Design system designer

Pennylane is one of the fastest growing Fintechs in France (and soon to be in Europe!) In 6 years of existence, we've 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: we're 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 400,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and over 4,500 accounting firms use Pennylane in France!

• 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)

• 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

• 🏢 You'll 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

• 💵 You'll have a competitive compensation package

• 📈 You'll get company shares to enjoy a piece of the success story you're building with us

• 🏡 You'll 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, you'll have access to 8000 fitness spaces in Europe and more than 300 activities related to wellness

• 🇬🇧 You'll have access to Busuu to perfect your English or your French

• 💻 You'll 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.

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To thrive at Pennylane, you need:

• 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

We know that some people are less likely to apply than others, if they don't feel like they meet the full list of criteria. If you're 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 we're 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.