Sr. Designer, Design System
What you’ll do: NinjaTrader’s growing Design organization is seeking an experienced, highly skilled, and collaborative Senior Design System Designer. Working closely with our Design Systems Lead, you’ll help evolve and scale our design system while enabling designers and engineers to build high-quality, consistent experiences across our trading platform. You’ll combine exceptional visual design craft with systems thinking, partnering across Product, Engineering, and Design to improve efficiency, accessibility, and product quality.
In this role you will: Partner with the Design Systems Lead to evolve and scale NinjaTrader’s design system across web, desktop, and mobile experiences
Create, document, and maintain high-quality reusable UI components, patterns, templates, and interaction guidelines
Maintain and extend design token architecture that supports scalable implementation across platforms
Collaborate directly with Engineering to ensure design system components are accurately implemented and maintained in Storybook and production
Identify opportunities to improve consistency, usability, accessibility, and efficiency throughout the product ecosystem
Build and optimize Figma libraries, variables, plugins, automation, and AI-assisted workflows to streamline design operations
Support product designers by providing guidance, documentation, onboarding, and best practices for using the design system effectively
Contribute to governance processes that ensure the design system evolves intentionally while supporting product velocity
Help define and track adoption metrics, component health, and system usage to continuously improve the effectiveness of the design system
What you’ll need: 7+ years of experience in UX, UI, or Product Design, including at least 2 years focused on design systems
Demonstrated experience designing, documenting, and maintaining scalable component libraries and design systems for complex digital products
Expert proficiency in Figma, including components, variables, auto layout, libraries, and modern workflow automation
Strong understanding of design tokens, component architecture, and design-to-development workflows
Working knowledge of Storybook and modern frontend technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript frameworks) with the ability to collaborate effectively with engineers
Familiarity with accessibility standards (WCAG) and inclusive design practices
Strong visual design, interaction design, and systems thinking skills with a portfolio demonstrating scalable design solutions
Experience balancing consistency with product flexibility across multiple teams and products
Excellent communication, collaboration, and documentation skills with the ability to influence without direct authority
Passion for craftsmanship, continuous improvement, and elevating design quality across an organization
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