Senior UI Designer

Saxo Bank • Headquarters, KY

34d

About The Position

Are you obsessed with crafting scalable, elegant, and accessible design systems? Do you thrive in Figma and love bridging the gap between design and development? Saxo Bank is seeking a UI Designer to join our DesignOps team and take a central role in evolving our design system into a world-class foundation for product excellence. This is your opportunity to work at the heart of a global fintech leader, where design meets technology to empower millions of users - from traders and investors to wholesale clients. As a key member of our Design Systems team, you’ll: Design, update, and maintain scalable, accessible components in Figma, ensuring pixel-perfect quality Write and illustrate component specifications, guidelines, and best practices (including do’s, don’ts, and usage examples) Communicate new or updated components clearly to Product Designers and UI Developers, ensuring alignment and adoption Work with design foundations including tokens, themes, and variables to keep the system consistent and flexible Define, document, and govern design patterns in close collaboration with Product Designers, reviewing product designs to ensure consistency and adherence Champion accessibility, making sure every component meets WCAG standards

Requirements

• Expert-level Figma skills, including components, variants, variables, and prototyping
• Experienced and opinionated about animations and micro-interactions
• Strong understanding of accessibility standards and how to apply them in UI design
• Familiar with mobile app patterns in terms of components and interactions
• Experience working with design systems, ideally in complex domains like fintech or SaaS
• Ability to bridge design and development, collaborating with engineers using tools like Storybook and React
• Excellent communication skills, able to present ideas and guide others with clarity and confidence
• A structured and organised mindset, with a passion for documentation and process

Responsibilities

• Design, update, and maintain scalable, accessible components in Figma, ensuring pixel-perfect quality
• Write and illustrate component specifications, guidelines, and best practices (including do’s, don’ts, and usage examples)
• Communicate new or updated components clearly to Product Designers and UI Developers, ensuring alignment and adoption
• Work with design foundations including tokens, themes, and variables to keep the system consistent and flexible
• Define, document, and govern design patterns in close collaboration with Product Designers, reviewing product designs to ensure consistency and adherence
• Champion accessibility, making sure every component meets WCAG standards

Benefits

• Build a foundational design system that powers products used by more than a million users globally
• Work with cutting-edge tools and technologies, in an environment that values craft and innovation
• Be part of a collaborative, multidisciplinary team, where your voice and expertise matter.
• Grow your career in a dynamic, global organization that invests in design excellence.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees