Senior UI Designer / Design System Specialist

Join a vibrant community of over 150 designers, UX specialists, writers and researchers who shape the future of shopping and selling experiences at Allegro. As part of our expert Design System team, you’ll help bring products to life by building the foundations that millions of users interact with every day.

Your work will sit at the heart of our product ecosystem - creating a multi-brand, token-based Design System, prototyping new interactions and ensuring our experiences are consistent, accessible and truly memorable. You’ll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, contribute to long-term strategy and play a key role in how our design craft evolves.

This is an opportunity to work in a team that values curiosity, experimentation and continuous learning and one that actively shares its expertise with the wider community through initiatives like the UX Research Confetti conference. If you’re excited about shaping design at scale and influencing products used by millions, you’ll feel right at home here.

Important things for you:

• Flexible working hours in an office first model (4/1) that depend on you and your team. Starting later or finishing earlier? No problem! Work hours keep pace with our lifestyles and can start between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m.

• Employment contract. 

• Our team is based in Warsaw.

Must have for the application:

A portfolio featuring examples of your design work and problem-solving skills. Please include case studies that demonstrate experience in design systems as a significant differentiator. 

Key responsibilities

• Designing and evolving a token-based, multi-brand Design System used across multiple platforms.

• Creating interactive prototypes using Design System components.

• Collaborating closely with cross-disciplinary teams to ensure technical feasibility, performance, and accessibility.

• Defining, updating, and maintaining Design Tokens.

• Supporting product teams in applying the Design System correctly and advising them on component and pattern usage to promote a high-quality design culture.

• Leading the adoption of the Design System across the organization, including education and hands-on support.

• Creating and maintaining clear documentation and usage guidelines for all Design System elements.

• Designing micro-animations for Design System components.

• Identifying new or recurring design patterns within product teams and incorporating them into the Design System.

We are looking for

• Minimum 4 years of experience in design, including at least 2 years focused on creating and evolving Design Systems.

• Understanding of accessibility principles and hands-on experience implementing digital accessibility.

• Strong ability to think strategically about the Design System as a product.

• Experience in managing design decisions and scaling a mature Design System.

• Ability to drive evangelization and promotion of the Design System across the organization.

• Expert proficiency in leading design tools such as Figma, Token Studio,.

• Experience working with tools for technical documentation (e.g. Supernova, Storybook, Zeroheight).

• Ability to create interactive prototypes and micro-animations for interfaces (e.g. Lottie).

• Strong communication and presentation skills for explaining design decisions and presenting them to stakeholders.

• English proficiency sufficient for daily communication (B2).

What we offer:

• We have well-located offices (with fully equipped kitchens and bicycle parking facilities) and excellent working tools (height-adjustable desks, interactive conference rooms).

• Annual bonus depending on your annual assessment and the company's results.

• A wide selection of fringe benefits in a cafeteria plan - you choose what you like (e.g. medical, sports or lunch packages, insurance, purchase vouchers).

• English classes that we pay for related to the specific nature of your job. 

• 16" or 14" MacBook Pro and other gadgets that you may need.

• Working in a team you can always count on - we have on board top-class specialists and experts in their areas of expertise.

• A high degree of autonomy in terms of organizing your team’s work; we encourage you to develop continuously and try out new things.

• Hackathons, team tourism, training budget and an internal educational platform, MindUp (including training courses on work organization, means of communications, motivation to work and various technologies and subject-matter issues).

• If you want to learn more, check it out

Why is it worth working with us?

• We work together to develop a platform which is well known to all your friends and family – and we have fun doing it

• We shape a safe environment and we support each other

• We respect each other’s needs and work style

• We organize feedback sessions during which you can consult with others about your projects

• A range of different skills are represented within our team, which helps us to look at problems from various perspectives and to learn from each other