Design Systems Designer

Overview

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About Us

At Sportsbet, we're all about bringing excitement to life for our 2 million customers. As part of the global Flutter Group, we're a tight-knit team of 1,300 in Melbourne, Sydney, and Darwin, passionate about challenging the status quo. We're proud to be recognized as one of LinkedIn's Top 25 Companies and one of the Top 10 Workplaces for Women.

We're an inclusive employer who celebrates diversity and is committed to helping you thrive. Whether you're looking for flexibility, career growth, or a supportive environment, we're here to help you succeed.

Our commitment to responsible gambling is genuine and demonstrated through the wide range of responsible gambling initiatives and tools.

We're proud to be the leaders in responsible gambling in our industry, not just locally, but globally.

About the Role

At Sportsbet, we move fast, think big, and design experiences that bring excitement to life - responsibly. Our app is one of the most used in Australia, and we're passionate about making it not only fast and reliable, but cohesive, intuitive, and crafted to the highest standard.

That's where you come in.

We're looking for a Design Systems Designer to help us evolve, scale, and advocate for SONIC, our design system powering the Sportsbet experience. If you love turning complexity into clarity, thrive on the details of UI, and enjoy bridging the worlds of design and engineering, this is the role for you.

As the Design Systems Designer, you'll play a hands-on role in building robust, accessible components in Figma, maintaining our documentation, and supporting product squads to deliver with quality and consistency. You'll be part of a tight-knit team responsible for evolving our system's structure, visual language, and contribution model.

This role reports to the Manager, Design Systems, and sits within our Product Design team.

Day to day you will

• Design, prototype, and maintain scalable UI components in Figma.
• Ensure accessibility, responsiveness, and visual consistency across platforms.
• Manage and evolve our component libraries and documentation using tools like Zeroheight.
• Partner with engineers to ensure clean handover from Figma to code.
• Support product designers to apply system patterns and uphold standards.
• Promote adoption of SONIC through demos, updates, and education.
• Monitor system usage and proactively improve usability and performance.
• Continuously explore new tools, trends, and methods to keep SONIC best-in-class.

About You

• Mastery of Figma, especially in creating flexible, interactive components.
• UX/UI/Product Design background with recent experience working on design systems (dedicated or embedded in product teams).
• Experience managing libraries and design tokens, with strong visual design skills.
• Familiarity with design documentation platforms like Zeroheight or equivalent.
• Ability to explain system rationale and advocate for consistency across multi-disciplinary teams.
• Skilled at seeking and integrating feedback from designers and developers.
• A user-centred, scalable approach to solving problems.
• A learning mindset: open to feedback, change, and new ideas.
• Experience working in cross-functional squads in an Agile environment.

Why You'll Love Working Here

Along with a competitive salary and generous performance-based bonus, here are some of our other benefits:

• 25 days annual leave
• Genuine flexible working policy
• $1050 work-from-home allowance to set up your home office
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program and a Circle In membership
• Access to outstanding career development programs, including expert-led internal training and external learning opportunities
• Weekly concierge service including free massages, facials and nail appointments - all onsite
• Free coffee, daily fresh fruit, breakfast provisions and Kombucha on tap in the office
• Weekly rotating socials, from Thursday drinks to coffee carts and fun team events
• End of trip facilities with onsite table tennis and pool tables
• Generous parental leave and return-to-work benefits
• Hack Days: Participate in our hack days, where creativity and collaboration lead to exciting new ideas and projects.

What's the Green Tick Feeling?

Well, it's different for everyone, yet unites us all. It's the feeling you get when you succeed, no matter what success looks like to you. It could be developing your career, it could be working on an industry leading project, or it could be making it to school pick up in time. It's all the little and big things that make you feel like you're thriving when working at Sportsbet.

We're an inclusive employer who welcomes you for who you are, as you are - so, if you require adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know in your application. We also know flex means different things to different people, so let us know how we can support you to be your best.

We review applications quickly, so apply soon Check out our Life@Sportsbet Instagram, LinkedIn, and careers website for more about our inclusive culture.

Ready for your Green Tick Feeling? Apply now.

Details

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Design
• Industries: Spectator Sports, Gambling Facilities and Casinos, and IT Services and IT Consulting

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