Staff Product Designer

Posted on: 
September 5, 2024

Dropbox - Virtual First Company

Dropbox is a Virtual First company. For this role, we are hiring in Zones 2 and 3. Please refer to our Total Rewards section below to see what neighborhoods fall under each Zone.

Company Description

Dropbox is a special place where we are all seeking to fulfill our mission to design a more enlightened way of working. We’re looking for innovative talent to join us on our journey. The words shared by our founders at the start of Dropbox still ring true today. Wouldn’t it be great if our working environment—and the tools we use—were designed with people’s actual needs in mind? Imagine if every minute at work were well spent—if we could focus and spend our time on the things that matter. This is possible, and Dropbox is connecting the dots. The nearly 3,000 Dropboxers around the world have helped make Dropbox a living workspace - the place where people come together and their ideas come to life. Our 700+ million global users have been some of our best salespeople, and they have helped us acquire customers with incredible efficiency. As a result, we reached a billion dollar revenue run rate faster than any software-as-a-service company in history. Dropbox is making the dream of a fulfilling and seamless work life a reality. We hope you’ll join us on the journey.

Team Description

Our Research & Design team crafts delightful experiences that make people's lives easier. We're a close-knit, collaborative group, guided by a highly iterative user-centered design process. Combining research, data, and thoughtful critique, we're discovering needs and solving fundamental problems that impact work and life for millions of people around the world.

Role Description

Our Design team crafts delightful experiences that make people's lives easier. We're a close-knit, collaborative group, guided by a highly iterative user-centered design process. Combining research, data, and thoughtful critique, we're discovering needs and solving fundamental problems that impact work and life for millions of people around the world.

The Design Systems team delivers systems that support product teams in bringing consistently high-quality visual and interaction design to all products. We are a centralized, horizontal team that serves all designers and engineers who work on customer-facing Dropbox products. Our mission is to make it fast and easy for Dropboxers to build UI that is coherent, on-brand, and high quality.

Staff Product Designer

As a Staff Product Designer focused on Design Systems, you’ll play a key role in the architecture and evolution of DIG (Dropbox Interface Guidelines), and all design systems practices within Dropbox.

  • Drive the architecture and evolution of Dropbox’s design system (DIG)
  • Strengthen design system foundations
  • Evolve design systems operations

Responsibilities

Systems Strategy & Execution

  • Work closely with managers and Engineering partners
  • Deliver strategic narratives, components, patterns, and documentation

  

Craft & Talent

  • Show up as an experienced role model
  • Share your experience and excellence through leading by example

  

Collaboration & Communication

  • Work proactively as a trusted partner
  • Bring enthusiasm, expertise, and clarity to all customer interactions

Requirements

  • 8-10+ years experience in a senior Individual Contributor design role
  • 2+ years of experience in a design systems role
  • Experience building products in a remote or distributed team environment
  • Expertise in Figma

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US Zone 1

This role is not available in Zone 1.

US Zone 2

  • $187,400—$253,600 USD

  

US Zone 3

  • $166,600—$225,400 USD

The range(s) listed above is the expected annual salary/OTE (On-Target Earnings) for this role, subject to change.

  

Please note, OTE are for sales roles only.

Benefits

Dropbox is committed to investing in the holistic health and wellbeing of all Dropboxers and their families. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:

  • Competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • 401(k) plan with a generous company match 
  • Flexible PTO/Paid Time Off, paid holidays, Volunteer Time Off, and more
  • Income Protection Plans: Life and disability insurance
  • Business Travel Protection: Travel medical and accident insurance

For additional benefit details, please request more information.

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