Design System Designer, OKDS
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As a Design System Designer at OKX, you own scoped initiatives across the Agentic OKDS-OKG's design intelligence infrastructure and the operating system between human intent and AI-generated output. You will work across three connected capability areas: Foundations (token architecture for color, spacing, and radius), Components (OKDS core components, business components, and AI-ready architecture), and Templates + AI Tooling (template systems, AI transformation infrastructure, and pipeline readiness). You combine strong craft with design-engineering judgment to improve reuse, adoption, delivery speed, and implementation quality.
What you'll do
- Own scoped initiatives across Foundations, Components, or Templates + AI Tooling, from research and reuse validation through specification, release, adoption, and iteration, while contributing effectively across all three areas as priorities change
- Develop and maintain foundation standards and token architecture for color, spacing, radius, themes, modes, and platform variation, ensuring consistency between Figma and implementation
- Design and evolve OKDS core components and reusable business components with clear naming, variants, states, metadata, composition rules, and architecture suitable for designers, engineers, and AI-assisted workflows
- Build reusable template systems and AI-readable guidance, and contribute to tooling infrastructure and validation workflows that improve AI pipeline readiness and production-quality output
- Partner closely with engineers to ensure design intent, platform behavior, component APIs, and accessibility requirements remain aligned across Web, iOS, and Android
- Prototype and improve AI-assisted workflows for template generation, component discovery, variant generation, specification, and quality review, while applying critical human judgment to the output
- Drive adoption with product teams through consultation, enablement, migration support, and feedback loops, treating designers and engineers as users of the platform
- Apply quality acceptance criteria covering interaction states, responsive behavior, accessibility, compliance, and implementation-ready handoff
- Plan and deliver work transparently, manage dependencies, and track outcomes such as reuse, adoption, reduced rework, and faster implementation
What you bring
- Demonstrated experience delivering reusable design-system components, patterns, or foundations in a complex digital-product environment
- Strong Figma capability, including component properties, variables, modes, libraries, and scalable file organization
- Working knowledge across design-system foundations, component architecture, and template systems, including tokens, theming, documentation, versioning, reusable business patterns, and contribution workflows
- Strong craft under ambiguity: able to explore, prototype, test, and refine detailed interaction and visual behavior
- Design-engineering fluency and comfort discussing implementation constraints, states, APIs, and platform differences
- An adoption mindset: you investigate user needs, make standards practical, and follow through until teams can use them successfully
- Practical capability with AI-assisted design and development workflows, plus the judgment to assess tooling, strengthen pipeline readiness, and review generated output for correctness, consistency, and production readiness
- Clear written and verbal communication, constructive collaboration, and the ability to explain system decisions to designers, engineers, and product partners
- Reliable operational ownership: able to scope work, communicate progress and risks, manage dependencies, and deliver with quality
- Product and business awareness, including the ability to connect design-system choices to speed, quality, risk, and reuse
- Working knowledge of accessibility, compliance, responsive behavior, and complete global-state design
Nice to have
- Experience designing for Fintech, Investment platforms, or Crypto products
- Experience working with teams across offices and timezones
- Understanding of React framework for Front End development
What we offer
- Competitive total compensation package
- L&D programs and education subsidy for your growth and development
- Various team building programs and company events
- Wellness and meal allowances
- Comprehensive healthcare schemes for you and dependants
About OKX
OKX is a leading crypto exchange and developer of OKX Wallet, giving millions access to crypto trading and decentralized applications. OKX is also a trusted brand by hundreds of large institutions seeking access to crypto markets, backed by our Proof of Reserves. We are united by our core principles: We Before Me, Do the Right Thing, and Get Things Done, which drive our culture and foster a friendly, rewarding, and diverse environment.
