Senior Product Designer (Design Systems)

Careem
Dubai
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)Skills: ["Systems thinking","Accessibility advocacy","Documentation and communication","Stakeholder influence","Complexity management"]

Own and evolve Careem’s design system for a multi-vertical super app, guiding tokens, components, patterns, and documentation from inception to deprecation. Define cross-platform standards (including RTL/Arabic) and champion accessibility with WCAG. Make the system AI-native by enabling agentic design-to-code and prompt-to-design workflows, building integrations (Code Connect, MCP), and prototyping Figma plugins. Drive adoption through enablement, workshops, and feedback synthesis with engineering partners.

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Senior Product Designer (Design Systems)

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Job Summary

Own and evolve Careem’s design system for a multi-vertical super app, guiding tokens, components, patterns, and documentation from inception to deprecation. Define cross-platform standards (including RTL/Arabic) and champion accessibility with WCAG. Make the system AI-native by enabling agentic design-to-code and prompt-to-design workflows, building integrations (Code Connect, MCP), and prototyping Figma plugins. Drive adoption through enablement, workshops, and feedback synthesis with engineering partners.
Location: Dubai
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own the lifecycle of design system tokens, components, and patterns, from inception through shipping, iteration, and deprecation.
  • •Define and enforce standards for color, type, spacing, and interaction across iOS, Android, web, and locales including RTL/Arabic.
  • •Make the system AI-native by structuring tokens/components for agentic design-to-code and prompt-to-design workflows, and maintaining Code Connect mappings, MCP integrations, and metadata.
  • •Implement AI-assisted audits and linting to prevent off-system usage and token misuse before shipping, and keep documentation verified and versioned.
  • •Drive adoption through enablement: articulate value to stakeholders, facilitate design system critiques, and synthesize cross-vertical feedback into prioritized improvements.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceGym MembershipPaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years product design experience, including at least 3 years dedicated to design systems at scale (multi-brand or super-app environments ideally).
  • •Advanced knowledge of variables, token architecture, component APIs, library management, and branching.
  • •Demonstrated experience building real workflows with LLMs and agentic tools (e.g., Figma Plugin API, MCP-based integrations, or prompt design).
  • •Ability to prototype in JavaScript/TypeScript, JSON, and manage design token pipelines.
  • •Excellent English writing and presentation skills.
Experience:Product designDesign systemsMulti-brand environmentsSuper-appAILLMs
Skills:Systems thinkingAccessibility advocacyDocumentation and communicationStakeholder influenceComplexity management
Languages:English
Tech Stack:FigmaFigma Plugin APIMCPCode ConnectLLMsAgentic toolsJavaScriptTypeScriptJSONWCAGIOSAndroidWebPrompt designToken pipelines

Company Brief

Careem
Careem is a Dubai-based super app offering ride-hailing, delivery, payments and other on-demand services across the Middle East, Pakistan and North Africa, connecting consumers with drivers, merchants and service providers.
Industry: Mobility Platforms
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Founded: 2012
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