Product Designer

Who are we?

For the past 20 years, we have powered many Digital Experiences for the Fortune 500. Since 1999, we have grown from a few people to more than 4000 team members across the globe that are engaged in various Digital Modernization. Our current focus and innovation in Digital Hyper expansion TM offers nearly limitless opportunities for career growth. For a brief 1-minute video about us, you can check out https://youtu.be/uJWBWQZEA6o.

Photon is an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We bring out the best in each other.

Product Designer — Role Overview

We're looking for a sharp, execution-focused Product Designer who thrives in a fast-moving environment and brings a systems-first mindset to every pixel they push.

What You'll Do

• Design and iterate on product experiences at speed, balancing quality with velocity in a high-output, agile environment
• Build and maintain scalable design system components from the ground up — including tokens, variables, and boolean logic — ensuring consistency across the product surface
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams (engineering, product, research) to translate requirements into polished, production-ready designs
• Own the developer handoff process — preparing clean, well-annotated Figma files with clear specs, redlines, and component documentation that engineers can build from without back-and-forth
• Partner with QA during implementation reviews to catch design drift early, validate interaction states, and ensure the shipped product matches the intended design with precision
• Contribute to and evolve our component library, establishing clear naming conventions, states, and documentation for handoff
• Leverage AI-powered design tools and workflows to accelerate ideation, prototyping, and iteration cycles
• Participate in design critiques, giving and receiving structured feedback to continuously raise the bar on craft and usability
• Maintain meticulous attention to detail across spacing, typography, color, interaction states, and accessibility standards

What We're Looking For

Core Skills & Mindset

• Detail obsessed — you catch the 1px misalignment before anyone else does; consistency and precision are non-negotiable for you
• Fast and focused — you thrive under tight timelines, can context-switch without losing quality, and know how to prioritize ruthlessly
• Systems thinker — you design from the component up, not the page down; you understand how a single token change ripples across an entire product
• AI-native — you actively use AI tools (Figma AI, Cursor, Midjourney, ChatGPT, etc.) to move faster and smarter, not as a crutch but as a force multiplier
• Collaborative by default — you treat engineers and QA as partners, not recipients; you show up to implementation reviews, answer spec questions promptly, and close the loop on every build

Design Systems Expertise

• Hands-on experience building or contributing to a design system in Figma (or equivalent), including:
• Component architecture — variants, auto layout, nested components
• Variables & tokens — color, spacing, typography, and semantic token structures
• Boolean properties — toggling states, visibility, and conditional logic within components
• Familiarity with token management tools (e.g., Style Dictionary, Tokens Studio) is a plus
• Understanding of how design tokens translate to code (CSS custom properties, JSON exports)

Technical Fluency

• Proficient in Figma — including advanced prototyping, component logic, and dev mode handoff
• Comfortable reviewing front-end implementations and flagging design drift
• Basic understanding of HTML/CSS is a plus — enough to have informed conversations with engineers and validate spacing, typography, and layout in the browser

Nice to Have

• Experience working in a startup or fast-paced product team
• Exposure to motion design or micro-interaction principles
• Familiarity with accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1 AA)
• Experience with Storybook or similar component documentation tools
• Portfolio demonstrating component-level design thinking, not just final screens — bonus points if it includes handoff artifacts or QA comparison examples