Cargurus Inc.

Cargurus Inc.

Senior UX Designer, Design System

Boston, Massachusetts, United States · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$135k-$169kDetected 91 days ago
HTMLCSSGitLLMsFigmaDesign SystemsAccessibilityCollaboration

About the role

  • Ultimately, you will empower our designers and engineers with a high-leverage single source of truth that multiplies output and streamlines the entire development lifecycle.
  • You are the keeper of shared standards - the person who makes it easier for every designer and engineer to ship better work.

Responsibilities

  • Define, maintain, and evolve components, patterns, and interaction standards that serve the full product surface.
  • Partner closely with Engineering on system implementation, architecture decisions, and handoff processes.
  • Reduce redundant design and development work by standardizing the most common solutions.
  • Support design and engineering teams in adopting the system effectively, through documentation, reviews, and direct collaboration.
  • Maintain a healthy system backlog and triage incoming requests with clear prioritization.
  • Experience dealing with accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1 AA) and how they inform component design and documentation.
  • you naturally see patterns, spot inconsistencies, and design for reuse.
  • Familiarity with version control (Git) and how design system changes move through a development workflow.

Requirements

  • Hands-on experience with design token pipelines and tooling (e.g., Style Dictionary, Theo, or equivalent).
  • Experience with component library tooling, including writing or reviewing component documentation at the code layer.

Nice to have

  • 7+ years of experience in UX/product design, with at least 4 years focused on design systems
  • Proven expertise working with Figma variables and component architecture, including how they map to coded token structures.
  • Working knowledge of front-end fundamentals (HTML, CSS)
  • Strong systems thinking
  • Ability to balance consistency with flexibility
  • Clear communicator and cross-team influencer - you can get alignment from designers, engineers, and PMs without authority.
  • Detail-oriented and reliable
  • teams depend on the system being accurate and well-documented.

Skills

  • Since then, our history of innovation and go-to-market acceleration has driven industry-leading growth.
  • That includes everything from the sale of an old car to the financing, purchase, and delivery of a new one.
  • Today, tens of millions of consumers visit CarGurus.com each month, and ~30,000 dealerships use our products.
  • But they're not the only ones who love CarGurus-our employees do, too.
  • Disrupting a trillion-dollar industry requires fresh and diverse perspectives.
  • Come join us for the ride!

Compensation

  • The displayed range represents the expected annual base salary / On-Target Earnings (OTE) for this position.

Company info

  • At CarGurus (NASDAQ: CARG), our mission is to give people the power to reach their destination. We started as a small team of developers determined to bring trust and transparency to car shopping. Since then, our history of innovation and go-to-market acceleration has driven industry-leading growth. In fact, we're the largest and fastest-growing automotive marketplace, and we've been profitable for over 15 years.
  • What we do
  • The market is evolving, and we are too, moving the entire automotive journey online and guiding our customers through every step. That includes everything from the sale of an old car to the financing, purchase, and delivery of a new one. Today, tens of millions of consumers visit CarGurus.com each month, and ~30,000 dealerships use our products. But they're not the only ones who love CarGurus-our employees do, too. We have a people-first culture that fosters kindness, collaboration, and innovation, and empowers our Gurus with tools to fuel their career growth. Disrupting a trillion-dollar industry requires fresh and diverse perspectives. Come join us for the ride!
  • At CarGurus (NASDAQ: CARG), our mission is to give people the power to reach their destination.
  • We started as a small team of developers determined to bring trust and transparency to car shopping.
  • In fact, we're the largest and fastest-growing automotive marketplace, and we've been profitable for over 15 years.
  • The market is evolving, and we are too, moving the entire automotive journey online and guiding our customers through every step.
  • We have a people-first culture that fosters kindness, collaboration, and innovation, and empowers our Gurus with tools to fuel their career growth.
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