Senior Product Designer driving design system evolution for Instacart's customer and shopper tools. Collaborating with engineering and design teams to ensure product user experience and adoption.
Responsibilities
Own and drive the design system roadmap
Define and evolve system UX: components, patterns, interaction states, responsive behavior, motion, and accessibility defaults
Lead token strategy end to end (primitive and semantic)
Establish strong governance and lifecycle management
Create implementation-aware specs
Build design enablement in context
Use AI tools intentionally to streamline audits
Measure adoption and impact, identify workflow friction
Requirements
6+ years of experience in product design (or equivalent)
Portfolio showcasing design systems mastery (components, patterns, tokens, governance)
Technical fluency collaborating in component-based workflows (e.g., Figma component libraries and Storybook)
Hands-on experience with token pipelines and tooling (e.g., CSS variables, semantic token architectures)
Proven accessibility competency applied to systems (e.g., WCAG 2.1 AA)
Demonstrated use of AI/automation to improve delivery speed and quality for design systems
Experience driving system adoption through metrics, deprecation/migration programs, and cross-functional enablement
Bachelor’s degree in Design, HCI, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Benefits
Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits
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