Staff Product Designer, Design Systems

Ovii's Interpretation of the Role

As a Staff Product Designer on the Design System team, you will define the vision, strategy, and governance of Hinge Health’s design system, ensuring cohesive experiences across all product surfaces while partnering closely with engineering.

Role Snapshot

• Lead design system vision & roadmap
• Define components, patterns, tokens, and interaction standards
• Partner with engineering on implementation and tooling
• Establish governance, contribution models, and review processes
• Mentor designers and raise overall design quality
• Drive cross‑team consistency and adoption

Must-Have Requirements

• 2+ years product design with design system ownership
• Portfolio showcasing design system work
• Strong communication and stakeholder influence
• Mentoring experience
• Fluency with tokens, component architecture, variants, and Figma systems
• Experience with Claude Code or other agentic coding tools
• Collaboration with platform engineers on implementation
• product design
• design system ownership

Work Setup

• Location: San Francisco, USA
• Work mode: HYBRID
• Employment type: Full-Time

Application Requirements

• Portfolio required

Not Specified in JD

• Salary range
• Visa sponsorship
• Remote eligibility details
• Travel requirements
• Security clearance

What You'll Likely Work On

• Set the vision, strategy, and roadmap for the company‑wide design system
• Create and evolve core components, patterns, tokens, and interaction standards
• Ensure the system works across product UI, agent flows, enterprise templates, and integrated systems
• Collaborate with platform engineers on architecture, trade‑offs, and code‑level decisions
• Shape tooling such as Storybook and contribution workflows to make the system easy to use
• Run office‑hours and design reviews with feature teams, establishing clear contribution and decision frameworks
• Act as the design system domain owner, documenting principles, patterns, and rationales
• Identify inconsistencies and fragmentation, driving systematic improvements while balancing speed and craft

Good Fit If You Have

• Experience with AI‑assisted design tools (Claude Code, MCPs)
• Strong opinions on system governance and adoption strategies
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and align cross‑functional teams
• Track record of mentoring designers and elevating design quality