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 leading the design and evolution of reusable components, patterns, design foundations, and interaction standards that scale across multiple products and platforms. This role requires a systems mindset, exceptional design craft, and the ability to influence across multiple teams.
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.
Skills & Education
Core Design, Design, Design Systems, Product Design, System Designs
Work Arrangement
Hybrid roles in Birmingham, AL typically work in-office at least 2 days per week, with core in-office days on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Hybrid roles in Minneapolis, MN typically work in-office at least 1 day per week on either Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. Hybrid roles in San Francisco, CA typically work in-office at least 1 day per week between Monday and Thursday. Certain roles may require in-office presence on a full-time basis.
Why Join Shipt?
Join Shipt's Design Systems team and help shape the foundation that powers every product experience we build. You'll influence how hundreds of designers and engineers create products, champion accessibility and design quality at scale, and help define how AI transforms the future of product design.