Grindr
Technology
SeniorDesignSystemsSpecialist
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“Senior Design Systems Specialist at Grindr. Skills: design systems, visual design, Figma. Own the development, documentation, and ongoing refinement of Grindr's core design system - components, tokens, patterns, and the guidelines that govern how they are used. Identify and resolve design inconsistencies across the core app, driving toward a more coherent and efficient product experience”
What You'll Achieve.
Outcomes over outputs; raise the quality bar for the whole product; drive real outcomes
Industry & Context.
Identify and resolve design inconsistencies across the core app
will require you to be in person Tuesdays and Thursdays
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years of product or visual design experience, at least 2-3 years of focused design systems ownership, Demonstrated experience working in smaller or mid-size companies where you built or maintained systems with limited resources and without a dedicated systems team around you, visual design skills - typography, color, iconography, spacing, and motion, Proficiency in Figma, including component architecture, variables, auto layout, and design token management, Track record of partnering with engineers to implement design systems in code, comfortable working across the design-to-development handoff, Experience documenting systems clearly for audiences with varying levels of design fluency
Nice to Have
AI-native or rapidly becoming so, Thrive in environments where you are the primary owner of a system, not one contributor among many, Care as much about the quality of what the system produces as the quality of the system itself, Are energized by constraints - limited headcount, fast timelines, and high standards feel like the right conditions to do your best work, not obstacles to it
What You'll Do.
and ongoing refinement of Grindr's core design system - components
and the guidelines that govern how they are used
Identify and resolve design inconsistencies across the core app
driving toward a more coherent and efficient product experience
Contribute visual design craft to the system
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner directly with product designers and engineers to ensure the system is adopted consistently and evolves to meet real product needs
Full Job Description
About the Team: Grindr is an AI-native platform powering how millions of gay people connect globally. With 15M+ monthly users, 130B+ annual messages, and a team of fewer than 200, we move fast, stay lean, and tackle technical problems at a scale few companies ever see. The Design team at Grindr operates with a small footprint and an outsized mandate - owning the visual and interaction language of a product used by millions of people daily. This role sits at the foundation of how the team scales its craft: building and maintaining the design system that powers Grindr's core app and, over time, the broader product surface. There is no sprawling design systems org here, no committee sign-off process, and no inherited system too entrenched to improve. What exists is a real ownership opportunity - the kind where the decisions you make show up in the product within weeks, not quarters. We have a solid foundational design system, and this is a big opportunity to improve quality and visual design, innovate, modernize, and work with AI to accelerate our team. At Grindr, we operate in Grindr Mode. Moderately hardcore day to day, truly hardcore when it counts. It's about doing great work without burning out. Outcomes over outputs. Smart, driven people who raise your bar, with room to live full lives. This is a hybrid role based in our San Francisco office and will require you to be in person Tuesdays and Thursdays. About the Job: - Own the development, documentation, and ongoing refinement of Grindr's core design system - components, tokens, patterns, and the guidelines that govern how they are used - Partner directly with product designers and engineers to ensure the system is adopted consistently and evolves to meet real product needs - Identify and resolve design inconsistencies across the core app, driving toward a more coherent and efficient product experience - Contribute strong visual design craft to the system - not just structural rigor, but considered, polished execu
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