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FigmaProduct Designer, Design Systems
Figma seeks a Product Designer for its Design Systems team to build and scale shared patterns and components across its growing product lineup. This full-time position…
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Figma seeks a Product Designer for its Design Systems team to build and scale shared patterns and components across its growing product lineup. This full-time position aims to deliver a cohesive, approachable experience for users regardless of the specific tool they use. The organization builds a platform that assists teams in bringing ideas to life through brainstorming, prototyping, translating designs into code, and real-time collaboration. This role suits a professional…
Job Description
Figma seeks a Product Designer for its Design Systems team to build and scale shared patterns and components across its growing product lineup. This full-time position aims to deliver a cohesive, approachable experience for users regardless of the specific tool they use. The organization builds a platform that assists teams in bringing ideas to life through brainstorming, prototyping, translating designs into code, and real-time collaboration.
This role suits a professional experienced in multi-product environments who can collaborate across organizational boundaries. Responsibilities include shaping design system strategy, establishing shared component visions, working alongside engineering and product management, and developing high-fidelity visuals, prototypes, and user flows.
Candidates must possess a minimum of five years of relevant design systems background and proficiency in building code-based concepts. The position offers an annual base salary range between $164,000 and $294,000 USD, alongside equity and various health, retirement, and wellness benefits. Work can be performed from a designated United States hub or remotely within the country, though in-person onboarding is mandatory upon hire.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to strategy and decision-making for cross-product design systems
- Establish and communicate a vision for shared design patterns across multiple products
- Partner with engineering, product management, and other design teams to implement components consistently
- Develop, iterate, and refine components including user flows, prototypes, and high-fidelity visuals
- Drive internal adoption and ongoing refinement of the design system
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience working as a Design Systems designer
- Demonstrated ability to independently and collaboratively explore design solutions from concept through execution
- Proven capacity to build simple, scalable solutions for complex multi-product user experiences
- Background in managing complex projects involving cross-team and cross-organizational collaboration
- Proficiency in building concepts in code and communicating design choices via production-quality concepts
Qualifications
- Passion for producing inclusive, user-friendly designs for broad audiences
- Experience mentoring early-career or junior designers
Core Skills
Benefits
- Equity in the company
- Health, dental, and vision coverage
- Retirement benefits featuring company contributions
- Parental leave and family or reproductive planning support
- Mental health and wellness benefits
- Paid time off, holidays, and paid sick leave
- Flexible paid time off for exempt employees
- Company recharge days
- Home internet and cell phone reimbursements
- Lifestyle spending accounts
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the location and remote policy for this job?
This full-time position can be performed remotely within the United States or from one of the company's US hubs. However, new hires are required to attend in-person onboarding.
What is the salary range for the Product Designer role?
The annual base salary range for this position is between $164,000 and $294,000 USD. Actual compensation depends on factors such as interview performance, prior experience, skills, and work location.
What are the core experience requirements?
Applicants must have at least five years of experience as a design systems designer. They also need a proven ability to build scalable solutions for complex multi-product experiences and proficiency in building concepts in code.
Are there specific interview or onboarding requirements?
Candidates are required to keep their cameras on during all video interviews. If hired, attendance at an in-person onboarding session is mandatory.
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