Staff Designer
Staff Designer
Team: Design
Location: Canada
Commitment: Full-time
Workplace Type: remote
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Staff Designer based in Canada.
This role offers the opportunity to shape the future of a growing digital product by creating scalable design foundations that impact every customer interaction.
You will own the evolution of a comprehensive design system, partnering closely with product and engineering teams to deliver consistent, accessible, and high-quality experiences.
The position combines strategic design leadership, hands-on execution, and mentorship within a remote-first product organization.
You will influence how teams collaborate, improve design processes, and connect user experience decisions with measurable business outcomes.
This is an ideal opportunity for a systems-minded designer who enjoys solving complex problems and building frameworks that scale.
You will play a key role in improving product quality while helping a multidisciplinary team move faster with greater alignment.
Accountabilities:
- Own the design system lifecycle, including components, design tokens, patterns, documentation, governance, and ongoing improvements.
- Partner closely with engineering teams to ensure design concepts are accurately implemented and maintained across the product.
- Contribute directly to front-end implementation by working with production-ready HTML, CSS, and React to reduce gaps between design and delivery.
- Establish and maintain quality standards for interaction design, accessibility, usability, and visual consistency.
- Conduct systematic product audits to identify inconsistencies, usability issues, and opportunities for improvement.
- Develop tools, processes, and frameworks that help teams maintain design quality at scale.
- Mentor designers through structured feedback, coaching, and guidance to strengthen design practices across the organization.
- Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to create shared processes and improve cross-functional efficiency.
- Connect design decisions to measurable business outcomes such as activation, adoption, retention, and revenue growth.
- Support experimentation initiatives by designing, iterating, and optimizing experiences based on user insights and performance data.
- 7+ years of professional product design experience, including significant experience in growth, experimentation, or outcome-driven product environments.
- Proven track record of designing, testing, and shipping experiences that improved measurable business or user outcomes.
- Extensive experience building and governing design systems, including component architecture, design tokens, patterns, and documentation.
- Strong understanding of scalable design principles and how individual design decisions influence broader product ecosystems.
- Ability to read and write production-level HTML, CSS, and React, with confidence working closely with engineering teams.
- Experience translating user needs, business objectives, and technical constraints into effective design solutions.
- Strong collaboration skills with product managers, engineers, and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain design decisions clearly and build alignment across teams.
- Experience mentoring designers and providing actionable feedback that improves team capabilities.
- Strong understanding of accessibility, interaction design, and modern product design practices.
- Competitive compensation package:
- Base salary range of CA$140K – CA$196K.
- Additional commission opportunities and bonus eligibility.
- Fully remote work environment across Canada and the U.S.
- Flexible time-off program with up to 6 weeks of vacation.
- Medical, vision, and dental benefits from the first day of employment.
- Enhanced mental health coverage and wellness support.
- Inclusive parental leave benefits.
- Earned wage access and employee financial wellness programs.
- Access to real-time salary market data and professional growth opportunities.
- Supportive culture focused on learning, collaboration, and innovation.
As a Staff Designer, you will lead the strategy, development, and governance of the design system while helping teams deliver exceptional product experiences. You will act as a bridge between design and engineering, ensuring that product decisions are scalable, consistent, and aligned with customer and business needs.
Requirements:
The ideal candidate is an experienced product designer with strong systems thinking, technical understanding, and a proven ability to create impactful user experiences at scale. You should be comfortable balancing strategic vision with hands-on execution and collaborating across multiple disciplines.