Lead Product Designer - Design Systems
VerkadaSan Mateo, California, United States · Posted 6 months agoDescription
Who We Are
Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, privacy-sensitive AI-powered platform that includes solutions for video security, access control, air quality sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management.
We’ve got serious momentum in the market: more than 30,000 customers (including 100+ of the Fortune 500), a $5.8B valuation, more than $1 billion in annualized bookings, and backing from CapitalG, Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Felicis Ventures, Next47 and more. Physical AI is one of the most consequential technology shifts of our time, and Verkada is at the center of it.
You can look at all kinds of communities to see our platform’s impact in the world. It's the retailer that uses our agentic AI to deter theft before it happens. The warehouse that uses AI-powered alerts to make sure its team is protected on the floor with proper PPE. The school that’s alerted to a threat in real-time and triggers a lockdown in seconds, not minutes. We’re rapidly scaling this impact: today, more than 2 million Verkada devices are deployed across 170+ countries.
About the Role
The Why: Verkada’s product suite is expanding rapidly. We need a Lead Designer to own the "source of truth" for our digital language. You will bridge the gap between our UX designers and our frontend engineering teams, ensuring that our hardware-software interface remains cohesive, accessible, and polished.
What You'll Do
- Architecture: Define and maintain the core Figma component library, tokens, and documentation.
- Scale: Create scalable systems that work across responsive web, mobile, and specialized hardware interfaces/touch devices.
- Governance: Establish the process for how new components are proposed, vetted, and integrated by the broader UX team.
- Advocacy: Act as a bridge between Design and Engineering to ensure pixel-perfect implementation and technical feasibility.
- Product Design: Build, test interactive components and prototypes. Pinch hit as needed on cross-product experiences.
What You Bring
- 7+ years of experience in Product Design, with 4+ years dedicated specifically to Design Systems
- Expert-level Figma proficiency (Auto-layout, Variables, Prototyping).
- Deep understanding of frontend development technologies and accessibility (WCAG) standards.
- Experience coordinating between Figma and Storybook or similar tool
- A portfolio demonstrating polished visual design and a systemic way of thinking.
- Technical/UX writing: excellent sensibility in naming things (e.g. components) in a system context
- Ability to speak expertly about every layer: interaction, visual, motion, writing, etc.
Nice to Have
- Icon design: You can create and maintain an icon library
- Motion design: You can create custom animations (Lotties, etc.) that add clarity and delight
- Illustration: You can create bespoke assets that give a brand personality.
US Employee Benefits
Verkada is committed to fostering a workplace environment that prioritizes the holistic health and wellbeing of our employees and their families by offering comprehensive wellness perks, benefits, and resources. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:
- Healthcare programs that can be tailored to meet the personal health and financial well-being needs - Premiums are 100% covered for the employee under at least one plan and 80% for family premiums under all plans
- Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage
- Health Saving Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options
- Expanded mental health support
- Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits
- Time off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time
- Professional development stipend
- Wellness/fitness benefits
- Healthy lunches provided daily
- Commuter benefits
Annual Pay Range
At Verkada, we want to attract and retain the best employees, and compensate them in a way that appropriately and fairly values their individual contribution to the company. With that in mind, we carefully consider a number of factors to determine the appropriate starting pay for an employee, including their primary work location and an assessment of a candidate's skills and experience, as well as market demands and internal parity. A Verkada employee may be eligible for additional forms of compensation, depending on their role, including sales incentives, discretionary bonuses, and/or equity in the company in the form of restricted stock units (RSUs)
Below is the annual on-target earnings (OTE) range for full-time employees for this position, comprised of base compensation and commissions (if applicable).
Verkada Is An Equal Opportunity Employer
As an equal opportunity employer, Verkada is committed to providing employment opportunities to all individuals. All applicants for positions at Verkada will be treated without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
Your application will be handled in accordance with our Candidate Privacy Policy.
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