Senior Product Designer, Design Systems

🔥 5 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $178.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🎨 Product Designer (UI/UX)

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DuckDuckGo

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2008

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

🔒 Cybersecurity

Consulting • Marketing • Cybersecurity

DuckDuckGo is an independent Internet privacy company dedicated to providing users with tools that enhance their online privacy. Best known for its search engine, DuckDuckGo offers a free web browser and browser extensions for iOS, Android, Mac, and Windows that include built-in privacy features such as tracker blocking, encryption, and email protection. Unlike traditional search engines and browsers that track search and browsing history, DuckDuckGo prioritizes user privacy by preventing tracking and targeted advertising. The company operates on the premise that privacy should be simple and accessible, offering a private alternative to major tech companies while remaining financially sustainable through non-invasive ads based on search results rather than personal data.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of DuckDuckGo’s design system and define its roadmap from the ground up • Audit the existing design system • Lead design-system projects across platforms and products including Duck.ai and Search • Shape processes for managing and scaling the design system • Autonomously lead high-impact projects serving millions of users • Collaborate with team members at all levels to develop privacy-focused solutions • Assess ambiguous problems, propose high-impact solutions, and execute against success criteria • Contribute to product-related design decisions • Communicate visual and interaction recommendations through mockups, prototypes, documentation, metrics, and rationale • Collaborate across design and engineering practices to establish shared workflows and nomenclature

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in product or design systems roles • 2+ years in senior-level design positions at significant global consumer brands • Demonstrable track record of building and scaling complex and established systems • Ability to lead design-system audits, recommend solutions, and plan rollouts • Ability to communicate recommendations and prioritization with clear documentation, success metrics, resources, and rationale • Ability to create scalable frameworks, including tokens and libraries, across platforms and teams • Deep knowledge of design tools such as Figma • Experience bridging design and engineering practices, including shared nomenclature and workflows • Experience applying agentic and AI-driven solutions to design-system management and maintenance workflows • Ability to produce high-quality mockups, prototypes, and rationale • Ability to manage ambiguity, propose innovative solutions, and execute with a focus on metrics • Required to attend meetings on camera via video conferencing • Average full-time commitment of 40 hours per week • Must pass a background check as a condition of joining • Portfolio required

🏖️ Benefits

• Stock options • Paid parental leave • Office setup allowance • Co-working allowances • Flexible work arrangement with no core hours • Company-sponsored health benefits for team members based in the United States • Global all-hands meetup and team retreat travel, each around 4–5 days