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Join Figma as a Product Designer focused on design systems features, where you'll shape the future of design through high-quality UX/UI while collaborating closely across teams.

Responsibilities: Define product strategies, collaborate cross-functionally, and design high-quality improvements to Figma's design system features.

Skills: 5+ years in UX/UI design for complex systems, strong visual design skills, and effective collaboration and communication abilities.

Qualifications: Experience with design systems, comfort with ambiguity, and a mindset geared towards creative problem-solving are preferred.

Location: Remote work in the United States or office options in San Francisco, CA and New York, NY

Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation ranges for this position are between $100,000 - $160,000.

We’re looking for a systems-minded product designer to help us shape the future of design system features within Figma. In this role, you’ll define the nitty-gritty details of how design systems features will work in Figma. For example, you’d help shape the future of components and variables in the design editor, but also be thinking about how other products across the Figma ecosystem interact with design systems holistically. You’ll work closely with our engineering teams, product teams, and our passionate design systems community to help form and execute on a vision that pushes the boundaries of what’s possible in the design systems industry.

This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.

What you'll do at Figma:

• Contribute to overall strategy and decision-making about product direction
• Help deliver and refine clear storytelling around product needs and opportunities
• Work cross-functionally with product management, engineering, design, and research peers
• Create, collaborate, and iterate on flows, prototypes, and high-fidelity visuals
• Design and ship high-quality product improvements
• Play a key role in shaping the future of design system features across Figma
• Own and ship key feature improvements within the Figma Design Editor

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

• 5+years of experience designing intuitive, high-quality UX and UI for complex systems
• A strong eye for craft, with the ability to design polished interactions and visuals as well as scalable systems
• Experience working independently to drive the design process from exploration through launch
• A track record of designing for complex or system-oriented experiences (e.g., billing, admin tooling, onboarding flows)
• The ability to clearly communicate design rationale, synthesize feedback, and collaborate across disciplines

While it’s not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:

• Have experience building and maintaining design systems at scale
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and framing open-ended problems into actionable design goals
• A generative mindset and ability enthusiasm for creative problem-solving

At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.