Senior Product Designer, Design Systems
Ondo Finance is looking for a Senior Product Designer to own, hands-on, the design systems behind everything we ship. You'll own two outright, institutional and consumer, and support the marketing team's system so brand and design-to-code stay tight. Our products move real money, so precision and accessibility are the floor, not the ceiling: we want institutional and consumer users alike to feel the craft, which makes visual expression and motion core to the system. You'll join a small, senior team that runs on high ownership and low ego, and this is a building role: you'll be in Figma and alongside engineers every day, shipping the components and tokens yourself while setting the direction for the systems you own.
- Both design systems, institutional and consumer, fully adopted across their web and mobile products, with measurable coverage (share of screens built from system components) rising quarter over quarter.
- Figma libraries and the front-end component library in parity: tokens, variants, and states match one-to-one, with drift caught and resolved as part of normal release cadence.
- Every system component meets WCAG AA, with accessibility criteria documented and verified before release, and the systems carry a visual and motion language that users notice and teams can reuse.
- Product teams ship faster: fewer one-off components, shorter design-to-build cycles, and a clear contribution path that teams actually use.
- Documentation and governance that scale beyond the design team: engineers, PMs, and AI agents can build correctly from the system without a designer in the loop.
- Own two design systems end to end, institutional and consumer: components, design tokens, theming, patterns, and the Figma libraries behind them, across web and mobile. Support the marketing team's design system as needed so brand practice stays consistent and design-to-code stays smooth.
- Define the expressive layer of both systems: visual language, motion principles, and the interaction details that make institutional and consumer products feel considered and alive, not merely correct.
- Design and ship the full stack of the system, from primitives and atoms through molecules and organisms to page templates, with polished interaction details and the visual hierarchy, typography, and layout rigor that trading and financial interfaces demand.
- Partner closely with UI engineers so that tokens and components map cleanly to the production component library, and so Figma and code stay in sync.
- Define how the system works on mobile: platform-appropriate interactions, responsive and adaptive behavior, and parity rules between web and native surfaces.
- Hold the system to WCAG 2.2 AA: color contrast, focus and keyboard behavior, motion, and screen-reader semantics baked into components rather than bolted on.
- Write clear, usable documentation (usage guidelines, do/don't examples, contribution guides) that designers, engineers, and AI agents can all work from.
- Run governance across teams: contribution and review process, versioning and deprecation, adoption tracking, and the forums where product teams propose and resolve system changes.
- Audit the system proactively to find gaps, inconsistencies, and drift across products, then prioritize and drive the fixes without waiting to be asked.
- Use AI tooling as part of daily work: agents, markdown guideline files, and MCP integrations that connect the design system to design and engineering workflows.
- 6+ years in product design, including 3+ years focused on design systems.
- Experience building and scaling a shared design system across multiple products and platforms, web and mobile, including mobile-specific design systems and interactions.
- Strong UI craft: visual hierarchy, typography, layout, and polished interaction details, with a point of view on motion and visual expression and the taste to know when restraint is the right call.
- Builds scalable components and design tokens, including theming (for example light/dark modes or multi-brand).
- A strong understanding of how components and tokens translate into front-end libraries: how components are built, composed, and consumed in code (for example React, React Native, or Swift/Kotlin component libraries), and how tokens flow from Figma into code.
- Advanced Figma skills: variables and modes, auto layout, component properties, and library management at scale.
- A track record of working closely with engineers as a day-to-day partner, not a handoff.
- Strong accessibility knowledge and experience shipping WCAG AA compliant components.
- Writes clear documentation and has run governance across teams: contribution models, review processes, and adoption.
- Fluency with AI tooling in a design or engineering workflow: using agents, writing markdown guideline files, and working with MCP integrations.
- Experience with design-to-code tooling such as Code Connect, token pipelines, or Storybook.
- A systems thinker with sharp attention to detail who sees both the pattern and the pixel.
- A portfolio that showcases design systems work: components, tokens, documentation, and the reasoning behind the decisions.
Nice to Have
- Experience with crypto, onchain or tokenized-asset products.
- Experience in fintech, exchanges, or trading platforms. Design systems for trading surfaces have their own nuances: dense data tables, real-time state changes, numeric typography, and color semantics for gains, losses, and risk.
- Familiarity with crypto and digital-asset products, or with tokenized assets and markets.
- Experience setting up motion and interaction standards within a system.
- Working proficiency in Mandarin Chinese.
- Competitive compensation including but not limited to salary, future token rights, and/or equity (according to your preferences) - We are well-funded and believe that great talent deserves great compensation.
- Full benefits (medical, vision, and dental) and flexible vacation policy (PTO).
- Remote-first team across many countries - You will be an early team member helping shape our vision, culture, and design practices.
- A+ colleagues - Our team includes alumni from: Goldman Sachs, Blackrock, Two Sigma, Bridgewater, SpaceX, AWS, Meta, Google, McKinsey, Circle, Uniswap.
- Best-in-class investors - We are proud to be backed by leading crypto experts and VCs, including Pantera Capital, Founders Fund and Coinbase Ventures.
About Ondo Finance
Ondo Finance is at the forefront of bridging traditional finance with the innovative world of blockchain. We are a leading Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) and protocol dedicated to bringing real-world assets (RWAs) onto the blockchain, unlocking unprecedented liquidity and accessibility for institutional and individual investors alike. Our mission is to build the foundational infrastructure for a more efficient, transparent, and inclusive financial system, leveraging the power of Web3 technologies to redefine how value is created and exchanged globally. Through our pioneering work with tokenized securities and yield-generating stablecoin solutions, Ondo Finance is setting new industry standards and expanding the horizons of decentralized finance (DeFi). Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, relentless innovation, and a collaborative spirit. We empower our team members to tackle complex challenges, push the boundaries of what's possible in crypto, and contribute directly to the evolution of a global financial paradigm. At Ondo Finance, you'll work alongside brilliant minds passionate about blockchain's transformative potential, in an environment that fosters growth, ownership, and a shared commitment to excellence. We believe in open communication, data-driven decisions, and a flat organizational structure that enables every voice to be heard and valued. Join Ondo Finance and be a pivotal part of shaping the future of finance. If you're a talented professional eager to make a tangible impact in the blockchain space, contribute to a product that truly matters, and grow within a fast-paced, dynamic Web3 organization, then your journey starts here. We offer unparalleled opportunities to work on cutting-edge financial instruments, robust decentralized protocols, and contribute to a vision that will democratize access to finance worldwide. Come build with us and leave your mark on the next generation of financial infrastructure.
Ready to Apply?
To submit your application for this position, please visit Ondo Finance's official website and follow their application process.