About the Role

We're looking for a Design Systems Designer to help shape our design system, working with brand & product design to develop our product design language.

The Design Systems Designer contributes to the look, feel, and interaction of our entire product experience, defining the foundations of our software for Consumers, Merchants, and Dashers. They'll set up our product design team for success by defining our product design language for iOS, Android, and Web. This is a unique opportunity to help shape a fast-growing logistics platform that empowers local economies around the world. You will report into our Head of Design Systems.

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…

• Design systems and patterns that will allow product designers and front-end engineers to focus on product-level problems and ship high-quality work efficiently and consistently.
• Establish beautiful, expressive, and intuitive visual, motion, and interaction design with principles and patterns, across all of our product and platforms, like Web, iOS, and Android.
• Provide pixel-perfect static and interactive mockups.
• Provide guidelines and documentation that connects and resonates with the teams using our design systems.
• Work with Product Designers, Software Engineers, and Design Technologists to develop and ship the system.
• Write documentation and guidance on how and why components, styles, and patterns are applied in code and design.
• Be the design ambassador. Articulate design decisions to product design, brand design, engineering and product.

We’re excited about you because…

• You care about setting up the team up for success—helping shape the design system to help other designers do their best work is 80% of this job.
• You are excellent at exploring design solutions at both a systematic level and feature level.
• You are comfortable expressing and recommending trade offs on design decisions.
• You think in systems; you can see how all the parts fit together, and how a small change can propagate throughout the system.
• You care about the details and the craft of your designs and how those designs get translated on a deep level.
• You understand how your designs will be implemented, and can collaborate with design technologists to add it to the system.
• You can anticipate how aspects of the system will be used by designers, and design for the best default user experience.
• You understand how visual design and interaction design work together to make design clear.
• 6–8 years of experience as a design systems or product designer at a digital product company, contributing to or leading the design and visual execution of product experiences. At least 2 years of design systems experience required.
• Experience mentoring younger product/system designers.
• Experience working on a design system in the past.
• A portfolio of strong interaction design, design systems, and product design work.
• Extremely high attention to detail. You set the bar for what we aim to do in our products.
• Expertise with Figma, Sketch, Principle, Flinto (and other design tools).

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.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and any other state or local hiring regulations, we will consider for employment any qualified applicant, including those with arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the applicable regulation.

If you need any accommodations, please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection.