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About the Role

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.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain components, patterns, and tokens in Purse, partnering closely with engineering to ensure design–code parity across web, mobile, and tablet
Write and maintain component documentation that serves designers, engineers, and AI tools — including usage rules, anatomy, variants, accessibility, and worked examples
Run audits, support product designers, and turn recurring needs into systemic improvements, working alongside the Design System Manager to evolve Purse toward our long-term vision through incremental, high-value milestones

Requirements

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
Expertise in what makes a design system interpretable and usable by AI: structured content, machine-readable patterns, AI-ready documentation conventions, and how an LLM or codegen agent consumes a design system
Solid grounding in accessibility (WCAG) and inclusive design practices
You want to push the design system toward an ambitious vision, but you know how to slice the path into small intermediate milestones that deliver value at every step, rather than waiting for the perfect end state
You are pragmatic: you don't overthink, you don't always work by the book, and you know when a "good enough" solution beats a perfect one
You are curious about how design systems are evolving in 2026 (AI, codegen, token automation, MCP)
You enjoy switching between deep craft work and pragmatic system-level decisions
Strong technical acumen with a clear understanding of how design systems are implemented in code
Comfortable working in a production-first environment where code is the source of truth, and Figma reflects what ships
Experience partnering with engineering teams to ensure design–code parity and smooth implementation of new components
Experience supporting product designers through office hours, a support model, or peer review
Demonstrated ability to evangelize a design system, present design rationale, and translate component-level decisions for non-design stakeholders
Ability to handle complex support requests and turn recurring questions into permanent improvements (docs, lint rules, worked examples)
To speak English (level is assessed and appreciated according to the department you're applying to)
To be energized by an ever-shifting work environment
To be highly collaborative (within your team or other stakeholders)
Sufficiently experienced to prioritize business-led actions on your day to day activity

Skills

Design System Expertise
Design token systems
Accessibility (WCAG)
Inclusive design practices
Technical acumen
Design–code parity
B2B SaaS products
Fintech environments
Multi-language / internationalization design challenges
Tokens pipeline (Style Dictionary, Tokens Studio, MCP-based pipelines)
English
French

Location

Remote (Europe, within 2 hours of CET time zone)

Work Type

Remote
Full-time

Experience Level

Experienced

Salary/Compensations

Competitive compensation package

Benefits

25 vacation days paid
Company shares
Budget to turn your home into a more comfortable workspace
Monthly allowance to work from a coworking space
Access to 8000 fitness spaces in Europe and more than 300 activities related to wellness through Gymlib
Access to Busuu to perfect your English or your French
Latest Apple equipment
Regular company events (Tech Days, annual company seminar)
6 to 12 RTT (France only)
5 weeks PTOs (France only)
Lunch credits (Swile) (France only)
Alan Blue healthcare cover (France only)
Regular events in cities where Pennylaners are mostly presents (Lyon, Bordeaux, Nantes…) (France only)

About the Company

Pennylane aims to become the most beloved financial Operating System of French SMEs and Accounting Firms (and soon, European ones).
Pennylane helps 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.
Pennylane is one of the fastest growing Fintechs in France (and soon to be in Europe!)
In 6 years of existence, Pennylane has made itself known as a groundbreaking accounting and financial software for small businesses and their accountants.
Pennylane has raised a total of €225 millions, including from Sequoia.
Pennylane has grown from 7 cofounders to 650+ happy Pennylaners and is recognized as one of the greatest places to work in France (and also remotely), with a 4.6/5 rating on Glassdoor.
Pennylane has built 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.
Pennylane has earned the trust of thousands of customers and accounting firms and obtained outstanding ratings.
More than 400,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and over 4,500 accounting firms use Pennylane in France!
Design sits at the centre of this mission and its purpose is to deliver a seamless, accessible and enjoyable experience for our users.
Pennylane's 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 Pennylane's culture is built, this is directly reflected in how their 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.

Equal Opportunity

Pennylane fully embraces diversity, equity and inclusion and is doing its best to create a safe and inclusive environment.
Pennylane is committed to providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of gender, sexual orientation, origin, disabilities, or any other traits that make you who you are.
Diversity makes Pennylane a more fun place to work at.