Senior Product Designer (x,f,m) - Design System

Welcome at DKB Code Factory…. 

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As a (Senior) Product Designer - Design Systems, your mission is to mature and scale DKB’s design system into a flexible, multi-brand foundation that empowers our product teams to design consistently and efficiently. You will play a key role in evolving our components, design tokens, documentation, and tooling to ensure our design system becomes a driver for brand expression, accessibility, and design quality across DKB Group.

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Design System Evolution

• Drive the continuous improvement of components, patterns, and documentation to ensure they meet high standards for usability, accessibility, and scalability.
• Define and extend design tokens to enable a fully multi-brand design system within the next 18 months.
• Collaborate closely with engineers and product designers to ensure consistent implementation and seamless handover between design and development.
• Proactively identify design gaps or improvement opportunities across products and translate them into actionable system updates.

Tooling, Workflows & Governance

• Shape how our teams use and maintain the design system by improving processes, documentation, and governance structures.
• Partner with other designers and engineers to explore opportunities for automation or workflow improvements (e.g. through Figma plugins or AI-assisted tooling).
• Advocate for and drive adoption of the design system across all product teams.

Design Culture & Mentorship

• Act as a sparring partner and mentor for other designers, helping them to design within system constraints while still fostering creativity.
• Lead onboarding and training sessions to help new designers and engineers use the system effectively.
• Support product redesigns and feature updates by sharing best practices in layout, patterns, and accessibility.

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• Deep experience working with Design Systems and accessibility standards (WCAG).
• Strong proficiency in Figma and a solid understanding of responsive design principles.
• Professional experience in web and app design, with familiarity with platform guidelines (Apple HIG, Google Material, Microsoft Fluent).
• Excellent communication skills in English (written and spoken); German is a plus.
• You are comfortable working in cross-functional teams and agile environments.
• (Nice to have) Basic knowledge of frontend technologies or interest in learning how design connects to code.
• You're passionate about your work, but also know how to enjoy your free time!   

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