Staff Designer - Design Systems
Apply on PermitFlowPermitFlow is an applied AI company serving the nation's builders, helping construction companies navigate permitting, licensing, inspections, and project closeouts. The company is headquartered in New York City with a hybrid schedule requiring three in-office days per week and prefers NYC-based candidates or those open to relocation. PermitFlow is hiring its first Design Systems Designer and Architect to build Cornerstone, the visual and interaction foundation for the product; the role involves establishing standards, working side by side with frontend and platform engineering leadership, and includes a mandate to grow a team around the practice.
AI skillsThis role asks for AI & agentic skills, exactly what we teach at Into Design SystemsWhat you'll do
- Build and continually refine Cornerstone's core building blocks, components, patterns, and tokens designed for complex, workflow-heavy, AI-enabled experiences with attention to brand cohesion and polish.
- Set a multi-year direction for the design system and turn it into a roadmap that design, engineering, and product leadership can develop in concert.
- Design, prototype, and ship production-ready components hand in hand with a dedic
- Define how contribution, governance, and deprecation work in an AI-native working environment; balance shipping speed against system integrity; and adjust the model as the org grows.
- Bake accessibility, responsiveness, and performance into every part of the system from day one.
- Create the documentation, onboarding materials, and reference resources that make Cornerstone the quickest route to shipping well.
- Advocate for the system & guild in planning, design reviews, and roadmap conversations, and hold firm when speed and integrity are in tension.
- Mentor others in design systems craft as the practice grows, shaping what that craft looks like at PermitFlow for years ahead.
What they're looking for
- A portfolio with a real point of view demonstrating craft, quality, accessibility, and visual cohesion.
- 10+ years in product design, with meaningful ownership of a design system across a multi-product environment.
- Brand or visual design background is a plus.
- Strong command of component architecture, design tokens, and what it takes for a system to reach total adoption across teams and surfaces.
- A history of working shoulder to shoulder with frontend engineers to ship production-grade systems, not just handing off specs.
- A track record of setting and reinforcing accessibility standards.
- Clear communication about system tradeoffs with designers, engineers, and executives.
- Mastery of Figma, Notion, and Linear; actively experimenting with the next best tool to add to the stack.
Learn the skills this role asks for
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