Design System Designer

**About Andela**Andela exists to connect brilliance and opportunity. Since 2014, we have been dedicated to breaking down global barriers and accelerating the future of work for both technologists and organizations around the world.For technologists, Andela offers competitive long term career opportunities with leading organizations, access to a global community of professionals, and education opportunities with leading technology providers.For companies, Andela provides access to a global network of fully integrated team members that unlock their business' innovation and growth potential.We are excited to continue building our remote first team with incredible people like you**About the role**:The Design Team at Andela is in high growth mode. We are seeking a Design System Designer to join our outstanding team to help us build the elements we need to scale and automate our design process.Reporting to the Design Operations Manager, this new role will focus on rebuilding our Design System from the scratch. For this role, we need someone who can create all the components and documentation to automate our process and to ensure a delightful and consistent user experience across all our products and projects.You will be responsible for understanding the needs of the system and for creating its foundational patterns, UI components, tools, and documentation to empower Andela's strategic design vision. You will collaborate with designers, creatives, and engineers across all of our product surfaces.**Responsibilities**:- Create a unified, cohesive set of UX guidelines for all of Andela's mobile & web product.- Produce the documentation that will guide all the teams using our design system.- Work with the rest of the product team and developers to provide assistance on why and how it should be implemented.- Be an ambassador of design. Effectively articulate decisions to stakeholders in product design, brand design, engineering, and product.- Work pragmatically to meet deadlines while leaving room for future iteration.**Requirements**:- 5+ years of experience in product design, working directly with design systems.- Knowledge of technical constraints and guidelines for mobile and web platforms.- Strong visual and interaction design fundamentals.- Deep understanding of usability and accessibility principles.- Advanced knowledge of Figma's design tool.- Familiarity with workflow tools such as Miro and project management tools such as Jira.- Great communication at every level with the ability to flex between executives and team members.- Enjoy working on a cross-disciplinary team of designers, engineers, product managers, and project managers.- Good understanding of front-end design.- A growth mindset- Passion for creating great user experiences.- Healthy obsession with details and organization.LI-SBLI-Remote**Benefits**- Fully Remote work culture - we hire globally and all of our roles are fully remote- Bring your own device stipend - buy your own laptop with funds from Andela- Quarterly work from home stipends- Flexible working hours- Equity (as a part of compensation package)- Healthcare, 401k / pension (US only)- Andela Affinity Groups- Growth & development paths- Generous Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, Compassionate Leave- And more to come We're on a journey to reimagine global benefits at AndelaAt Andela, we outcompete through diversity. We know that our strengths lie in the multiplicity of talents, perspectives, backgrounds & orientations resident in our community and we take pride in that. Andela is committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Each individual has the right to work in a professional atmosphere that promotes equal employment opportunities and prohibits discriminatory practices. Andela provides equal employment opportunities and workplace to all employees and applicants without regard to factors including but not limited to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy (including breastfeeding), genetic information, HIV/AIDS or any other medical status, family or parental status, marital status, amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. This commitment applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Our policies expressly prohibit any form of harassment and/or discrimination as stated above.Andela is home for all, come as you are.