Staff Product Designer, Design Systems

Etsy is the global marketplace for unique and creative goods. We build, power, and evolve the tools and technologies that connect millions of entrepreneurs with millions of buyers around the world. As an Etsy Inc. employee, whether a team member of Etsy, Reverb, or Depop, you will tackle unique, meaningful, and large-scale problems alongside passionate coworkers, all the while making a rewarding impact and Keeping Commerce Human.

What’s the role?

The User Experience Foundation initiative is foundational to product development at Etsy, enabling teams to build brand-aligned, inclusive, usable products at scale. As a Staff Product Designer on Design Systems, you will work directly with Design, Product and Engineering leadership to craft our growing landscape of systems and will shape the future of Etsy’s customer experience. Your designs will have a multiplier effect as your products are used by all product teams, and touch every piece of the customer journey.   

This is a full-time position reporting to the Senior Product Design Manager for User Experience Foundation and the base salary range will be 157,000 - 205,000 USD per year.  In addition to salary, you will also be eligible for an equity package, an annual performance bonus, and our competitive benefits that support you and your family as part of your total rewards package at Etsy. This role requires your presence in Etsy’s Brooklyn office in an in-person or flex capacity. Candidates living within commutable distance of the Brooklyn Hub, may be the first to be considered. Learn more about our Flex and Office-based work modes and workplace safety policies here.

What’s this team like at Etsy?

Join a team focused on and passionate about design systems. Together the team delivers systematic solutions to challenging problems, pressure testing those ideas along the way and getting direct feedback from our internal customers. You’ll collaborate with design systems designers and cross-functional leads to craft systems to support our web and native platforms, and influence  the vision and strategy of our initiative. 

What does the day-to-day look like?

• Discovering insights, opportunities, and requirements
• Designing new components and styles, and creating clear guidelines for our internal customers
• Mapping the end-to-end user journey for key workflows applying service design methodology
• Testing prototypes and hypotheses with users to collect feedback 
• Sharing your work to peers and leadership, async and in-person
• Taking part in weekly design critiques, workshops, all hands and squad meetings
• Researching and formulating an opinion on industry trends in design systems and accessibility
• Thinking and writing about your process and documenting your decisions
• Of course, this is just a sample of the kinds of work this role will require! You should assume that your role will encompass other tasks, too, and that your job duties and responsibilities may change from time to time at Etsy's discretion, or otherwise applicable with local law.

Qualities that will help you thrive in this role are:

• You raise the design bar and can run independently or give direction to designers within your team 
• You can lead workshops and effectively align the group around a vision and approach
• You have a track record of working with complex flows and customer journeys
• You can think and design at a system level, not just interface elements or pages
• You are able to context switch and apply a wide variety of product design skills (e.g., design thinking, design strategy, user problem definition, information architecture, service design)
• You’re passionate about design systems and accessibility
• You’ll regularly make use of your soft skills: listening, negotiating, decision-making
• You’ll spend time providing mentorship to other designers
• You’ll play a key part in onboarding, and improving our team’s culture and engagement

What's Next

If you're interested in joining the team at Etsy, please share your resume with us and feel free to include a cover letter if you'd like. As we hope you've seen already, Etsy is a place that values individuality and variety. We don't want you to be like everyone else -- we want you to be like you! So tell us what you're all about.

Our Promise

At Etsy, we believe that a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace furthers relevance, resilience, and longevity. We encourage people from all backgrounds, ages, abilities, and experiences to apply. Etsy is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during any part of the interview process, please let your recruiter know. While Etsy supports visa sponsorship, sponsorship opportunities may be limited to certain roles and skills.

For U.S. roles only:

Many Etsy roles are open to remote candidates, and you'll be able to identify which ones within the location header of each job description. We're open to remote hires from all U.S. states except Hawaii and Alaska.