Systems Designer

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. The Company’s three core products are Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world; Lens Studio, an augmented reality platform that powers AR across Snapchat and other services; and its AR glasses, Spectacles.

The Product team uses creativity, insights, and operational excellence to steer our product vision across Snap Inc. This team of designers, scientists, and product managers work in a highly collaborative environment to build the products and experiences that bring our community together in new and special ways.

We're looking for a new Systems Designer to join our Product Design team at Snap.

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• Track record untangling out-of-date and non-systematic apps and migrating to a design system.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.

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don’t be shy and provide us some information.

"Default Together" Policy at Snap: At Snap Inc. we believe that being together in person helps us build our culture faster, reinforce our values, and serve our community, customers and partners better through dynamic collaboration. To reflect this, we practice a “default together” approach and expect our team members to work in an office 4+ days per week. 

At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE, including disability/vets.

Our Benefits: Snap Inc. is its own community, so we’ve got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!

Compensation

In the United States, work locations are assigned a pay zone which determines the salary range for the position. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. The starting pay may be negotiable within the salary range for the position. These pay zones may be modified in the future.

Zone A (CA, WA, NYC):

The base salary range for this position is $152,000-$228,000 annually.

Zone B:

The base salary range for this position is $144,000-$217,000 annually.

Zone C:

The base salary range for this position is $129,000-$194,000 annually.

This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.