UX Designer - Design systems

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Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in enterprise initiatives across public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include 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 in making open source software available to the world. Our Design function ensures the experience of the software and infrastructure we build is true to our intentions and delivers the tools our community and customers need. The Design System UX designer defines, evolves and advocates for a consistent use of design systems that scale across our products. This role sits in the design system team reporting to Design Systems Management. Location : remote in the EMEA region.

Responsibilities

Building and evolving Canonical's design system, ensuring measurable adoption, consistency, scalability and accessibility across our products

Collaborating with designers, engineers and stakeholders to translate user needs and brand principles into reusable components, patterns and guidelines

Championing design system best practices, advocating for cohesive user experience and design, providing documentation and support for cross-functional teams

Designing and documenting UI components, design tokens and interaction patterns

Ensuring timely and efficient delivery of the roadmap

Enabling alignment on design system usage and governance across teams

Advocating for accessibility, performance, and scalability in design system decisions and iterating based on data and technological advancements

Staying ahead of industry trends, ensuring innovation while balancing system coherence and performance

What we are looking for

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

Excellent educational achievements in design or related behavioral science discipline

Expertise in Figma, Storybook and design token workflows

Experience 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

What we offer

Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person

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

About Canonical Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. 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 recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence; to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since our inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Design, Art / Creative, and Information Technology

Industries

Software Development

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