Design system designer

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 weve 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: were 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 400000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and over 4500 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.

Youll partner closely with engineering on designcode 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 thats beautifully clear for both humans and AI and care about how a great system shapes a great product youll thrive at Pennylane.

What youll 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

• 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

Mindset

• 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 dont overthink you dont 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

Technical Partnership

• 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 designcode parity and smooth implementation of new components

Enablement & Communication

• 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)

Nice to have

• Experience with B2B SaaS products or fintech environments

• Familiarity with multi-language / internationalization design challenges

• Experience contributing to or maintaining a tokens pipeline (Style Dictionary Tokens Studio MCP-based pipelines)

• Background in accessibility standards and inclusive design practices

• Experience working in fast-growing scale-ups

Your key responsibilities

• Build and maintain components patterns and tokens in Purse partnering closely with engineering to ensure designcode 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

Language requirement: You are able to communicate well in both English and French.

What do we do to make your work life easier

• Youll be able to work remotely from your country of residence as long as it is in Europe and within a maximum time difference of two hours from the CET time zone

• Wherever you are based you will get 25 vacations days paid by Pennylane

• Youll have a competitive compensation package

• Youll get company shares to enjoy a piece of the success story youre building with us

• Youll have a budget to turn your home into a more comfortable workspace as well as a monthly allowance to work from a coworking space whenever you feel like it

• Through our partner Gymlib youll have access to 8000 fitness spaces in Europe and more than 300 activities related to wellness

• Youll have access to Busuu to perfect your English or your French

• Youll get the latest Apple equipment

• We are committed to regularly coming together for company events such as Tech Days (which bring remote Pennylaners together every 3 months) or our annual company seminar fostering significant moments of cohesion for everyone.

• If you are based in France you will have a French contract following French regulation on top of the additional perks: 6 to 12 RTT 5 weeks PTOs lunch credits (Swile) Alan Blue healthcare cover and regular events in cities where Pennylaners are mostly presents (Lyon Bordeaux Nantes)

Were working on providing those last advantages to our people based outside of France as well but it can be quite more complex depending on different countries.

Who are we looking for

To thrive at Pennylane you need:

• To speak English (level is assessed and appreciated according to the department youre 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

We know that some people are less likely to apply than others if they dont feel like they meet the full list of criteria.

If youre hesitating we encourage you to apply: who knows it might be the start of a meaningful and long-lasting collaboration.

We also want to emphasize that we fully embrace diversity equity and inclusion and that were doing our best to create a safe and inclusive environment.

We are committed to providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of gender sexual orientation origin disabilities or any other traits that make you who you are. If anything diversity makes us a more fun place to work at.

Données personnelles

Pennylane traite vos données pour gérer votre candidature et évaluer votre adéquation au poste. Si votre candidature naboutit pas vos données peuvent être conservées 2 ans à compter de notre dernier échange ou de la clôture du recrutement afin de constituer & gérer un vivier de candidats. Vous pouvez vous opposer à tout moment et demander la suppression de vos données en écrivant à :
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Personal Data

Pennylane processes your data to manage your application and assess your suitability for the position. If your application is unsuccessful your data may be retained for 2 years from our last exchange or the closing of the recruitment process in order to build and manage a candidate pool. You may object at any time and request the deletion of your data by writing to . Learn more

Personenbezogene Daten

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Datos personales

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Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1