Staff Product Designer, Stripe

• 10+ years relevant design experience at a product-driven tech company
• Ability to operate independently at a high altitude to turn ambiguous, complex, horizontal problems into concrete visions (in partnership with cross-functional. stakeholders) that bring together multiple team strategies
• Strong skills in visual design, interaction design, and prototyping demonstrated through a portfolio of work
• Experience collaborating closely with engineering teams
• Comfortable presenting work to company leadership regularly
• Experience leading and communicating changes and updates to a design system to audiences that include designers, engineers, and product experts

Desirable

• The Design Systems team is dedicated to empowering product teams at Stripe by providing the tools and resources needed to deliver exceptional user experiences
• This team collaborates closely with Product Designers, Engineers, and Product Managers to create a cohesive design and engineering platform that enhances usability and consistency, enabling teams to build faster and with greater confidence
• By partnering with cross-functional teams, they define design principles, guidelines, patterns, and components, ensuring that every user interaction reflects our identity and values
• We are looking for a Staff Product Designer to enhance Sail, our design system at Stripe
• In this role, you will play a key part in supporting our designers and engineers in creating outstanding and consistent user experiences across all our platforms
• You will bridge the gap between design and engineering, helping to shape the quality and usability of Stripe products
• By collaborating with various teams, you will not only improve the foundation of our design system but also introduce new components, patterns, and tools
• Your contributions will be essential in elevating the standard of user experiences at Stripe, ensuring that our products remain intuitive and user-friendly
• You will also have the opportunity to mentor other designers and share best practices and system updates, promoting a culture of continuous improvement within the design team
• Proactively connect business ideas to product
• Be a leader and drive product initiatives across teams
• Set and exemplify a deep commitment to craft & product excellence
• Design reusable components and patterns that align with Stripe’s design principles
• Prototype components and reusable end-to-end experiences, contribute to design system repositories, and support engineering efforts
• Create and maintain clear, comprehensive documentation to enable teams across the organization to adopt and extend the design system effectively
• Work in a highly collaborative fashion with other designers, product teams, stakeholders and leaders to shape, define, and align on company strategy and roadmaps
• Create and maintain shared UI libraries, patterns, and templates in Figma
• Facilitate training sessions to educate and onboard teams using the design system
• Advocate for accessibility in all aspects of the design system