Staff Product Designer - Design Systems

Job Description

Staff Product Designer - Design Systems (TV)

The Role
This role is part of the Design Foundations team within Core XD, a horizontal organization whose mission is to enable quality and innovation at scale. Core XD accelerates and partners with product teams, with collaboration and shared success at the heart of what we do.
At Netflix, our design system, Hawkins, is the backbone of everything we create. Inspired by our own Stranger Things, Hawkins is a centralized system that supports our Consumer business, and it's rapidly evolving to keep pace with the global needs of our millions of members.
We're looking for a tenured System Designer to take ownership of our expanding TV Design System within Hawkins. Your passion for quality at scale, creative innovation and ability to reimagine how designers and engineers collaborate will be essential to driving success.

Responsibilities
• Embed within key TV business initiatives and/or horizontal initiatives to ensure strong system alignment and meaningful evolutions to Hawkins.
• Own and define the long-term vision and strategy for the TV design system, ensuring it scales effectively to meet evolving organizational needs.
• Own creative extensions or evolutions of the TV design system that support emerging identities and enable differentiated, cohesive experiences.
• Partner closely with cross-functional leadership (Director+) to influence roadmaps, ensuring Hawkins is a core enabler for both design and engineering teams.
• Develop scalable adoption strategies to support the rollout of major changes and new versions of the Hawkins Core libraries across teams.
• Establish and govern TV design system standards, processes, and tooling frameworks, ensuring consistent adoption and alignment across teams and disciplines.
• Champion the design system by advocating best practices and providing real-time support through office hours and Slack.
Qualifications
At Netflix, all roles are expected to exemplify the values outlined in our culture. Below are some specific behaviors, experiences, and skills to be successful in this role.
• 10+ years of experience as a Product Designer, including extensive expertise in design systems leadership and cross-functional, system-driven initiatives with 7+ years in design systems.
• Expertise in cross-platform design for Consumer products, including proficiency in Android, iOS, Web, and/or TV platforms.
• Strong expertise in A/B testing and using data insights to iterate and scale design system components.
• A proven track record of governing and contributing to design systems by defining standards, delivering impactful, scalable solutions, and driving adoption across teams and platforms.
• Exceptional collaboration and leadership skills, with a demonstrated ability to align stakeholders and influence decision-making at all levels.
• Confident in your ability to break down and solve complex problems, balancing tactical execution with system-level thinking.
• Recognized as a trusted partner and mentor, fostering growth and collaboration by empowering peers and cross-functional teams to adopt best practices and deliver scalable design solutions.
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and complexity, with a strategic mindset for solving large-scale challenges.
• Deep understanding of design system tooling (e.g., Figma, Storybook, design tokens) and the ability to lead efforts to evolve tools and workflows.
• Strong advocate for accessibility and inclusive design, with experience implementing and promoting industry standards.
Our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top-of-market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $240,000 - $725,000.
Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off.
See more detail about our Benefits here. Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more here.
Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.
We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.
Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.

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