Pennylane
Design system designer
Part remote, part office, you need to live within commuting distance of a named location.
Hybrid · All France (remote)
Employer listed it 3 months ago · Added 4 days ago
Been open since 3 months ago. Long-running listings are sometimes left up after the role is filled.
Salary
Not stated
Location
Hybrid · All France (remote)
Timezone
CET ±2
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Mid
Category
Product
This employer didn't state pay. Jobs like this usually pay around $140k–$225k a year, a typical range taken from 127 mid-level product roles on Nomaders that do state pay. It's a guide, not an offer.
Remote flexibility
Hybrid
This role is only partly remote, the employer expects time in the office around All France (remote), Hybrid, so you need to live within commuting distance.
What the employer says
- Source listing states candidate location: "All France (remote), Hybrid"
- Listing mentions "Hybrid"
What Nomaders makes of it
- Not suitable if you plan to move between countries
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About the role
About Pennylane
Our Vision
We aim to become the most beloved financial Operating System of French SMEs and Accounting Firms (and soon, European ones).
We help entrepreneurs rid themselves of time-consuming tasks related to accounting and finance while providing them with access to key financial information to assist in making the best decisions for their business.
About Us
Pennylane is one of the fastest growing Fintechs in France (and soon to be in Europe!)
In 6 years of existence, we've managed to:
💻 Make ourselves known as a groundbreaking accounting and financial software for small businesses and their accountants
💰 Raise a total of €225 millions, including from Sequoia, the famous fund from the Silicon Valley who invested early in companies like Google, Facebook, Airbnb, Stripe, Paypal and much more...
👨👩👧👦 Grow from 7 cofounders to 650+ happy Pennylaners: we're now recognized as one of the greatest places to work in France (and also remotely), with a 4.6/5 rating on Glassdoor.
🌍 Build an international environment with more than 25 nationalities, with a strong remote-friendly culture, where 30% of the employees are already working from all parts of Europe
🤝 Earn the trust of thousands of customers and accounting firms and obtain outstanding ratings
🚀 Already more than 400,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and over 4,500 accounting firms use Pennylane in France!
Design at Pennylane
Design sits at the centre of this mission and its purpose is to deliver a seamless, accessible and enjoyable experience for our users. Our team of 40+ product designers work across different tracks that are divided into cross-functional squads each consisting of Engineering, Product and Design. Autonomy, trust and transparency are the key values upon which our culture is built, this is directly reflected in how our designers operate on a day-to-day basis.
At Pennylane, designers are expected to actively contribute all the way from defining the problem space, to research and testing.
We are seeking a Design System Designer to grow and maintain Purse, our design system, alongside our Design System Manager. You will own the craft of the system at the component level: building tokens, components, and patterns that 40+ designers and engineers rely on every day across web, mobile, and tablet, in multiple languages.
You'll partner closely with engineering on design–code parity, with product designers as their support for system usage, and with our Design System Manager on the long-term direction of Purse. If you love the craft of system design, defining APIs, modeling tokens, writing documentation that's beautifully clear for both humans and AI , and care about how a great system shapes a great product, you'll thrive at Pennylane.
What you'll bring
Design System Expertise
Hands-on experience contributing to a design system at scale: designing components, defining variants and APIs, modeling tokens, and maintaining Figma libraries used by 40+ designers
Strong understanding of design token systems, semantic naming, and theming / multi-brand patterns
Skilled at running design system audits, spotting inconsistencies in product surfaces, and bringing them back into the system
Experience writing component documentation that is clear for designers, engineers, and product managers
Requirements
- ·Design System Expertise
- ·Hands-on experience contributing to a design system at scale: designing components, defining variants and APIs, modeling tokens, and maintaining Figma libraries used by 40+ designers
- ·Strong understanding of design token systems, semantic naming, and theming / multi-brand patterns
- ·Skilled at running design system audits, spotting inconsistencies in product surfaces, and bringing them back into the system
- ·Experience writing component documentation that is clear for designers, engineers, and product managers
Benefits
No benefits package published with this listing. Ask about it at first interview.
How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, hybrid, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at Pennylane, mentioning your remote working experience and working hours (CET ±2).
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
Found 5d ago. Last checked 23 Sept. Always confirm the details on the original posting, salary and location can change after publication.
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