UX Designer - Design systems

UX Designer - Design systems at Canonical

Canonical is a leading provider of open‑source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our Ubuntu platform is widely used in public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT initiatives. We have more than 1,200 colleagues in 75+ countries and offer a highly remote work environment in the EMEA region.

We are hiring a UX designer for our Design System Team. In this role you will define, evolve, and advocate for a consistent use of the design system that scales across our products. You will work closely with designers, engineers, and stakeholders to translate user needs and brand principles into reusable components, patterns, and guidelines.

• Build and evolve Canonical's design system, ensuring measurable adoption, consistency, scalability, and accessibility across our products.
• Collaborate with designers, engineers, and stakeholders to translate user needs and brand principles into reusable components, patterns, and guidelines.
• Champion design system best practices, advocate for cohesive user experience and design, and provide documentation and support for cross‑functional teams.
• Design and document UI components, design tokens, and interaction patterns.
• Ensure timely and efficient delivery of the roadmap.
• Enable alignment on design system usage and governance across teams.
• Advocate for accessibility, performance, and scalability in design system decisions and iterate based on data and technological advancements.
• Stay ahead of industry trends, ensuring innovation while maintaining system coherence and performance.

• 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 a 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 a 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.

• 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.

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