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💎 Seniority level: Staff, 7+ years
📍 Location: United States
💸 Salary: 134120.0 - 239500.0 USD per year
🔍 Industry: Software Development
🏢 Company: Samsara👥 1001-5000💰 Secondary Market over 4 years ago🫂 Last layoff almost 5 years agoCloud Data ServicesBusiness IntelligenceInternet of ThingsSaaSSoftware
🗣️ Languages: English
⏳ Experience: 7+ years
🪄 Skills: FigmaFrontend DevelopmentHTMLCSSJavascriptReact.jsUI DesignUser Experience DesignCross-functional Team LeadershipProduct designCommunication SkillsCollaborationAgile methodologiesRESTful APIsStrategic thinkingPrototyping
Requirements:
- 7+ years of experience in product design, with at least 3 years working on design systems (either dedicated or with significant contributions).
- Expertise in interaction and visual design, with a deep understanding of UI patterns, accessibility best practices, and front-end technologies.
- Strong experience in Figma, including component libraries, tokens, auto-layout, and advanced prototyping.
- Portfolio showcasing your craft, ability to scale design systems, and quantifiable impact on team efficiency, design quality, or product consistency.
- Excellent collaboration skills with product designers, engineers, and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Strong systems thinking and problem-solving abilities, ensuring the design system balances flexibility and standardization.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the evolution of Samsara’s Design System (Kit) across web and mobile, improving component libraries, design tokens, accessibility, and documentation.
- Collaborate closely with engineering to ensure high-quality component implementation, improve developer handoff, and drive adoption of the system.
- Define and refine governance models, contribution processes, and best practices to ensure the design system is scalable and maintainable.
- Partner with product designers and cross-functional teams to identify gaps, establish design standards, and ensure that the system enables great user experiences.
- Advocate for accessibility, usability, and design excellence by embedding these principles into our system and educating teams on their importance.
- Work with internal customers (designers, engineers) and external users to validate design decisions and system improvements.
- Drive alignment and strategic influence with design, product, and engineering leadership to secure buy-in and roadmap prioritization for design system initiatives.
- Measure impact by tracking system adoption, efficiency gains, and design quality improvements across Samsara ’s product suite.
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