Product Designer, Design Systems

About the Role

Clutch is expanding its design team! We're looking for a Product Designer (Design Systems) to help us evolve our design foundation and bring consistency, quality, and speed to every customer experience we deliver.

This designer will spend the majority of their time (around two-thirds) advancing our design system—building, documenting, and maintaining the core patterns and components that power Clutch’s product ecosystem. The rest of the time, they’ll collaborate with product teams to apply and extend those systems across real user-facing initiatives.

We’re seeking someone who’s excited by the intersection of craft, systems thinking, and collaboration—a designer who cares deeply about quality, clarity, and scalability, and loves empowering others to do their best work.

About the Team

At Clutch, design isn't just a department—it's the driving force behind our mission. We believe a seamless user experience can empower credit unions to compete and offer superior banking to everyday people. By crafting intuitive experiences, we help credit unions guide their members toward financial freedom.

Our growing design team is fully remote in the U.S. and Brazil. It is diverse, collaborative, ambitious, and empowered to take on our company’s biggest challenges.

What You’ll Do

Within 3 months, you will:

• Get Oriented: Build a strong understanding of the Clutch product ecosystem, design tools, processes, and the needs of our internal design and engineering teams.

• Build Relationships: Establish strong collaboration with other designers, engineers, and product managers.

• Contribute Early: Start improving and maintaining our existing design system components, documentation, and Figma libraries.

Within 6 months, you will:

• Shape the Design System: Take ownership of key system areas—improving component quality, interaction patterns, tokens, and accessibility.

• Enhance Design–Dev Collaboration: Partner closely with engineers to ensure parity and consistency between Figma and code.

• Support Product Teams: Collaborate with other designers on product initiatives, ensuring system alignment and evolving the system as new patterns emerge.

• Improve Documentation & Governance: Strengthen system documentation and contribute to contribution and review processes.

Within 9 months, you will:

• Drive System Adoption: Help scale the system across teams—evangelizing usage, improving contribution models, and providing guidance to designers and engineers.

• Influence Product Quality: Champion cohesive user experiences through systems thinking and shared patterns.

• Contribute to Design Culture: Propose improvements to design workflows, accessibility standards, or tooling that elevate the team’s craft and efficiency.

What You’ll Bring

• Experience: 3–5 years of experience as a product designer, including at least one major project owning, contributing to, or maintaining a design system.

• Craft & Systems Thinking: Strong skills in visual design, interaction design, and component architecture, with a deep appreciation for reusability, clarity, and scale.

• Tooling: Advanced proficiency with Figma (components, variants, tokens, documentation, libraries).

• Collaboration: Experience working cross-functionally with engineers and designers to align system and implementation.

• Communication: Clear visual and written communication—able to explain rationale, document patterns, and advocate for design quality.

• Growth Mindset: A desire to learn, adapt, and grow within a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Bonus Points

• Familiarity with accessibility best practices, or theming

• Experience with fintechs and/or credit unions

• Exposure to AI-assisted design or designing for AI experiences

• Interest in service design and systems thinking

Please note that this role may evolve as our business needs change, so we appreciate your flexibility and adaptability.

What’s In It For You?

• Remote Flexibility: Enjoy the freedom of remote work from anywhere, balancing life and career seamlessly.

• Unforgettable Off-Sites: Twice a year, bond with colleagues in exciting destinations, fostering teamwork and fresh ideas.

• Paid Time Off and National Holidays: Enjoy 20 PTO days yearly and the National Holidays for relaxation and rejuvenation.

• Stock Options: Joining us means having a stake in our success, so you'll receive stock options as part of your compensation package.

• Home Office Setup: Create your ideal workspace with a dedicated budget for home office essentials.

• Work Trip Budget: Grow personally and professionally with a budget for work-related trips and co-working.

About Us

Clutch is a revolutionary vertical SaaS company, proudly backed by Andreessen Horowitz (A16z), aimed at revolutionizing the way Credit Unions engage and change the lives of their members. As a champion of financial well-being, we address the urgent need for affordable lending solutions in an era where the average American grapples with over $155,000 in household debt.  Unlike traditional financial institutions, Clutch develops software to turn Credit Unions into FinTech lenders and leverage their balance sheets to responsibly lend to over 130M Americans. Our mission extends beyond mere financial transactions; we strive to fundamentally enhance the way credit unions interact with their members. By integrating cutting-edge technologies and user-centric designs, we help credit unions provide seamless digital experiences that are on par with leading tech companies. This approach not only preserves but revitalizes the longstanding tradition of community and member-focused service inherent to credit unions.

Please note: This position is offered on a contractor basis. Applicants must have the necessary documentation and authorization to work in the country where the job is located. Clutch cannot provide sponsorship or assist with obtaining work permits for this role.

Clutch is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.