Senior Designer - Design Systems

Posted 21 Days Ago
New York, NY, USA
In-Office
Senior level
Fintech • Financial Services
Farther is a Generational Financial Institution unlocking greater wealth potential for clients.
The Role
The Senior Product Designer will build and maintain a design system by auditing assets, creating a component library, and ensuring cross-platform consistency while guiding design practices and facilitating stakeholder communication.
Summary Generated by Built In
Company Description

Farther is a rapidly growing RIA that combines expert advisors with cutting-edge technology - delivering a comprehensive, tailored wealth management experience.

Farther’s founders are leaders and innovators from the private wealth industry who possess a unique blend of traditional wealth management, fintech, and technology production expertise. We’re backed by top-tier venture capital firms, fintech investors, and industry leaders.

Joining Farther means joining a collaborative team of entrepreneurs who are passionate about helping their clients and our teammates achieve more. If you’re the type who breaks through walls to get things done the right way, we want to build the future of wealth management with you.

The Role 

We’re looking for a highly experienced Senior Product Designer to build Farther’s design system from the ground up and own it long-term. This foundational role will define how our entire product organization works—creating the infrastructure that enables consistent, high-quality experiences at speed.

You will be responsible for the full lifecycle of the design system: auditing assets, creating a scalable component library, defining patterns, and layouts, documenting usage, and driving adoption across design and engineering. This is deep, hands-on, expert-level work that requires strategic thinking, systems-level vision, and the ability to execute down to the smallest detail.

Your Impact 

Design Systems Ownership

  • Audit existing design assets and build a scalable, accessible component library in Figma
  • Create reusable components, design tokens, and detailed usage documentation
  • Own prioritization, roadmapping, and stakeholder communication for the design system
  • Define governance processes for adoption, enhancements, and deprecations
  • Collaborate closely with engineering to ensure design-to-code fidelity and proper implementation
  • Establish education and onboarding processes that drive real adoption across the team

Supporting Design Team Work

  • Provide guidance and support to designers across advisor tools, client platforms, and mobile, ensuring design system principles are applied consistently
  • Partner with PMs and engineering teams as needed to clarify component usage, patterns, and best practices during feature implementation
  • Apply systems thinking to help maintain consistency, accessibility, and quality across all product experiences
  • Collaborate with other designers to support seamless cross-platform experiences, leveraging the design system as the single source of truth
The Ideal Match 
  • 5+ years of product design experience, including 3+ years leading design systems
  • Expert in Figma, capable of building scalable component architectures 
  • Deep understanding of design-to-code implementation and cross-platform consistency
  • Both strategic and executional—able to set vision, define governance, and execute detailed components
  • Self-directed, highly organized, and skilled at prioritization and stakeholder management
  • Excited by the challenge of building and maintaining a permanent, enterprise-grade design system
  • Excellent documentation, communication, and collaboration skills
Bonus Points 
  • Experience in fintech or regulated industries
  • Familiarity with Storybook or similar tools
  • Background in mobile design systems (iOS/Android)
  • Interest in AI tools and design automation
  • Experience mentoring designers or leading adoption initiatives
Why Join Us
  • Competitive comp package that rewards impact
  • Work alongside some of the brightest minds in fintech
  • Ground-floor opportunity at a fast-scaling startup
  • Chart your own growth path as we expand
  • Full health benefits + 401(k) matching & Roth IRA options
  • Unlimited PTO
  • An amazing collaborative atmosphere between product, design, and engineering to solve hard problems together

Ready to disrupt wealth management? Let's talk!


Skills Required

  • 5+ years of product design experience
  • 3+ years leading design systems
  • Expert in Figma
  • Excellent documentation and communication skills

Farther Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Farther and has not been reviewed or approved by Farther.

  • Strong & Reliable Incentives Advisor compensation includes a transparent, higher‑payout grid and equity participation that can deliver strong upside for producers. The design emphasizes meaningful rewards as production grows.
  • Healthcare Strength Medical coverage via a major national carrier with multiple plan options, HSA/FSA contributions, and complimentary primary‑care access signal comprehensive healthcare support. Dental and vision coverage round out the core offering.
  • Retirement Support A 401(k) with company match that vests immediately, alongside traditional, Roth, and after‑tax options, enables advanced retirement saving strategies. Administration via Empower supports accessibility.

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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
530 Employees
Year Founded: 2019

What We Do

Farther is the intelligent wealth management firm that's redefining the industry by combining proprietary technology with expert financial advisor guidance. We're building a generational financial institution that empowers advisors to focus on what matters most - they're clients and growing their business - while our all-in-one platform handles the back-office complexity. Our comprehensive wealth management platform offers clients a unified view of their entire financial lives through a single login, while advisors gain access to advanced tools for building personalized, tax-optimized portfolios. We provide access to extensive public strategies and alternative investments, plus our own Farther Asset Management products alongside offerings from BlackRock, Vanguard, and Fidelity. Named the #1 fastest-growing financial services firm in America by Inc. Magazine with 11,968% revenue growth over three years, we've achieved over $13 billion in recruited assets and are backed by $118M in funding, including a Series C led by CapitalG (Google's growth fund). With 400+ employees across offices in New York, Dallas, and San Francisco, we're scaling rapidly while maintaining our commitment to innovation and excellence.

Why Work With Us

We're building a generational financial institution and a mission-driven team through our CARE values: Communication, Action, Respect, and Excellence. Named to Inc. Best Workplaces two years running, we offer comprehensive benefits like $0 health coverage, immediate 3% 401(k), unlimited PTO, and quarterly recognition programs.

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