Design System Architect

Department: Design

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Remote

Reporting To: Pete Sutupov

Description

About Tabby
Tabby creates financial freedom in the way people shop, earn and save by reshaping their relationship with money. The company’s flagship offering allows shoppers to split their payments online and in-store with no interest or fees. Over 32,000 global brands and small businesses, including Amazon, Noon, IKEA and Shein, use Tabby to accelerate growth and gain loyal customers by offering easy and flexible payments online and in stores.
Tabby has generated over $7 billion in transaction volume for its partner brands and has the highest-rated, most-reviewed, largest and fastest-growing app of any fintech in the GCC region. Tabby launched operations in 2020 and has raised +$1 billion in equity and debt funding from global and regional investors.

Key Responsibilities

About this role 
At Tabby, we're in a constant phase of rapid expansion, and the heart of our product's aesthetic and functionality — our design system — is in need of a dedicated steward. This is where you come in. 

• Own and Elevate: Take full ownership of our design system, focusing on meeting current needs while also anticipating future trends and maintaining flexibility. Your mission will be to ensure our design system remains relevant, utilises all modern Figma features and supports a balance of creativity and functionality, while being user-friendly, properly documented and implemented on platforms.
• Collaborate and Guide: Your primary 'customers' are the talented designers and developers within Tabby. You'll play a critical role in empowering them, ensuring the design system facilitates their work seamlessly across iOS, Android and web platforms. With multiple teams developing new features simultaneously, your role is crucial in organising these efforts, constantly keeping the design system updated, so that designers can dedicate their time to solving customer-facing UX problems.
• Lead with Excellence: Reporting directly to the Head of Design, you'll set the bar high. Your work will help our design system maintain its high standards, flexibility, and ensure smooth design-dev coordination.

• Be at the forefront of design innovation in a rapidly growing unicorn company.
• Shape the tools your colleagues use every day, making a significant impact on our products and processes.
• Enjoy a culture of openness, creativity, and mutual respect, where your ideas and leadership can truly flourish.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

Who you are

• An absolute master of Figma with a good understanding of development principles for iOS, Android and web platforms.
• An experienced designer passionate about systems and ready to focus on helping other teams reach their goals.
• A collaborative leader, eager to work with cross-functional teams, providing guidance and receiving input to refine and advance our design system
• Someone with a keen eye for detail and a vision for the big picture, balancing innovation with consistency. Your layer structure is stellar and your visual solutions are in perfect harmony.
• Ideally you have experience with both LTR and RTL languages, as our design system supports both English and Arabic.