Web Designer & Design System - Contractor

Please Note:

This is a Utah-based hybrid position, which will require some regular in-office days each week. Additionally, employment with Bamboo

HR is contingent on passing both a background and credit check.

Our mission is simple: we want to set people free to do meaningful work. We build HR software for growing businesses globally (33,000 customers across 190 countries). Our products are designed to automate, centralize and connect employee data across payroll, time tracking, benefits, performance and reporting - all backed by award-winning customer service.

People love our software—and it turns out that people love working here too. At 1,200 employees strong, we've been recognized as a "Best Company to Work For" and we're proud of our team for creating software that makes an impact in the lives of HR pros and employees all over the world.

• Build a comprehensive design system for the website, including typography, color systems, icons, layout grids, spacing rules, components, states, interactions, and responsive behavior.
• Partner closely with web engineers to ensure components, patterns, and design system elements translate cleanly into production-ready HTML/CSS within our Figma → code workflow.
• Translate brand guidelines and design principles into reusable Figma components, tokens, and documentation that scale across teams.
• Define and maintain design tokens (color, spacing, typography, elevation) to support consistency and scalability across the design system.
• Support high-fidelity page design for new templates and page layouts, ensuring visual cohesion across the entire site.
• Create annotated designs and documentation for engineering handoff, ensuring clarity and alignment.
• Document component usage, interaction patterns, and responsive behaviors to help designers and engineers work consistently and efficiently.
• Ensure accessibility best practices (WCAG) are baked into components, patterns, and page designs.
• Participate in design reviews
  , iterate quickly based on feedback, and help elevate design quality across the team.
• Support QA reviews
  , validating implementation fidelity and consistency with the design system.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with UX/UI, creative, brand, engineering, and marketing partners to bring the new website vision to life.
• Support ongoing UX/UI project work for marketing and web stakeholders, including landing pages, campaign assets, user flows, and other high-impact web requests.

• 9 month contract with potential for extension
• Remote work (U.S. preferred)
• February 2026 start

• 6+ years of web design, ideally with marketing websites or SaaS environments.
• Strong mastery of Figma, including components, variants, auto layout, prototyping, and design tokens.
• Experience contributing to or building a design system
• Deep understanding of accessibility, responsive design, and UX best practices.
• Working knowledge of HTML/CSS or design-to-development workflows.
• Ability to synthesize direction and iterate quickly in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, especially in cross-functional settings.
• A keen eye for visual detail, layout consistency, and scalable design patterns.

• You think in systems and bring clarity to complex visual frameworks.
• You're energized by building structure where none exists—and creating scalable processes others can use.
• You understand how design choices impact performance, accessibility, and SEO.
• You collaborate with engineers proactively and enjoy bridging design ↔ development.
• You're adaptable, detail-oriented, and comfortable with rapid iteration.
• You're a strong communicator who thrives in feedback-rich environments.
• You bring fresh, modern design sensibility while staying grounded in function and usability.
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