Senior Product Designer, Design Systems

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages.

• 5-8+ years of experience in system design with a proven track record of delivering impactful design system solutions at scale.
• Visionary mindset capable of setting and articulating a clear vision for design systems and influencing stakeholders.
• Deep expertise in systems thinking, balancing high-level strategy with detailed execution.
• Strong communication and storytelling skills to influence and inspire across disciplines.
• Strong interaction and visual design skills focused on components and patterns.
• Production experience with React, modern JavaScript/TypeScript, and CSS including utility frameworks.
• Experience working with a mature design system or component library.
• Ability to work fluently across Figma and code, reasoning about their mapping over time.
• Familiarity with generative AI concepts and interest in shaping AI-powered design system applications.

• Lead efforts to ensure all components meet Hawkins quality standards, including accessibility, motion, and theming, and are built to scale effectively.
• Own comprehensive, machine‑readable system knowledge and keep it production‑ready in partnership with design and engineering.
• Partner with engineering to translate high‑level design guidance into explicit, structured logic for AI agents and tools.
• Define, document, and evolve the design system’s core primitives and component APIs.
• Partner on the design and maintenance of AI‑assisted design tooling that recommend components and automate design QA.
• Collaborate with engineers to build and integrate automated refactoring, migration, and system‑aware copilot tools into developer workflows.
• Develop design testing frameworks and guardrails to ensure accessible, performant, and on‑brand usage.
• Expose the system through component APIs, schemas, and LLM‑optimized knowledge bases for AI and product teams.
• Monitor design system health and drive iterative improvements based on adoption and AI usage patterns.
• Champion system thinking and AI‑driven scalability across the organization, aligning design, engineering, and AI strategies.
• Operate at the intersection of engineering and design, integrating aesthetic, functional, and technical considerations into cohesive solutions.

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