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.

We aim to help our clients unlock the firm they’ve always wanted with our Practice Management Suite. We place a strong emphasis on delighting our customers, spotting and solving problems, and being good people along the way.

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The Opportunity

Canopy is a SaaS startup in South Jordan, Utah building simple, efficient software for accounting firms. We are looking to revolutionize the accounting space with modern, impactful software for a very neglected industry. We strongly emphasize delighting our customers, spotting and solving problems, and being good people along the way.

We are hiring a Senior Design Systems Designer to join our product team. This role will be primarily responsible for advancing our design system and improving design operations across Canopy. You’ll work closely with UX, engineering, and product leadership to create scalable, consistent, and accessible design foundations that power all of our customer-facing experiences.

Our design systems work ensures that Canopy delivers experiences that are cohesive, performant, and efficient to build. You’ll not only own the evolution of our design system, but also help foster a culture of structured design operations, documentation, and collaboration throughout the company.

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.

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Why You Want to Work Here:

🌴 Flexible Paid Time Off - you’re actually encouraged to use, plus 10 company holidays!

❤️‍🩹 Health Benefits - including Medical, Dental, and Vision and an HSA Match.

💰 401(k) - we match 100% up to 3% of your contribution. Eligibility is immediate with 100% vesting.

🧠 Mental Health - all employees have access to Impact Suite & to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

👶 Paid New Parent Leave & Birthing Parent Leave - so you’re able to care for your little ones.

➕ Supplemental Benefits - including 100% company paid Basic Life & AD&D insurance and long & short-term disability coverage.

🌟 Nectar - our peer-to-peer recognition program to help our employees recognize the amazing work being done by other Canopians!

🥳 Company Events - including monthly company-wide meetings, summer parties, and more.

💡 ERG Committees - to plan initiatives around continuing education, community outreach, recruiting, onboarding, and more.

☕ Fully-stocked kitchen - Keto? Vegan? Flexitarian? Mandalorian? We’ve got you covered.

Our Values:

We approach our work every day with a few things in mind:

🔑 Own - we own this place! We focus on outcomes, holding ourselves & each other accountable.

🏆 Win - we win by delighting 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 & we understand that candor is kindness and give the gift of feedback.

To learn more about us & our values, click here.

Interviewing @ Canopy:

Application processes can be a little stressful. Here are the stages of a typical interview process at Canopy:

Once your application is received, we will review it and get back to you if we feel like it’s a mutual fit!
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

Interview processes can vary depending on the role. The People Team will give you a role-specific overview of the process during your first phone call.

Remember: This is your interview too! We know candidates are evaluating us just as much as we are them. We encourage you to bring questions to each of your interviews—our hiring teams will always make sure to save time for questions at the end!

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.

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