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The Trellis Design System team is leading a multi-year modernization of HubSpot’s core design system at a pivotal moment: interaction paradigms are shifting rapidly with AI.
Today’s transitional Trellis library includes 300+ components and years of fragmentation across hundreds of downstream platform libraries. Many lack documentation, ownership, or alignment. Our mission is not just to modernize a library — it’s to rebuild horizontal infrastructure for the entire HubSpot platform.
As a Staff Product Designer focused on Design Systems, you’ll:
- Validate our future vision for the platform with users
- Reduce the core component footprint from 300+ to ~60 scalable primitives and reusable components
- Establish parity between Figma, documentation, and React code
- Embed accessibility, internationalization, RTL, and model-connected contracts directly into component APIs
- Create governance, scalable workflows and cross-team decision frameworks to prevent further fragmentation through modernization pilots with key platform teams
- Invest heavily in automation and emerging tooling to accelerate us
The goal: deliver a truly self-serve, modernized design system by the end of 2026 that product teams trust and adopt by default.
What You’ll Be Doing:- Designing cross-platform components and patterns and operationalizing workflows
- Partnering with platform teams through modernization pilots
- Defining component APIs and architectural boundaries
- Creating documentation, specs, and adoption frameworks
- Facilitating workshops and governance rituals
- Collaborating closely with engineering on scalable implementation
- Driving consolidation and deprecation campaigns across the platform
- Significant experience designing and evolving complex design systems or component libraries at scale.
- Deep expertise in UX patterns, interaction models, and information architecture for enterprise or multi-product platforms.
- Proven track record of leading modernization or system-wide initiatives without direct management authority.
- Experience partnering closely with engineering teams on implementation details, governance models, and scalable processes.
- Strong relationship-building skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders across multiple product areas.
- Experience turning exploratory pilots into operationalized frameworks, playbooks, and backlog-ready initiatives.
- A systems-thinking mindset with the ability to balance immediate product needs and long-term platform health.
- A portfolio demonstrating high-quality craft, strategic thinking, and measurable impact across complex surfaces.
We know great designers come from many backgrounds. If you’re unsure if you “check all the boxes,” apply anyway. Impact, learning, and growth drive our team—help us make design stronger for everyone.
Pay & Benefits
The cash compensation below includes base salary, on-target commission for employees in eligible roles, and annual bonus targets under HubSpot’s bonus plan for eligible roles. In addition to cash compensation, some roles are eligible to participate in HubSpot’s equity plan to receive restricted stock units (RSUs). Some roles may also be eligible for overtime pay. Individual compensation packages are tailored to your skills, experience, qualifications, and other job-related reasons.
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We know the confidence gap and impostor syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply — we’d love to hear from you.
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At HubSpot, we value both flexibility and connection. Whether you’re a Remote employee or work from the Office, we want you to start your journey here by building strong connections with your team and peers. If you are joining our Engineering team, you will be required to attend a regional HubSpot office for in-person onboarding. If you join our broader Product team, you’ll also attend other in-person events, such as your Product Group Summit and other gatherings, to continue building on those connections.
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About HubSpot
HubSpot (NYSE: HUBS) is an AI-powered customer platform with all the software, integrations, and resources customers need to connect marketing, sales, and service. HubSpot's connected platform enables businesses to grow faster by focusing on what matters most: customers.
At HubSpot, bold is our baseline. Our employees around the globe move fast, stay customer-obsessed, and win together. Our culture is grounded in four commitments: Solve for the Customer, Be Bold, Learn Fast, Align, Adapt & Go!, and Deliver with HEART. These commitments shape how we work, lead, and grow.
We’re building a company where people can do their best work. We focus on brilliant work, not badge swipes. By combining clarity, ownership, and trust, we create space for big thinking and meaningful progress. And we know that when our employees grow, our customers do too.
Recognized globally for our award-winning culture by Comparably, Glassdoor, Fortune, and more, HubSpot is headquartered in Cambridge, MA, with employees and offices around the world.
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