Senior Staff Product Designer

About the role

The Buyer team at Etsy is focused on creating inspiring, seamless, and trustworthy shopping experiences that help millions of people discover and purchase unique items from creative entrepreneurs around the world. You will design high-impact buyer-facing experiences across key moments in the shopping journey — from discovery and evaluation to checkout and post-purchase. You’ll work in close collaboration with cross-functional partners in engineering, research, analytics, marketing, and product management to find opportunities, define solutions, and deliver measurable impact.

Responsibilities

• Set the Bar for Design Excellence - Champion visual and interaction design quality across experiences, defining what “great” looks like and ensuring Etsy feels simple, trustworthy, expressive, and delightful.
• Lead End-to-End Experience Design - Own sophisticated, high-impact buyer journeys across exploration, discovery, evaluation, and purchase—balancing customer needs, business goals, and technical constraints.
• Drive Strategy Through Design - Develop product direction in early-stage work by leading workshops, design sprints, and concept explorations that help teams align on vision, requirements, and long-term outcomes.
• Design at a Systems Level - Audit and refine existing experiences, contributing to and evolving our design system to ensure scalability, consistency, and excellence across the buyer ecosystem.
• Drive Experimentation & Iteration - Partner with Product, Engineering and Analytics to build experiments, interpret results, and iterate based on insights—using both qualitative and quantitative signals to guide decisions.
• Explore Future-Looking Solutions - Bring curiosity and fresh thinking by exploring new interaction patterns, motion, storytelling, and new technologies (including generative AI) that elevate buyer experiences.
• Influence Across Teams and Organizations - Clearly articulate design rationale, trade-offs, and system value to audiences ranging from peers to senior leadership—helping teams make better, more customer-centered decisions.

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional product design experience, with deep expertise designing native mobile experiences.
• Exceptional visual and interaction design skills, proven through a portfolio showcasing high-quality UI, end-to-end flows, system thinking, and scalable solutions.
• Proven experience designing complex, high-traffic consumer experiences in areas such as discovery, commerce, or marketplaces.
• Collaboration skills–with a track record of close partnership with engineers to ensure high-quality execution.
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills with the ability to influence and align diverse collaborators.
• A strategic, proactive mindset—comfortable navigating ambiguity, crafting clarity, and driving initiatives forward independently.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a fast-paced, agile environment.
• Strong understanding of user-centered design principles and methodologies.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize tasks effectively.
• Experience with design systems and frameworks.
• Knowledge of web development technologies and tools.

Skills

• Strong proficiency in design software (e.g., Sketch, Figma).
• Experience with design thinking and prototyping tools.
• Understanding of user research methods and data analysis.
• Experience with A/B testing and usability testing.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range: $213,000.00 - $277,000.00
• Annual performance bonus
• Equity package
• Comprehensive benefits package

Pay

$213,000.00 - $277,000.00

Schedule

Full-time position