Product Designer - Design Systems

Nextdoor is the essential neighborhood network connecting neighbors, public agencies, and businesses. As a Product Designer for Nextdoor's Design System, you'll drive the design vision and collaborate with product managers, engineers, and researchers to enhance the user experience across the platform.

Responsibilities:

• 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

Requirements:

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