BVNK
Financial Services
LeadProductDesigner-DesignSystem
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“Lead Product Designer - Design System at BVNK. Skills: Design system, AI integration, Front-end collaboration. Own the design system end-to-end. Set and ship the roadmap”
What You'll Achieve.
Scale the system; Advocate for the system; Enable cohesive builds; Minimize drift in AI-generated work; Ensure generated work lands close to production; Achieve minimal drift in AI generation; Increase adoption; Increase contribution rates; Reduce time-to-ship for product teams; Reduce prototype-to-production drift; Increase consistency across surfaces
Industry & Context.
Reason about implementation tradeoffs; Clarify intent with LLM; Pressure-test approaches with LLM; Surface risks with LLM; Surface second-order effects with LLM
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Experience shipping and governing a design system in production, used by multiple product teams, Senior craft across Figma, tokens, component architecture, and the design-engineering handshake, Working technical literacy in HTML, CSS, and React/TypeScript, Ability to read component code fluently, understand prop APIs and composition patterns, and reason about implementation tradeoffs with front-end engineers, Evidence of running a real roadmap for a system — deciding what to build, what to deprecate, what to defer — and an ability to talk about the metrics that justified those calls, Fluent, daily use of LLMs and AI prototyping tools as part of your actual workflow, Excellent written communication
Nice to Have
Experience in fintech, payments, crypto/stablecoins, or another regulated domain
What You'll Do.
Own the design system end-to-end
Set and ship the roadmap
Keep the Figma–Storybook–Zeroheight stack tight
Partner with front-end on contribution flows
Design a system that AI can consume cleanly
Use AI in your own workflow
Treat PMs prototyping with AI as a user group
Prototype with Claude Code
Treat AI as a velocity tool
Create new Claude plugins and Skills
Sell the system's value
Make the work visible
Run crits and reviews
Mentor designers contributing to the system
Help front-end and PMs become better consumers
Build the case for further investment
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with front-end engineers on strategic direction; Pair with Principal Designer - Core Platform; Collaborate with front-end engineers on contribution flows; Collaborate with front-end engineers on component APIs; Collaborate with front-end engineers on design-to-code handshake; Work with product managers; Work with backend engineers; Mentor designers contributing to the system; Help front-end and PMs become better consumers of the system
Communication Scope
Excellent written communication; Articulate system's impact in metrics; Demo work; Write about work; Share patterns and decisions
Process & Methodology
Roadmap planning, Prioritization
Full Job Description
About us: We believe the next generation of financial services will be powered by stablecoins. Founded in 2021, our mission at BVNK is to accelerate global money movement. We’re building stablecoin-native infrastructure so businesses can move value instantly across borders and networks. With global licenses and T1 bank partnerships, we facilitate billions in transactions for enterprise clients like Worldpay, Deel, LianLian Global, and Rapyd. Our technology is transforming how businesses operate globally by eliminating payment delays, reducing costs, and unlocking trapped capital. We’re a diverse team spread across EMEA, North America, and APAC, with a shared belief that stablecoins are the new infrastructure layer for financial services, and that BVNK is at the forefront of this shift. In 2025, we secured strategic investment from Visa, following our $50 million Series B with Haun Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Scribble Ventures, DRW Venture Capital, Avenir, and Tiger Global. With the backing of these leading investors, we’re accelerating our growth – and we're looking for smart, ambitious people to help us build the future of financial services. We're incredibly honored to have made Newsweek's list of The Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces three years running (most recently in 2025) and to have been recognised by LinkedIn as one of the Top 20 Startups in the UK in 2024. About this role in the team: Design at BVNK is split into two areas — Customer Value Stream and Core Platform. The design system serves both, along with front-end, backend, and the PMs prototyping with it. We're hiring a Lead Product Designer to own it. The system already works. It's built on atomic principles, with React components, Storybook examples, and usage guidance in Zeroheight. The job is to tighten the patterns, improve the documentation, and enable cohesive builds for people who don't need to know what a design system is, including the growing number of designers and PMs building directly
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