Product Designer - Design Systems

Nextdoor (NYSE: NXDR) is the essential neighborhood network. Neighbors, public agencies, and businesses use Nextdoor to connect around local information that matters in more than 340,000 neighborhoods across 11 countries. Nextdoor builds innovative technology to foster local community, share important news, and create neighborhood connections at scale. Download the app and join the neighborhood at nextdoor.com. 

As a Product Designer for Nextdoor's Design System, you'll be a key player in driving our design vision, and join a team of designers evolving and improving the user experience of our platform. You’ll work alongside product managers, engineers, and researchers to shape and evolve the design system that powers our user experience. This position reports to the Design Lead, Consumer Product.

Deeply human-centered and mission-driven, you’re excited to create systems that support real-world connections and empower neighbors to build stronger communities. 

At Nextdoor, we offer a warm and inclusive work environment that embraces a hybrid employment model, blending an in office presence and work from home experience for our valued employees. The hiring team will go over these expectations with you if you are being considered for a role near one of our offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, New York, and London.  

Are you excited by the challenge of fast-paced growth, seeing your designs come to life, and collaborating with a world-class design team? If so, this is the role for you.
Please include a portfolio link along with your resume.

Your responsibilities will include: 

• Lead design for Blocks, Nextdoor’s internal design system, used across all of our products and services
• Partner closely with engineering and product to maintain a tight coupling between our Figma library and codebase
• Work with the design team to strategically evolve and augment the system in response to the needs of the product
• Advocate for a user-first approach, ensuring that the design system drives real value for neighbors
• Deeply understand the metrics that we use, and make informed decisions that optimize for business outcomes without compromising user experience
• Mentor and guide other designers, providing feedback, sharing best practices, and fostering a culture of continuous learning within the team
• Influence product and business decisions by effectively communicating UX rationale to stakeholders, including executives, through storytelling and data-driven insights
• Drive experimentation and A/B testing efforts, collaborating with product and analytics teams to measure and optimize the effectiveness of UX improvements
• Ensure accessibility and inclusivity in the user experience by following best practices and advocating for diverse user perspectives
• Stay ahead of industry trends in advertising UX, AI-driven personalization, and visual design to inform innovation and future roadmap planning
• Participate in in-person Nextdoor events such as trainings, off-sites, volunteer days, and team building exercises
• Build in-person relationships with team members and contribute to Nextdoor’s company culture

• 8+ years of experience in systems design, UX design, product design, or a related field, with a strong track record of designing and shipping user-centered products
• Deep expertise in design systems, interaction design, and usability principles, with a portfolio demonstrating impactful work in complex systems
• Strong understanding of qualitative and quantitative research methods, with the ability to synthesize insights into actionable design decisions
• Deep expertise in Figma’s design system tooling
• Familiarity with technical integrations and workflows that connect Figma to code
• Strong storytelling and communication skills, with the ability to articulate design rationale and advocate for user needs to senior stakeholders
• Experience conducting A/B tests and working with analytics tools (e.g., Statsig, Google Analytics, Mixpanel) to measure the impact of design decisions
• Passion for staying ahead of industry trends, particularly in UX for social media
• Eagerness to explore and apply AI and emerging technologies to reimagine how work gets done

Nice to Have

• Experience working on engagement-driven social media products
• Background in UX research

Join us to design products that make a real-world impact, strengthening communities and bringing people closer together. 

Compensation, benefits, perks, and recognition programs at Nextdoor come together to create our total rewards package. Compensation will vary depending on your relevant skills, experience, and qualifications. 

The starting salary for this role is expected to range from $217,000- $285,000 on an annualized basis, or potentially greater in the event that your 'level' of proficiency exceeds the level expected for the role. The salary range will be determined by the candidate’s geographic location.

We expect to award a meaningful equity grant for this role. With quarterly vesting, your first vest date will take place within 3 months of your start date.

When it comes to benefits, we have you covered! Nextdoor employees can choose between a variety of health plans, including a 100% covered employee only plan option, and we also provide a OneMedical membership for concierge care.

At Nextdoor, we empower our employees to build stronger local communities. To create a platform where all feel welcome, we want our workforce to reflect the diversity of the neighbors we serve. We encourage everyone interested in our mission to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, or any other trait that unfairly targets a group of people. In accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we always consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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