Staff Product Designer, AI Design Systems
Apply on Cherry TechnologiesCherry is hiring a Product Designer to be the founding member of its design systems team and to lead the system's development as AI-native workflows are adopted. The role owns the design system end to end across Cherry's five products, including the component library, React codebase, interaction patterns, tokens, and documentation, and will drive design direction, component architecture, implementation, and outcomes in code. The role will build a Claude-first AI design system, influence Cherry's design tooling, and collaborate closely with front-end engineering to scale the system across teams.
AI skillsThis role asks for AI & agentic skills, exactly what we teach at Into Design SystemsWhat you'll do
- Serve as a founding member of Cherry's design systems team with input on structure, staffing, and leadership as it grows
- Guide the team through the shift to AI-native workflows and influence adoption of new tools and practices
- Own the design system end to end: component library, tokens, and documentation
- Own the design direction of the system, including component architecture, implementation, and outcomes in code
- Identify structural issues, align approaches, and evolve patterns for scale across teams
- Influence interaction and visual design for the design system and guide decisions across teams
- Build a Claude-first AI design system where Claude and other AI agents produce on-system output by default
- Help determine Cherry's future design toolset
What they're looking for
- 6-10 years of experience in product design
- Real, proven coding and technical skills
- Track record of guiding visual and interaction decisions across teams, evolving patterns and addressing inconsistencies
- Experience improving a design system across teams: identifying structural issues, aligning approaches, and building for scale
- A strong point of view on design tooling and ability to help determine toolset
- Ability to communicate fluently with designers, engineers, and product leaders and to align multiple teams around a shared design direction
- Instinct to lead: have run a small team or function before, or be ready to be the first person doing so
- Hands-on experience with Claude, including Claude Code (nice to have)
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