Staff Product Designer, Design Systems
Summary
Staff Product Designer at Airwallex in Melbourne who owns and evolves the company's design system: auditing UX patterns, defining reusable components in Figma, writing usage guidelines, and partnering with developers to implement and quality-check components while driving adoption across product teams.
About Airwallex
Airwallex is the AI-native financial operating system for a real-time, intelligent economy. More than 675,000 businesses, including McLaren Racing, Qantas, SHEIN, and TikTok, use us, directly or through our platform partners, to run their financial operations or build and monetize financial products of their own.
We started in Melbourne in 2015 to build the infrastructure global commerce runs on. We're the regulated backbone behind global payments: not by accident, but by design. A decade plus, 85+ licenses, and a financial infrastructure spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.
We're co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore, with more than 2,300 people across 27 offices. We hire builders with founder-level energy, people who move fast with good judgment, dig in with real curiosity, and make calls from first principles rather than waiting to be told what to do. Read our operating principles to see it in full.
Responsibilities:
Conduct audits to gather use cases and UX patterns across our digital products, create reusable component and pattern definitions that can support a diverse range of use cases.
Identify inconsistencies in existing component usage and design, and deviations from the existing design system
Work collaboratively with teams to ensure alignment and adoption of a consistent set of components and patterns
Work collaboratively with developers to implement and quality check components
Crafting component and pattern usage guidelines
Enforce processes to guide the appropriate usage and upkeep of the design system
Champion the value and advantages of the design system to internal stakeholders, advocating for its adoption within our organization, and demonstrating its positive impact on user experience and efficiency.
Continuously enhance and adapt the design system based on user feedback, industry best practices, and emerging design trends.
Qualifications:
7+ years as a designer, with preferably 2+ years of experience maintaining a design system
A portfolio that demonstrates a deep understanding of product design, craftsmanship, and innovative solutions from conception to launch
Strong UI design skills with proficiency in Figma
Content strategy, HTML/CSS knowledge is a bonus
Excellent methodical and critical thinking skills
Applicant Safety Policy: Fraud and Third-Party Recruiters
To protect you from recruitment scams, please be aware that Airwallex will not ask for bank details, sensitive ID numbers (i.e. passport), or any form of payment during the application or interview process. All official communication will come from an @ email address. Please apply only through or our official LinkedIn page.
Airwallex does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Airwallex will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to specific open position(s). Search firms/recruiters submitting resumes to Airwallex on an unsolicited basis shall be deemed to accept this condition, regardless of any other provision to the contrary.
Equal opportunity
Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We don’t regard color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status when making our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
Skills
As published by ashby · 16 questions · 1 written answer
Basics
Full Name, Email, Location, Resume
Short answers (10)
- First Name
- Middle Name optional
- Last Name / Surname
- Phone
- Portfolio
- Linkedin Link optional
- Salary Expectations
- What is your notice period?
- If Yes, please state their name here optional
- How did you first hear about Airwallex?
Pick from a list (5)
- Do you have any relatives currently working for Airwallex?
- Are you legally entitled to work in Australia?
- If you answered Yes, please indicate the basis of your working rights optional
- If you answered No, will you require employer sponsorship now or in the future to work in Australia? optional
- We encourage you to use AI tools to help research, prepare, or refine your application materials. However, we ask that you do not use AI tools during live, real-time interviews unless you've been explicitly told otherwise. Our goal during live conversations is to get a true sense of how you think on your feet, solve problems, and express yourself authentically in the moment. Please indicate your understanding and agreement to refrain from using AI during live interviews by selecting ‘Yes’ below.
Written answers (1)
- If you hold a visa, please specify the type of visa and any conditions optional