# Product Designer, Design Systems at Speak

- Company: Speak
- What the company does: Speak is the first & only app that lets you get real conversational practice without needing a live tutor on the other end. And we build some serious AI tech to make that possible. Backed by Accel, Khosla and Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://www.speak.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $160K to $260K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-02
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/speak/7b9af9f1-0f5a-49e2-aa76-a8322525314f
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/speak-product-designer-design-systems/

## About the role

We’re hiring a seasoned Designer to improve how design and engineering work together, starting with a world-class, agent-first design system. By agent-first, we mean the system is structured so humans and AI agents can make the same good decisions: choosing the right components, applying the right patterns, using consistent names, and reviewing UI against shared rules.

## What they're looking for

- 6+ years in product design, with real depth in design systems built on tokens, component APIs, and a single source of truth in code (not only a Figma library)
- You’ve helped build a design system before. You’ve contributed meaningfully to components/patterns/tokens, governance, adoption, and the messy realities of getting it used
- A systems thinker. You’d rather build the thing ten people use than ship one feature yourself
- Taste you can defend. You can pinpoint what’s off (spacing, motion, interaction states) and explain what’s right for Speak and why
- Clear communication + cross-functional drive. You can write the rule, not just draw the component, and work across teams to drive adoption
- Autonomy and end-to-end ownership. You thrive with little scaffolding and drive from problem → roadmap → shipped → adopted

Tags: Design