Principal Product Designer, Design Systems
Homebase (YC W21)
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Denver • Colorado • United States
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Salary
💰 $198,500 - $255,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Drive end-to-end ownership of our design system
- Set uncompromising standards for visual design, interaction patterns, and component quality
- Develop robust governance, tooling, and frameworks to maintain visual consistency
- Pioneer the integration of AI design elements across products
- Drive exceptional iOS and Android experiences with respect for platform conventions
- Partner with engineers to validate decisions and ensure implementation matches vision
- Mentor and guide designers on systems thinking and craft excellence
Requirements
- 10+ years crafting exceptional experiences for complex consumer products
- 4-5+ years specifically building and scaling design systems where quality and velocity coexist
- Deep command of typography, spacing, color theory, hierarchy, motion, and interaction design
- Understanding of what makes iOS feel like iOS and Android feel like Android
- Successfully grown design systems from supporting small teams to enabling dozens or hundreds of designers
- Proven ability to integrate AI into product experiences with thoughtful, polished execution
- Technical depth: Code or prototype at high fidelity
- Detail obsessed with a track record of raising the craft bar
Benefits
- Stock options + 401(k) with 4% match
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage + FSA options
- Flexible PTO + company holidays
- Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave (after 6 months of service)
- Life insurance + short/long-term disability coverage
- Work From Anywhere Month + meeting-free weeks yearly
- Meals provided, commuter benefits, team offsites, and Customer Days
- Required in-office days on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for collaboration
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
design systemstypographyspacingcolor theoryhierarchymotion designinteraction designAI integrationhigh fidelity prototypingvisual design
Soft skills
mentoringsystems thinkingcraft excellencecollaborationattention to detail