Netflix

Senior Product Designer, Architecture and Systems

Netflix

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Los Gatos • California • New York • United States

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Salary

💰 $350,000 - $520,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Architect the strategy for platform systems and design scaling to ensure cross-squad resilience and durability.
  • Unblock vertical product squads by identifying architectural bottlenecks and providing scalable design solutions that reduce technical and design debt.
  • Lead the UX strategy and execution for foundational platform features, including universal navigation, notification frameworks, task management, and high-density data interfaces.
  • Partner with engineering to maintain a shared repository of standardized components, ensuring pixel-perfect alignment between platform designs and production code.
  • Serve as a strategic ambassador to the central Hawkins design team, influencing global standards to support complex Ads use cases while building deep credibility for Ads as a vital design partner.
  • Evangelize documentation and paved-path frameworks that empower designers to adopt platform standards with velocity and autonomy.
  • Operationalize AI-driven agentic workflows and intelligent UI patterns in partnership with the AI pillar to scale these frameworks across the Ads ecosystem.
  • Ground platform decisions in research regarding human and agentic archetypes to ensure infrastructure remains future-proof.
  • Audit the ecosystem to identify UI discrepancies and prioritize the foundational work needed to move the Ads Suite toward a unified experience layer.
  • Influence Product and Engineering leadership to ensure platform infrastructure is both technically feasible and vision-aligned.
  • Up-level the organization's craft through expert guidance, accelerating the speed of the entire design organization.

Requirements

  • 5-7+ years of experience in product design, with a focus on platform systems, design scaling, or foundational infrastructure in complex B2B environments.
  • Expert-level proficiency in Figma and a deep understanding of how platform systems scale across diverse, high-density interfaces.
  • A portfolio demonstrating the ability to simplify high-complexity platform workflows, such as technical dashboards or multi-state state machines.
  • Familiarity with front-end constraints and a history of successful collaboration with engineering to implement scalable systems.
  • Proven ability to present platform-wide strategies to senior leadership and influence cross-functional roadmaps.
  • Experience in the Advertising ecosystem (e.g. Ad Tech, programmatic buying, campaign management tools, etc.).
  • Proficiency in high-fidelity prototyping to validate and demo system-level interactions.
  • Knowledge of Accessibility (A11y) standards and how to embed them into the platform core.
Benefits
  • Health Plans
  • Mental Health support
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match
  • Stock Option Program
  • Disability Programs
  • Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Family-forming benefits
  • Life and Serious Injury Benefits
  • Paid leave of absence programs
  • Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off
  • Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off
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Hard Skills & Tools
product designdesign scalinghigh-fidelity prototypingFigmatechnical dashboardsmulti-state state machinesAccessibility (A11y) standardsscalable systemsAI-driven workflowsUI patterns
Soft Skills
leadershipinfluencecollaborationstrategic thinkingcommunicationexpert guidanceproblem-solvingresearch-driven decision makingevangelismcredibility building