# Design Systems

Skill · Design and Creative Software

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/design-systems

A design system is a comprehensive set of reusable components, guidelines, and standards (such as Google's Material Design or Salesforce's Lightning) that ensures visual and functional consistency across a product or organization. Design systems typically include UI component libraries, style guides, and coded implementations that designers and developers share, speeding up production and reducing design debt. Maintaining one is often a dedicated role in larger product organizations.

## Design Systems in the job market

- Open roles: 51
- Employers hiring: 32
- Median stated pay: $225,000 (middle half $171,000 – $279,000), from 42 of 51 open roles — the 82% that publish a range, annualized to USD. Only some employers state pay, and the ones that do skew to California and New York, where the law requires it.
- Last checked: September 13, 2026

## Asked for alongside Design Systems

Measured from the 51 open roles that name Design Systems, not from a curated list.

- [Figma](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/figma) — 22 roles (43.1%)
- [Prototyping](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/prototyping) — 22 roles (43.1%)
- [Interaction Design](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/interaction-design) — 14 roles (27.5%)
- [User Research](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/user-research) — 12 roles (23.5%)
- [Wireframing](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/wireframing) — 10 roles (19.6%)
- [Product Design](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/product-design) — 9 roles (17.6%)
- [UX Design](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/ux-design) — 9 roles (17.6%)
- [Typography](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/typography) — 8 roles (15.7%)

## Seniority of these roles

- Entry: 2 (4%)
- Mid: 4 (8%)
- Senior: 25 (50%)
- Lead / Staff / Principal: 10 (20%)
- Management: 5 (10%)
- Executive: 4 (8%)

From 50 roles whose posting states a level.

## Where Design Systems roles are

- [New York, NY](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/new-york-ny) — 14
- [San Francisco, CA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/san-francisco-ca) — 8
- [Mountain View, CA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/mountain-view-ca) — 3
- [Beaverton, OR](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/beaverton-or) — 2
- [San Diego, CA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/san-diego-ca) — 2
- [Atlanta, GA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/atlanta-ga) — 1

Among the 35 of 51 open roles we could place on a map.

## Roles that use Design Systems

- [Product Designer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/product-designer) — 24
- [Graphic Designer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/graphic-designer) — 4
- [UX Designer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/ux-designer) — 4
- [Creative Director](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/creative-director) — 2
- [Product Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/product-manager) — 2
- [Art Director](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/art-director) — 1

## Employers hiring for Design Systems

- [Intuit](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/intuit) — 7 open roles
- [Warner Bros. Discovery](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/warner-bros-discovery) — 4 open roles
- [Render](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/render) — 3 open roles
- [Vanta](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/vanta) — 3 open roles
- [AlphaSense](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/alphasense) — 2 open roles
- [Blackstone Group](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/blackstone-group) — 2 open roles

Related skills: [Figma](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/figma), [Human Design System](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/human-design-system), [UI Design](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/ui-design), [Style Guides](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/style-guides), [Google Material Design](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/google-material-design), [User Interface (UI) Design](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/user-interface-ui-design), [User Interface Design](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/user-interface-design), [UI Components](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/ui-components), [UXPin](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/uxpin), [User Interface (UI)](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/user-interface-ui), [Design Reviews](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/design-reviews), [UI/UX Strategy](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/ui-ux-strategy)

## Open roles requiring Design Systems (51)

- [Senior UX & Product Design](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/a747f2d7-f262-481e-9479-b7e0d648199f/senior-ux-product-design-at-dxc-technology) at [DXC Technology](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/dxc-technology) — Full-time
- [Product Designer II](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/54458853-06bb-48b0-b55c-359bd01903af/product-designer-ii-at-blue-apron) at [Blue Apron](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/blue-apron) — Full-time, New York, NY, $123,000 – $130,000
- [User Experience Design Manager - Customer Experience](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/4cba94b6-e2cb-490c-902b-cfcf62613dd0/user-experience-design-manager-customer-experience-at-sap) at [SAP](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/sap) — Full-time, Ho Chi Minh, VN, 700000
- [VP, Product Design, Growth and Revenue - CNN](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/666ddad5-901d-425b-90ae-735c9a35e903/vp-product-design-growth-and-revenue-cnn-at-warner-bros-discovery) at [Warner Bros. Discovery](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/warner-bros-discovery) — Full-time, $245,000 – $455,000
- [UX Product Design Lead](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/dec87daa-66ea-40d4-bcc6-43e4188cc8ad/ux-product-design-lead-at-citigroup) at [Citigroup](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/citigroup) — Full-time, Tampa, FL, $125,600 – $188,400
- [Vice President - Product Design](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/9324279a-bb83-4acc-b86c-c0520fb81db6/vice-president-product-design-at-crowdstrike) at [CrowdStrike](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/crowdstrike) — Sunnyvale, CA, $250,000 – $350,000
- [User Experience (UX) Lead, VP - Marketing](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/117f9073-691d-46d7-a256-5763ac6528d6/user-experience-ux-lead-vp-marketing-at-blackstone-group) at [Blackstone Group](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/blackstone-group) — Full-time, New York, NY, $150,000 – $200,000
- [Senior Manager, Kids NSW Apparel Graphic Design](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/b5155330-9398-4aed-a978-40ceda853cbc/senior-manager-kids-nsw-apparel-graphic-design-at-nike-inc) at [Nike, Inc.](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/nike-inc) — Beaverton, OR
- [Product Designer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/63436ecb-2d85-44a7-9e3e-b92e9bc721d7/product-designer-at-starz) at [Starz](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/starz) — Denver, CO, $95,000 – $115,000
- [Brand Designer](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/replit/9398cc6a-8e30-4bfe-a6c3-59e8b384a848/application) at [Replit](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/replit) — Full-time, Foster City, CA · Remote, $130,000 – $180,000 (listed on Replit's own careers site)

All 51 open roles: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs?skills=45c7ea1c-4673-44e8-9ae7-0e42fb1ed370