Design & Creative

Senior Product Designer, Design Systems at Discord

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  • Company: Discord
  • Location: San Francisco Bay Area
  • Job type: Full-time
  • Salary: $188,000 – $235,000

About the role

Discord is seeking a Senior Product Designer to join the Design Systems team. You will take ownership of Mana, the company’s design system, ensuring it remains healthy, accurate, and useful as the product grows. This position focuses on stewardship, including maintaining foundational tokens, components, and patterns while collaborating closely with engineering in a co-owned environment.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain and evolve Mana’s foundational tokens, components, and patterns by triaging bugs and shipping updates.
  • Build and refine components in Figma with deep care for structure, variants, and variables to match code implementation.
  • Own the prioritization of maintenance work and help shape contribution governance.
  • Explore how AI skills and agents can make the system easier to use and scale.
  • Support product teams with empathy, clear reasoning, and excellent help channel support.
  • Educate teams through documentation, tutorials, and high-quality prototypes.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in UX or product design, including 2+ years working on design systems.
  • Mastery of Figma component building, including variants, properties, auto layout, and variables.
  • Working knowledge of front-end code, GitHub, and Markdown.
  • Hands-on experience using AI in a design systems context.
  • Strong visual judgment across Web, Desktop, iOS, and Android platforms.
  • Experience with inclusive design and accessibility standards (WCAG).
  • Diplomatic, empathetic communication skills with a low-ego approach to shared ownership.

Pay and benefits

The base salary for this full-time position is $188,000 – $235,000 USD. This role is also eligible for equity and benefits. Individual pay is determined by factors such as job-related skills, experience, and relevant education.

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