Design System Manager (m/f/d)
Deezer · Paris, FR ·
- Category
- Design
- Experience
- 8+ years
LIVE THE MUSIC WITH US
From a pioneer tech start-up created in 2007, Deezer has become one of the first French unicorns and the second largest independent music streaming platform in the world.
At eighteen years old, we’re only just coming of age. Now listed on #EuroNext, Deezer is a rapidly-growing, cutting-edge player in the music streaming market. If you want an environment where you can make your voice heard and be at the forefront of music and tech, look no further!
We believe music is all about embracing the things that make us different.
Deezer is a vibrant community that celebrates uniqueness, diversity and individuality, and thrives on collaboration.
Our international and passionate teams pride themselves on being at the forefront of the music experience, going beyond streaming and helping the world to Live the Music. We’re constantly evolving alongside our customers, partners, artists and employees — striving to make Deezer the most personal and innovative streaming service in the world.
Ready for an electrifying journey? Apply now and do your part in bringing extraordinary music experiences to people’s lives!
**Join Us**
Job Description
You will join Deezer's Product & Tech organisation of 200 people, including a design team of 11 designers. As Design System Manager, you will own, evolve, and champion Tempo — Deezer's design system.
This is a role for someone who wants to do both build and run — working on the structural choices that shape the system, while actively driving its adoption across the organisation.
What you will do:
Phase 1 — Clean the system
Bring Figma libraries to a stable, well-structured, fully documented state
Support, update or establish (if need be) manual processes: contribution flow, deprecation, icon addition, release notes, and support
Define and track health metrics for adoption and system coverage
Lay the governance foundations: office hours, onboarding, DS champions across teams
Re-align the design team around shared conventions and best practices, to restore consistency across workstreams
Phase 2 — Scale the system
Connect Tempo to Brand, CRM, and Marketing — ensuring coherence beyond the product surface
Set up onboarding and ongoing education for contributors (training, office hours, playground files)
Automate processes by leveraging the Figma API: release notes, doc sync, parity checks
Build a Content System for copy and tone-of-voice patterns
Enable AI-assisted prototyping using clean Tempo components
Explore tools like Dust AI and Code Connect to reduce manual overhead and enable fast vibe-coding workflows on a public, code-connected DS repo
Qualifications
Hard Skills
8+ years in design systems, product design, or design engineering
Deep Figma expertise — variables, auto-layout, component architecture, library management, Code Connect
Experience writing clear, structured component documentation
Familiarity with Figma API, webhooks, or automation scripting
Ability to understand technical aspects (design tokens, Compose/Swift/React)
Experience with AI prototyping or LLM-assisted design workflows is a strong plus
Soft Skills
Strategic thinker: you can establish a vision for the design system, translate it into a short and mid-term roadmap, and get stakeholders to buy into it
Strong cross-functional communicator — fluent in both design and engineering conversations
Autonomous and ownership-oriented: you drive subjects without waiting to be told what to do
Clear and proactive communicator: you bring structure and clarity to ambiguous topics, share regular updates, and know how to get stakeholders aligned and bought in
Rigorous and structured — you build processes that scale, not just components
Pedagogue: you write docs people actually read, and you bring teams along with you
Comfortable operating without direct reports while having influence
Sharing a portfolio or case studies that could demonstrate your impact is mandatory to apply.
At Deezer, diversity drives innovation. Whatever makes you uniquely you, your experiences, your way of thinking, your journey, might be exactly what we need.
If this role speaks to you and aligns with your interests and capabilities, even if you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications listed, please give it a try and tell us more! #BeYou
Additional Information
At Deezer, you can be your true self as we believe that #everyvoicematters. We strive to build an inclusive culture and foster a diverse environment. Because we care and want to ensure each employee feels welcome and safe at work, we continuously focus on fighting biases and helping diverse teams work well together through multiple learning opportunities, e-learnings and workshops right from the onboarding :
Regular Diversity & Inclusion internal and external talks
Dedicated employee work streams on Gender equity, Ethnicity & Culture, Disability and LGBTQ+
Multiple e-learnings and mandatory training sessions for all managers
English and French courses for all, so that everyone can connect and feel included
Beyond benefits like health insurance, transportation, we offer you extra perks like:
A Deezer premium family account for free
Access to gym classes
Join over 70 Deezer Communities to connect beyond your day-to-day work, share passions, learn from each other and #Belong.
Deezer parties several times a year and drinks every thursday
Allowance for sports, travelling and culture
Meal vouchers
Great offices always located in dynamic and attractive districts, whether in Paris, London or Sao Paulo!
Hybrid remote work policy
If you want to learn more about life and culture at Deezer, please visit our Welcome to the Jungle page here!