Product Design Lead, Design Systems

About the Role

We’re looking for a Product Designer with deep expertise in design systems to help scale and evolve our core foundations across products. This role is highly technical in nature and focused on the underlying system that powers our user experiences — from tokens and typography to color, patterns, and component architecture.

You’ll operate with a high degree of autonomy, owning critical system decisions and partnering closely with engineering to ensure our design system is robust, flexible, and built for scale.

The base salary offered for this role and level of experience will begin at $166,000 and up to $235,000. Full-time employees are also eligible for a bonus, competitive equity package, and benefits. The actual base salary offered may be higher, depending on your location, skills, qualifications, and experience.

This role is in-office in San Francisco Monday - Thursday every week.

In this role, you will:

Own and evolve the foundational layers of our design system, including tokens, typography, color, spacing, motion, and interaction patterns

Design and maintain scalable, well-documented system primitives that support multiple products and platforms

Partner deeply with engineering to align design system architecture with code, tooling, and implementation realities

Define standards, guardrails, and best practices that enable consistency while supporting product velocity

Identify gaps, inconsistencies, and technical debt in the system, and proactively drive solutions

Contribute to long-term system strategy, balancing near-term product needs with future scalability

Advocate for system adoption and quality across product teams through documentation, education, and collaboration

Serve as a subject-matter expert for system-related decisions, offering guidance and direction across the org

You’ll thrive in this role if you have:

Significant experience designing and shipping design systems used across multiple teams or products

Strong command of design tokens, typography systems, color systems, and component architecture

Comfort operating at the intersection of design and engineering, with a solid understanding of front-end concepts and constraints

Experience working with modern design system tooling and workflows (e.g., Figma libraries, token management, versioning)

Proven ability to work independently, set direction, and make high-impact decisions with minimal oversight

Clear, structured communication skills — able to explain complex system concepts to designers, engineers, and product partners

A systems-oriented mindset with a high bar for craft, consistency, and usability

A little about us

At Chime, we believe that everyone can achieve financial progress. We created Chime—a financial technology company, not a bank*—on the premise that core banking services should be helpful, easy, and free. Through our user-friendly tools and intuitive platforms, we empower our members to take control of their finances and work towards their goals. Whether it's starting a savings account, purchasing a first car or home, launching a business, or pursuing higher education, we're proud to have helped millions unlock their financial potential.

We're a team of problem solvers, dreamers, and builders with one shared obsession: our members. From day one, Chimers have worked tirelessly to out-hustle and out-execute competitors to bring our mission to life. Their grit and determination inspire us to work harder every day to deliver the very best experience possible. We each bring an owner's mindset to our work, refusing to be outdone and holding ourselves accountable to meet and exceed the highest bars for our teams, our company, and our members.

We believe in being bold, dreaming big, and taking risks, while also working together, embracing our diverse perspectives, and giving each other honest feedback. Our culture remains deeply entrepreneurial, encouraging every Chimer to see themselves as stewards of our mission to help everyday Americans unlock their financial progress.

We know that to achieve our mission, we must earn and keep people's trust—so we hold ourselves to the highest standards of integrity in everything we do. These aren't just words on a wall—our values are embedded in every aspect of our business, serving as a north star that guides us as we work to help millions achieve their financial potential.

Because if we don't—who will?

*Chime is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services provided by The Bancorp Bank, N.A. or Stride Bank, N.A., Members FDIC.

What we offer for our full-time, regular employees

💻 In-office perks including backup child, elder, and/or pet care, plus a subsidized commuter benefit to support your regular commute

🏝 Generous vacation policy and company-wide Chime Days, bonus company-wide paid days off

🫂 1% of your time off to support local community organizations of your choice

👟 Annual wellness stipend to use towards eligible wellness related expenses

👶 Up to 24 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing parents and 12 weeks of paid parental leave for non-birthing parents

👪 Access to Maven, a family planning tool, with $15k lifetime reimbursement for egg freezing, fertility treatments, adoption, and more.

🎉 In-person and virtual events to connect with your fellow Chimers—think cooking classes, guided meditations, music festivals, mixology classes, paint nights, etc., and delicious snack boxes, too!

💚 A challenging and fulfilling opportunity to join one of the most experienced teams in FinTech and help millions unlock financial progress

Perks also available to Chime Interns.

We know that great work can’t be done without a diverse team and inclusive environment. That’s why we specifically look for individuals of varying strengths, skills, backgrounds, and ideas to join our team. We believe this gives us a competitive advantage to better serve our members and helps us all grow as Chimers and individuals.

Chime is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis under provincial, federal, state, and local laws, regulations, or ordinances. We will also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of state and local laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Cook County Ordinance, NYC Fair Chance Act, and the LA City Fair Chance Ordinance, and consistent with Canadian provincial and federal laws. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation during any stage of the application process, please contact: benefits@chime.com.

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