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Design system designer

PennylaneAll France (remote)Product
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Salary
Not listed
Job type
Full-time
Work mode
Remote
Posted
8 Jul 2026
Status
Open · checked 7d ago

About this role

Role Overview

Pennylane is seeking a Design System Designer to grow and maintain Purse, the company design system, alongside the Design System Manager. This full-time remote position is open across France and suits a professional who loves system design, token modeling, and defining APIs.

Key Responsibilities

Build and maintain components, patterns, and tokens in Purse, partnering closely with engineering to ensure design-code parity across web, mobile, and tablet.
Write and maintain component documentation that serves designers, engineers, and AI tools, covering usage rules, anatomy, variants, accessibility, and worked examples.
Run audits, support product designers, and turn recurring needs into systemic improvements.
Work alongside the Design System Manager to evolve Purse toward a long-term vision through incremental, high-value milestones.

Requirements

Hands-on experience contributing to a design system at scale, including designing components, defining variants and APIs, modeling tokens, and maintaining Figma libraries used by numerous designers.
Strong understanding of design token systems, semantic naming, and theming or multi-brand patterns.
Ability to run design system audits, spot inconsistencies in product surfaces, and bring them back into the system.
Experience writing component documentation clear for designers, engineers, and product managers.
Expertise in what makes a design system interpretable and usable by AI, such as structured content, machine-readable patterns, and AI-ready documentation conventions.
Solid grounding in accessibility principles like WCAG and inclusive design practices.
Technical acumen with an understanding of how design systems are implemented in code within a production-first environment.
Ability to communicate well in both English and French.

Nice to Have

Experience with B2B SaaS products or fintech environments.
Familiarity with multi-language and internationalization design challenges.
Experience contributing to or maintaining tokens pipelines like Style Dictionary, Tokens Studio, or MCP-based pipelines.
Background in accessibility standards and inclusive design practices.
Experience working in fast-growing scale-ups.

Skills and Tools

Figma
LLM
Design Tokens
Style Dictionary
Tokens Studio
Accessibility / WCAG

About the Company

Pennylane operates as a fast-growing fintech company building a financial operating system for small and medium-sized enterprises and accounting firms. The organization fosters a strong remote-friendly culture, bringing together hundreds of team members globally.

How to Apply

To apply for this position, please visit the official Pennylane careers page and submit your application online.

Skills and tech stack

LLMFigma

Questions candidates ask

Where is the Design System Designer position located?

The role is based remotely across France, within Europe and a maximum time difference of two hours from the CET time zone.

What languages are required for this role?

Candidates must be able to communicate well in both English and French.

What tools and technologies are mentioned for the role?

Key tools and technologies include Figma, LLMs, design tokens, Style Dictionary, and Tokens Studio.

What is the primary focus of the Design System Designer?

The primary focus is to grow and maintain Purse, Pennylane's design system, at the component level by building tokens, components, and patterns used across web, mobile, and tablet.

How should interested candidates apply?

Candidates should apply directly on the official Pennylane careers page.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official Pennylane careers page.

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