Staff Product Designer

ZenBusiness is a company dedicated to helping entrepreneurs launch and run their businesses. They are seeking a Staff Product Designer to lead the development of AI-driven automation for their design system, collaborating closely with engineering to enhance product innovation and design workflows.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the development of AI-driven automation and tooling for our design system — including automated component generation, design-to-code workflows, token management, accessibility checking, and other innovations that improve efficiency and quality
• Partner closely with Engineering to build and implement technical solutions, bringing a strong understanding of front-end development (HTML/CSS/JS) and implementation constraints to design decisions
• Experiment extensively with generative AI, identifying opportunities to integrate emerging technologies into design workflows, rapid prototyping, and product features
• Contribute to ZenBusiness's AI-powered product offerings, bringing a design perspective and technical understanding to shape experiences that feel coherent and thoughtful
• Collaborate with Design Systems and Brand partners to ensure automation and tooling reinforce brand guidelines, personality, and coherence across the platform
• Mentor designers and share knowledge across the team — helping others understand new tools, workflows, and approaches while fostering a culture of curiosity and continuous improvement
• Bring clarity to ambiguity by defining thoughtful paths forward, identifying opportunities, and rallying cross-functional partners around shared direction
• Advocate for experience quality and technical excellence, setting a high bar for craft, judgment, and innovation
• Explore and evaluate emerging technologies, forming opinionated views on how to incorporate them effectively into day-to-day work
• Build and maintain Figma plugins or similar tools that extend our design capabilities and streamline workflows

Requirements:

• Significant experience as a senior product designer shipping complex, user-centered digital products
• Demonstrated ability to build or significantly contribute to design systems and technical design infrastructure
• Strong portfolio showing both design craft and technical problem-solving — ideally including examples of tooling, automation, or system-level thinking
• A history of working closely with Engineering partners to deliver thoughtful, high-quality experiences
• Hands-on experience with generative AI tools and a clear perspective on their effective application in design practice
• A designer with strong technical fluency — comfortable with code (HTML/CSS/JS) and able to work at the intersection of design and implementation
• Extensive experience experimenting with generative AI and a deep understanding of how to leverage it for design system automation, productivity gains, and rapid prototyping
• A track record of building or contributing to design systems, tooling, and workflows that scale across teams
• Genuine curiosity about emerging technologies, with the ability to separate signal from noise and apply new capabilities thoughtfully
• A bias for action paired with strategic thinking — someone who addresses challenges head-on with a plan rather than waiting for direction
• Strong design judgment and craft sensibility, ensuring technical solutions elevate rather than compromise experience quality
• A collaborative mindset and desire to mentor others, sharing knowledge, and helping elevate the overall capability and standards of the team
• Comfort operating in ambiguity and leading through influence, building trust and momentum across Product, Engineering, Brand, and Design partners
• Experience with Figma plugins, design-to-code tools, or similar technical design tooling is a strong plus
• Prior experience in UI engineering, design technology, or front-end development is highly valued