Product Designer - Design Systems

ABOUT ROCKET MONEY 🔮

Rocket Money’s mission is to empower people to live their best financial lives. Rocket Money offers members a unique understanding of their finances and a suite of valuable services that save them time and money – ultimately giving them a leg up on their financial journey.

ABOUT THE ROLE 🤹‍♀️

As a Design System Designer at Rocket Money, you will work closely with our Design Systems Lead to improve our Design System. This position focuses on craftsmanship and execution, including creating new components, updating existing ones and maintaining comprehensive design documentation with both designers and developers in mind. You will collaborate closely with Product Design, Design Systems Engineering, Design Ops, and Product Management to ensure a cohesive, human-centric and visually appealing user experience across our products.

SPECIFICALLY, YOU WILL:

• Collaborate closely with design and engineering to contribute to and improve our web and native mobile component libraries in Figma.
• Craft responsive components and ensure consistency and usability across Rocket Money products.
• Utilize branching, identify risks and avoid breaking changes when iterating on existing components.
• Build and maintain comprehensive design documentation to support design and engineering usage of the Design System.
• Use research and metrics to inform and validate design decisions.
• Ensure that all system decisions meet accessibility standards while advocating for inclusive, human-centered design practices.
• Make scalable, long-term choices to support future Design Systems growth.
• Foster meaningful engagement within our design community by participating in our operational initiatives such as Office Hours, taking part in educational workshops and promoting Design System adoption.
• Work collaboratively with our sister companies at Rocket to ensure design consistency across different products.

ABOUT YOU 🦄

• 3+ years of experience as a user experience designer or a similar design role.
• Experience contributing to a Design System used by other designers and engineers.
• Proficient in Figma.
• Knowledge of accessibility requirements and guidelines, ensuring designs are inclusive and accessible to all users.
• A problem solver who loves a challenge and understands technical constraints.
• A forever-student mindset, engaging in continuous learning and development opportunities.
• Work well in a collaborative environment and are willing to show your work early and often.
• Enthusiastic about improving how design and engineering collaborate to build scalable experiences.
• Practice empathy and understand how your work will impact our end users as well as designers using the Design System.
• Bonus points if you understand how your work will translate into code and how your design decisions affect engineering.

✨ At Rocket Money, we recognize that each Design System Designer brings a unique set of skills and perspectives to the table. Whether your expertise lies in interaction design, you have an engineering background, or you’ve championed accessibility in previous projects, we value the diversity and specialized knowledge each team member contributes. We’re excited to hear about the unique strengths and superpowers you can bring to our interdisciplinary team!

WE OFFER  💫

• Health, Dental & Vision Plans
• Competitive Pay
• Matching 401k
• Unlimited PTO
• Lunch daily (in-office only)
• Snacks & Coffee (in-office only)
• Commuter benefits (in-office only)

Additional information: Salary range of $90,000 -$130,000/year + bonus + benefits. Base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Rocket Money, Inc. is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.