Staff Product Designer, Design Systems (Visual Specialist)
About the Team
Our Design Systems team is responsible for the standards, components, patterns, and tools used by our designers and engineers to build the best in-class user experience across DoorDash’s three-sided marketplace (Consumer, Dasher, and Merchant). We elevate design craft and provide strategic innovation, making our product experiences intuitive, engaging, and joyful.
About the Role
We’re looking for a Staff Product Designer to lead the visual evolution of our design system, aligning DoorDash’s visual identity across all product touchpoints. You will bridge product and brand, ensuring that our design system not only meets technical standards but also reflects our brand’s personality. You should advocate for a diverse range of technologies (i.e. AI) to keep our design system fresh and inspiring.
You will report to the Senior Manager of Design Systems in our Design organization. This role is hybrid, 1-2 days a week onsite from one of our Design hubs and the rest working from home.
You're excited about this opportunity because you will…
- Evolve our design system to maintain a cohesive, engaging user experience.
- Provide creative direction for evolving the system across visual design, motion, and animation.
- Promote consistency and quality across design elements, ensuring they follow our design principles and brand guidelines.
- Improve the visual craft bar across the design organization.
- Mentor product designers on visual design, brand alignment, and new design solutions.
- Collaborate with our in-house creative agency (Superette) to innovate on behalf of our users.
We're excited about you because…
- You have 10+ years of experience in product/brand, with a background in art direction or branding and identity.
- You have 3+ years of experience in design systems.
- You have a broad range of experience as a designer and can effortlessly integrate new technologies into your daily work.
- You excel at guiding and mentoring designers in creating visually compelling, brand-aligned product experiences.
- You are experienced in pixel-perfect execution and cohesive visual storytelling.
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Compensation
The successful candidate's starting pay will fall within the pay range listed below and is determined based on job-related factors including, but not limited to, skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. Base salary is localized according to an employee’s work location.
Ranges are market-dependent and may be modified in the future.
In addition to base salary, the compensation for this role includes opportunities for equity grants. Talk to your recruiter for more information.
DoorDash cares about you and your overall well-being. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package for all regular employees that includes a 401(k) plan with an employer match, paid time off, paid parental leave, wellness benefits, and several paid holidays.
Additionally, for full-time employees, DoorDash offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, a commuter benefit match, and a mental health program, among others.
To learn more about our benefits, visit our careers page here.
The base pay for this position ranges from our lowest geographical market up to our highest geographical market within California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Washington.
- I4: $107,400 — $158,000 USD
- I5: $129,200 — $190,000 USD
- I6: $155,000 — $228,000 USD
About DoorDash
At DoorDash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly, learn, and reiterate in order to make impactful decisions that display empathy for our range of users—from Dashers to merchant partners to consumers. We are a technology and logistics company that started with door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known for delivering food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods.
DoorDash is growing rapidly and changing constantly, which gives our team members the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and own their careers. We're committed to supporting employees’ happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits and perks including premium healthcare, wellness expense reimbursement, paid parental leave, and more.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel.
Statement of Non-Discrimination
In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on “protected categories,” we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (i.e., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at DoorDash. We value a diverse workforce – people who identify as women, non-binary or gender non-conforming, LGBTQIA+, American Indian or Native Alaskan, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, differently-abled, caretakers and parents, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. Thank you to the Level Playing Field Institute for this statement of non-discrimination.
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