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Design Systems Designer

HelioSeattle, WA·Hybrid·$105k – $130k
MidE-commerce InfrastructureApply by Aug 8, 2026

Match Analysis

Why you match
  • Your Figma component skills and engineering literacy fit the systems mindset
  • Documentation-heavy work suits your writing strength
What's missing
  • Requires 2+ years and prior design-system contribution — a real experience gap
  • Accessibility (WCAG) knowledge not evidenced
  • This is a mid-level role; expect strong competition

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Document the Figma component library you built — components, variants, and adoption by teammates.

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Complete a WCAG basics course and list it; accessibility is a hard filter here.

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Emphasize systematic thinking: naming conventions, reuse, consistency audits.

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Full Job Description

Join our design-systems team to design, document, and govern components used by dozens of teams. You'll audit usage, propose API-like component specs, and partner closely with frontend engineers.

Responsibilities
  • Design and spec reusable components and tokens
  • Write component documentation and usage guidance
  • Audit product surfaces for inconsistency
  • Run intake and governance with product teams
  • Pair with engineers implementing components
Requirements
  • 2+ years product design experience
  • Prior design-system contribution
  • Deep Figma expertise (variables, components, libraries)
  • Understanding of accessibility standards (WCAG)
  • Comfort writing documentation
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Worth pursuing if you tailor first. Close the flagged gaps before applying.

Likely Interview Topics

  • 1Component API thinking (props, variants, states)
  • 2Accessibility fundamentals
  • 3Convincing teams to adopt system components
  • 4Documentation samples
  • 5Figma architecture (variables, libraries)
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About Helio

Helio builds e-commerce infrastructure. Their design-systems team of four supports 30+ product designers across the company.

Size
500 employees
Founded
2014
Stage
Public
Culture
Process-mature, documentation-first