Senior Product Designer - Design Systems

FanDuel

  • Edinburgh
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 7 days ago
The requirements listed in our job descriptions are guidelines, not hard and fast rules. You don't have to satisfy every requirement or meet every qualification listed. If your skills are transferable and you are in the ballpark experience-wise, we'd love to speak to you.FanDuel Group is a world-class team of brands and products that deliver sports betting, gaming and entertainment to millions of US sports fans every day. That's no easy task, and wouldn't be possible without a fantastic team who have helped us pioneer new products and innovative features that make us a leader in the industry. Whether you're looking for better career progression, improved financial security or just a better sense of belonging, we believe we've created a culture in which everyone can succeed, no matter how you got here.The PositionWe are looking for a Senior Product Designer that architects, evolves and advocates for design systems. The ideal candidate is passionate about systems-driven design and will play a key role on the Design Systems team, capable of driving approaches that empower all of design and engineering to deliver at scale and collaborating with multiple departments within FanDuel.This is an exciting opportunity to shape intelligent, adaptive interfaces while implementing and championing emerging technologies including AI, helping elevate user experiences and leading design system innovation at a premier gaming company. You'll work on high-visibility projects spanning multiple teams and business units, setting standards that influence our entire design ecosystem.Some of your responsibilities will include:
  • Build and maintain scalable systems in Figma that are flexible, and seamlessly translate to code, strengthening design-development collaboration across platforms
  • Pioneer integration of emerging technologies into design systems (AI, automation, new tooling) to deliver future-ready scalable solutions that support product growth
  • Champion design system adoption across product, design, and engineering teams through compelling storytelling and strategic influence
  • Drive systematic design approaches that balance exceptional polish with strategic purpose, supporting both user needs and business goals
  • Present design system value as a product accelerator to stakeholders, building organizational alignment and advocacy
  • Audit and enhance existing features to maintain industry-leading quality standards and optimal usability
  • Advocate for inclusive design practices that expand accessibility across all user experiences, ensuring design system features meet WCAG standards by default
What We're Looking For
  • 5+ years product design experience with 2+ years focused on design systems, with a proven track record of contributing, implementing and governing design systems at scale
  • Expert-level Figma proficiency including advanced components, variants, and library management for complex web and mobile applications
  • Solid UI fundamentals and systematic design principles that create scalable, elevated user experiences across product portfolios
  • Strong communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to present, influence rationale to partners, and advocate for design system best practices.
  • Understanding of how design decisions drive key metrics and contribute to product strategy and work collaboratively to find the right problems to solve, rather than just task completion
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a passion for refining workflows, improving efficiency, and enhancing cross-team collaboration
  • Industry expertise in design system trends with competitive analysis capabilities to inform systematic design decisions and improvement opportunities
Nice to have :
  • Strong technical understanding of front-end development principles (HTML, CSS, JavaScript frameworks) to facilitate seamless design-engineering collaboration
  • Proven ability to scale emerging technologies (especially AI) to transform design systems, optimize workflows, and improve cross-functional efficiencies
What You Can Expect
  • Interesting work - working in a fast-paced and ever-changing industry, new problems and exciting solutions are never too far away. There are always opportunities to learn new skills and broaden your horizons
  • A sense of achievement - Our teams own their own software and when that awesome new feature ships to users and the positive feedback starts rolling in, you can feel really proud of what you and your team created
  • Personal development - clear and defined career pathways for every role at every level, a supportive manager, loads of learning opportunities and even 10% of your time to dedicate to your learning.
  • Belonging - everyone at FanDuel works for each other, we win together, make mistakes together and have lots of fun doing it.
  • Trust - A trusting work environment where productivity is valued above all else, giving you autonomy and ownership of your time and work
  • Great financial package - Including salary, bonus, pension, private healthcare, share save scheme, flexible working & holiday policy along with a number of other benefits.
Diversity, Equity and InclusionWe endeavour to make our interview process as accessible as possible. If you need any assistance prior to your interview, including any reasonable adjustments, please don't hesitate to get in touch.FanDuel is an equal opportunities employer. Diversity and inclusion in FanDuel means that we respect and value everyone as individuals. We don't tolerate bias, judgement or harassment. Our focus is on developing employees so that they reach their full potential.Location: Our Scottish tech hub is based in central Edinburgh and is fitted with fabulous amenities including a gym, showers, bike parking, gaming pods, multiple breakout areas, meeting rooms, a roof terrace and much more.We operate a hybrid model for the majority of our roles, where we normally spend a day or two in the office per week.

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