Systems Designer, Design Foundations

Netflix
Panama
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 260,000 - 400,000 annuallyFunction: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)Experience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Problem-solving","Collaboration","Mentorship","Accessibility focus","Navigating ambiguity"]

Anchor Netflix’s Hawkins Core design system, ensuring it’s precise, scalable, and legible for product teams and AI agents. Maintain and extend Core by shaping what belongs, codifying visual and motion standards into reusable tokens, and governing documentation, interaction patterns, accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA), and naming conventions. Partner with engineering and domain system designers to align taxonomy between design and code, coordinate major releases, and streamline contribution workflows across Figma and codebases.

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Systems Designer, Design Foundations

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Job Summary

Anchor Netflix’s Hawkins Core design system, ensuring it’s precise, scalable, and legible for product teams and AI agents. Maintain and extend Core by shaping what belongs, codifying visual and motion standards into reusable tokens, and governing documentation, interaction patterns, accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA), and naming conventions. Partner with engineering and domain system designers to align taxonomy between design and code, coordinate major releases, and streamline contribution workflows across Figma and codebases.
Location: Panama
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Maintain the Hawkins Core layer and integrate system context/components into prototyping tools.
  • •Partner with engineering to normalize taxonomy and capabilities between design and code while balancing system-wide standards and constraints.
  • •Codify visual and motion standards into reusable tokens and shared motion principles for domains to build and adapt experiences.
  • •Coordinate major releases across product domains with XD, PM, and Engineering stakeholders to align on Core direction and system health.
  • •Govern documentation, interaction patterns, accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA), and naming conventions; streamline contribution workflows and audit adoption across Figma and codebases.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 260,000 - 400,000 annually
Perks:Health Insurance401kEquityPaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of experience as a System Designer, plus prior product designer experience.
  • •AI fluency for system tasks like research, audits, component generation, and code contribution with engineering partners.
  • •Expert in Figma, including creating and evolving design libraries and related workflows (e.g., Storybook, design tokens).
  • •Experience designing for game, social, or entertainment apps with strong understanding of platform constraints and capabilities.
  • •Track record governing and contributing to design systems by defining standards, delivering scalable solutions, and driving adoption.
Experience:5+ yearsDesign systems
Skills:Problem-solvingCollaborationMentorshipAccessibility focusNavigating ambiguity
Tech Stack:FigmaStorybookDesign tokensWCAG 2.2 AA

Company Brief

Netflix
Global subscription streaming service that produces and distributes movies, TV series, and games across multiple devices, operating worldwide with extensive original content and localized offerings.
Industry: Streaming Platforms
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Los Gatos, United States
Founded: 1997
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