Staff Product Designer - Design Systems

📋 Description

• As a Staff Product Designer on the Design Systems team at Samsara, you will play a critical role in shaping and scaling the design foundation that powers Samsara’s web and mobile experiences.

• Our design system, Kit, is at the heart of our product ecosystem, enabling teams across multiple business units to build cohesive, high-quality user experiences.

• You will work closely with Product Design, Engineering, and cross-functional partners to align on priorities, drive adoption, and ensure that the design system evolves strategically alongside our platform.

• You will also engage directly with customers to ensure that our design system enables best-in-class product experiences.

• Lead the evolution of Samsara’s Design System (Kit) across web and mobile, improving component libraries, design tokens, accessibility, and documentation.

• Collaborate closely with engineering to ensure high-quality component implementation, improve developer handoff, and drive adoption of the system.

• Define and refine governance models, contribution processes, and best practices to ensure the design system is scalable and maintainable.

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in product design, with at least 3 years working on design systems (either dedicated or with significant contributions).

• Expertise in interaction and visual design, with a deep understanding of UI patterns, accessibility best practices, and front-end technologies.

• Strong experience in Figma, including component libraries, tokens, auto-layout, and advanced prototyping.

• Portfolio showcasing your craft, ability to scale design systems, and quantifiable impact on team efficiency, design quality, or product consistency.

• Excellent collaboration skills with product designers, engineers, and cross-functional stakeholders.

• Strong systems thinking and problem-solving abilities, ensuring the design system balances flexibility and standardization.

🏖️ Benefits

• Full time employees receive a competitive total compensation package along with employee-led remote and flexible working, health benefits, Samsara for Good charity fund, and much, much more.