Senior Product Designer, Design Systems
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Job description
DuckDuckGo is hiring a Senior Product Designer, Design Systems to be the first of their kind at the company, taking ownership of the design system and defining both the role and its roadmap. The role involves auditing the existing system and leading projects that scale it across platforms and products like Duck.ai and Search.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
- Work mode
- Remote · Worldwide
- Pay
- USD 178,500 / year
- Apply before
- November 6, 2026
What you'll do
- Take ownership of the design system and define both a role and a roadmap from the ground up
- Audit the existing design system
- Lead projects that move the design system forward across platforms and products like Duck.ai and Search
- Shape how the design system is managed and scaled as the company grows
- Autonomously lead highly impactful projects that scale across millions of users
- Collaborate with team members at all levels to pioneer new solutions
- Assess vague problems, propose high-impact solutions, and execute them against a set of success criteria
- Have a voice in all product-related design decisions
What we're looking for
- 7+ years of experience in product or design systems roles, including 2+ years in senior-level design positions at significant global consumer brands
- Demonstrable track record of building and scaling complex and established systems
- Ability to lead the future of the design system, from audit, recommending solutions, and planning their rollout via quick wins or large-scale projects
- Ability to communicate recommendations and prioritization with clear documentation, success metrics, resources, and rationale which stakeholders, designers, and engineers can confidently act on
- A knack for balancing structure with scale by creating frameworks (tokens, libraries) that hold up across platforms and teams without sacrificing craft
- Deep knowledge of design tools, such as Figma, that are key to evolving and maintaining the design system
- Experience bridging design and engineering practices, including creating shared nomenclature and workflows that map across tools and platforms
- Accustomed to applying agentic and AI-driven solutions into design system management and maintenance workflows
- Enjoy pushing creative limits while solving challenging design problems and delivering on delight, craft and exceptional quality
- Ability to communicate visual and interaction recommendations with high-quality mockups, prototypes, and rationale
- Skills to manage ambiguity and wrangle vague problems, propose innovative solutions, and execute them with a focus on metrics
- Ability to take initiative in generating ideas and carrying them forward with urgency and discretion, while working openly and collaboratively
Your team
Design
A team dedicated to an ethical, privacy by design approach.
Benefits
Compensation is transparent across the organization, and all team members within the same professional level and global region receive the same compensation
- $178,500 USD annually and stock options
- Company-sponsored health benefits for team members based in the United States
- Paid parental leave, office setup, and co-working allowances
How to get hired
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Application keyword
Include the word DUCKDUCKGO in your application.
About DuckDuckGo
The online protection company
DuckDuckGo is a remote-first team of 300+ founded in 2008 and profitable since 2014, with annual revenue exceeding $100m USD. Millions use its browser on Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android, its search engine, and the DuckDuckGo subscription. It also offers private, useful, and optional AI, including Duck.ai, which lets you chat privately with ChatGPT, Claude, and other AIs, all in one place.
Mission
To raise the standard of trust online.
Key facts
- 300+
- 2008
- Remote-first team of 300+
- Profitable since 2014
- Annual revenue exceeds $100m USD
- Millions use the browser on Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android, the search engine, and the DuckDuckGo subscription
- Offers private, useful, and optional AI, including Duck.ai
What they value
- Trust
- Inclusivity
- Empowered project management
- End-to-end ownership
- Ethical, privacy by design approach
Application keyword
Include the word DUCKDUCKGO in your application.