Senior Product Designer
About the role
Shipt is a retail tech company that connects people to reliable, high-quality delivery with a personal touch. The Senior Product Designer, Design Systems role at Shipt involves shaping and evolving the design foundations that power experiences across the entire product ecosystem. Reporting to the Director of Design Systems, you will lead the design of scalable components, interaction patterns, design foundations, and documentation that enable product teams to deliver consistent, accessible, and high-quality experiences.
Responsibilities
Lead the design and evolution of reusable components, patterns, design foundations, and interaction standards that scale across multiple products and platforms.
Solve complex, ambiguous design problems by identifying patterns across products and translating them into scalable system solutions.
Develop thoughtful component behaviors, APIs, interaction models, accessibility requirements, and implementation guidance.
Partner closely with Product Designers, Design System Engineers, Front-End Engineers, Product Managers, and Accessibility experts to ensure component quality, adoption, and seamless implementation across the organization.
Actively experiment with emerging AI-powered design tools and workflows to improve component creation, documentation, governance, quality assurance, and team productivity.
Help establish contribution models, governance processes, documentation standards, and review practices that ensure the long-term health and scalability of the Design System.
Measure adoption and continuously improve the system based on user feedback and organizational needs.
Build trusted relationships across Design, Product, and Engineering organizations.
Mentor designers across the organization in systems thinking, accessibility, component design, AI-assisted workflows, and best practices.
Requirements
Expertise in Design Systems, Component Design, Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Visual Design, Design Foundations, Design Tokens, Accessibility, User Frameworks & Psychology, Systems Thinking, Prototyping, Documentation, and Cross-Platform Design.
Demonstrated fluency with the latest generative AI tools and evolving design technologies.
Strong understanding of modern front-end development principles, component libraries, design tokens, responsive design, and developer handoff processes.
Advanced proficiency in Figma (Variables, Component Properties, Auto Layout, Libraries, Dev Mode).
Qualifications
4+ years of Product Design experience with demonstrated expertise in Design Systems, platform design, or highly scalable product experiences.
Experience partnering closely with engineering teams throughout implementation.
Advanced proficiency in Figma (Variables, Component Properties, Auto Layout, Libraries, Dev Mode).
Skills & Education
This list includes key skills used in this job but is not inclusive of all skills needed for the role. Please see any required education below.
Core Design, Design, Design Systems, Product Design, System Designs
Core Design Competencies
Systems Thinking
Leverages research, experimentation, accessibility, and iterative design methods to create high-quality components and system patterns that solve broad organizational needs.
Design Judgment
Makes thoughtful trade-offs between consistency, flexibility, usability, technical feasibility, and business priorities while maintaining a high bar for craft.
AI Curiosity & Innovation
Continuously explores emerging AI technologies and design workflows, thoughtfully integrating new capabilities that improve designer productivity, system quality, and organizational effectiveness.
Business Acumen
Understands how Design Systems drive business value by improving product quality, accelerating delivery, reducing design and engineering effort, and enabling scalable growth.
Additional Expectations
Ego None. You work with humility, value feedback, and prioritize the success of the Design System and product teams over individual ownership.
Organizational Influence
You are recognized as a trusted design partner who elevates design quality across teams through collaboration, mentorship, and thoughtful decision-making.
Mentorship Coach designers on systems thinking, accessibility, component design, AI-assisted workflows, and best practices.
Help grow design maturity across the organization.
Participate in recruiting efforts, portfolio reviews, and interviews.
Help identify exceptional talent while raising the bar for design craft, systems thinking, collaboration, and innovation.
Pay Range
$134,000 - $190,000