Systems Designer

What you'll do:

• Work on Snapchat's central design system, focused on the core Snapchat product but with accessory work on our enterprise and consumer web products.
• Work fluidly with our engineering team, often contributing to our codebase and running tests for systems improvements in production.
• Be a champion of design excellence at Snap partnering closely with our Product Design team to uplevel the quality of design and implementation in our core product.
• Be responsible for evangelizing and driving the adoption of our design systems.
• Actively write code to uplevel the components in our system; run frequent A/B tests in production.
• Work closely with engineering to deliver new components to our system.
• Develop and maintain UI components, patterns, and guidelines for a cohesive user experience.
• Create and manage design documentation, including Figma libraries, style guides, and patterns, to help adoption and consistency of usage across Snap.
• Perform design audits and reviews to ensure alignment with our system and brand guidelines.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Experience taking design systems from zero to one; you have a proven track record of establishing and driving the adoption of primitives and components.
• Track record untangling out-of-date and non-systematic apps and migrating to a design system.
• Deep expertise in the craft of design with the ability to flex into roles spanning systems and product work.
• Experience writing production code to uplevel design systems and product quality.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate design decisions and high level strategy to executives clearly.

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS/BA degree or equivalent years of experience.
• 5+ years of experience in a design systems role.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A strong portfolio showcasing your design work and demonstrating a high level of composition, typography, layout, and concepting.
• Experience developing design frameworks for UI motion.
• Experience leading high level product strategy across Engineering and Product.