Canopy is hiring: Sr UX Designer, Design Systems in South Jordan

Senior Design Systems Designer

Canopy is a fast‑growing SaaS company in South Jordan, Utah building simple, efficient software for accounting firms. We are looking to revolutionize the accounting space with modern, user‑friendly software for a neglected industry.

Overview

Canopy is a SaaS startup dedicated to delivering a Practice Management Suite that helps accounting firms unlock their full potential. Our culture focuses on delighting customers, solving problems, and being good people along the way.

What You'll Do

• Partner with product designers, engineers, and product managers to evolve and scale Canopy's design system and component libraries.
• Define and document design tokens, components, and patterns to ensure consistency across web and mobile platforms.
• Collaborate with engineers to ensure design system components are performant, accessible, and production‑ready.
• Audit existing experiences and identify opportunities to unify, simplify, and standardize design patterns.
• Establish design operations practices that improve the efficiency and consistency of the UX team.
• Drive adoption of the design system across product teams by providing guidance, training, and documentation.
• Contribute to accessibility standards, ensuring that our experiences meet WCAG guidelines and inclusive design best practices.
• Support designers across the organization by coaching them on how to leverage system assets effectively.
• Collaborate with UX leadership to evolve processes, rituals, and tools that improve how we design, test, and deliver experiences.
• Seek input and feedback from stakeholders across product, engineering, design, marketing, and customer support to ensure the design system and operations meet broad organizational needs.

What You'll Need

• 5+ years of experience in product design, UX design, or a related role, with at least 2+ years focused on design systems.
• Experience working in B2B SaaS.
• Strong experience designing, documenting, and maintaining design systems for web and/or mobile products.
• Deep understanding of cross‑platform design patterns, responsive design, and accessibility standards.
• Proficiency in Figma and familiarity with design operations tooling (e.g., Storybook, Code Connect, Zeroheight, Tokens Studio, Jira, Notion).
• Demonstrated ability to partner closely with engineers on component libraries.
• Portfolio of work showing direct contributions to a design system and its adoption across teams.
• Strong communication and facilitation skills with the ability to guide and mentor other designers.
• Analytical and systems‑thinking mindset with attention to detail.
• Positive, collaborative, and pragmatic attitude.
• A passion for building scalable, user‑centered systems that empower both customers and teams.

Benefits

• Flexible Paid Time Off – you’re encouraged to use it, plus 10 company holidays.
• Health benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and an HSA match.
• 401(k) with 100% match up to 3% of your contribution – eligibility is immediate with 100% vesting.
• Mental health support – all employees have access to Impact Suite and to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Paid new‑parent leave and birthing parent leave.
• Supplemental benefits – 100% company‑paid basic life & AD&D insurance and long/short‑term disability coverage.
• Nectar – peer‑to‑peer recognition program.
• Company events – monthly meetings, summer parties, and more.
• ERG committees – initiatives around education, outreach, recruiting, onboarding, and more.
• Fully‑stocked kitchen with options for keto, vegan, flexitarian, and more.

Our Values

• Own – we focus on outcomes, holding ourselves & each other accountable.
• Win – we delight our customers with the very best products and services.
• Do good – we work hard to be good people.
• Embrace curiosity & candor – we approach everything with curiosity & understand that candor is kindness and giving the gift of feedback.

Interview Process

• Initial application review – we’ll get back if it’s a match.
• 20‑minute phone call with the People Team.
• 45‑60‑minute video or in‑person interview with the hiring manager.
• 1–3 rounds of interviews, depending on the role.
• Final interview.

Canopy is an equal‑opportunity employer. Canopy provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, or veteran status.