgb(255, 255, 255);">:<br>• Experience with multi-brand or cross-platform design systems<br>• Background in regulated digital finance or similar domains<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial LatArm&quot;;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;background:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong>Responsibilities and Tasks:</strong></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial LatArm&quot;;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:0pt;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;background:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br>• Define the architecture and long-term vision of the design system to ensure scalability and efficiency<br>• Develop and maintain visual guidelines including typography, color, spacing, and grids<br>• Build, document, and maintain responsive component libraries based on MUI<br>• Establish processes for system updates, quality control, and adoption across teams<br>• Collaborate closely with UX leadership and front-end engineering teams<br>• Conduct design reviews and promote best practices for system usage<br><br></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial LatArm&quot;;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;background:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong>Technology Stack:</strong></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial LatArm&quot;;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:0pt;font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;background:rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;Figma, Design Systems, MUI, Design Tokens &amp; component architecture, WCAG / accessibility</span><br><br><br><strong>📩 Ready to Join?</strong><br>We look forward to receiving your application and welcoming you to our team!</p>

What you'll do

  • The role involves defining the architecture and long-term vision of the design system to ensure scalability and efficiency. Responsibilities also include developing visual guidelines and maintaining responsive component libraries.

About Bonapolia

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The Senior/Lead Design System Designer position at Bonapolia is based in Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland. Contact the company through Clera for specific work arrangement details.

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