Grindr is hiring a Product Designer to own its core design system, sitting within the Design team. The role covers components, tokens, patterns and guidelines for the core app, with scope to expand across the broader product surface over time.
What you'll do
- Own development, documentation and refinement of the core design system - components, tokens, patterns, guidelines
- Partner with product designers and engineers to ensure consistent adoption and evolution of the system
- Identify and resolve design inconsistencies across the core app
- Contribute strong visual design craft to raise the quality bar of the system
- Operate with high autonomy - prioritise, make decisions, move fast without creating debt
- Lead integration of the design system with AI tools
What we're looking for
- 5+ years product or visual design experience, including 2-3 years owning a design system
- Experience building or maintaining systems at smaller or mid-size companies with limited resources
- Strong visual design skills - typography, colour, iconography, spacing, motion
- Proficiency in Figma - component architecture, variables, auto layout, token management
- Track record partnering with engineers on design-to-development handoff
- Experience documenting systems for audiences with varying design fluency
Nice to have
- AI-native, actively using AI tools in workflow
- Comfortable being primary owner of a system rather than one contributor among many
- Cares equally about system output quality and system quality itself
- Energised by constraints - limited headcount, fast timelines, high standards
Good to know
- Hybrid role based in San Francisco or Los Angeles office
- In-person required Tuesdays and Thursdays