Staff Product Designer - Design Systems

Staff Product Designer - Design Systems

LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We're also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that's built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

This position can work out of our New York City or San Francisco office. At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.

LinkedIn's vision is to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our global Product Design team advances this vision through quality, inclusive design. We're passionate about designing an equal, fair, and accessible platform that's modern, engaging, and responsible.

Why join the Design Systems team at LinkedIn?

The Design Systems team at LinkedIn offers an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge initiatives that drive a cohesive, high-quality, and scalable user experience across the platform. Team members collaborate on modernizing LinkedIn's product design, utilizing a flexible frontend platform, and exploring AI-powered tools and prototypes to enhance design quality and efficiency. With its focus on innovation, product modernization, and leveraging advanced technologies, the team provides a unique chance to shape the future of LinkedIn's user experience.

Responsibilities:

• Manage, evolve, and document the LinkedIn Design System
• Design, refine, and maintain high-quality UI components across multiple platforms
• Create, document, and evangelize UX patterns and best practices
• Partner with designers, engineers, researchers, and accessibility experts to ensure inclusive and accessible design
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to integrate design system components and patterns into product development
• Contribute to prototyping and experimentation with emerging tools, including AI-assisted design workflows
• Uphold quality standards and promote consistency across all LinkedIn products

Basic Qualifications:

• 6+ years of professional experience in Product Design, with direct hands-on work in Design Systems
• Bachelor's degree in Design, HCI, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent professional experience
• Strong expertise in Figma (variables, libraries, tokens, and system architecture)
• Proven ability to design and document reusable components and UX patterns
• Experience with accessibility standards and inclusive design practices
• Solid understanding of systems thinking and product design execution
• Proven experience in managing product migration from an existing design system to a new version

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience collaborating with software engineers on UI frameworks and implementation
• Familiarity with front-end technologies and ability to bridge design and engineering
• Experience working on accessibility-focused projects
• Strong communication skills and ability to influence cross-functional partners
• Enthusiasm for exploring new design tools and workflows, including AI-assisted design

Suggested Skills:

• Design Systems Architecture and Management
• Systems Thinking
• Accessibility and Inclusive Design
• Product Design Execution
• Software Engineering Collaboration