Senior Staff Product Designer - Design Systems

Details

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. We’re building the emerging on-chain platform and the future global financial system. The Design Systems team is central to execution across the company, powering the products we build for both new users and advanced customers. The UI Systems team delivers quality at scale via the Coinbase Design System (CDS).

This position is remote from the US or Canada. While many roles at Coinbase are remote-first, we are not remote-only — in-person participation is required throughout the year for team and company-wide offsites and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Work in a small team to iteratively improve user experience
• Take new features from ideation, to prototyping, to user testing, to production
• Design web and mobile experiences that are simple and intuitive
• Partner with the broader Design Systems team to document and define scalable design patterns & components
• Participate in regular design reviews and incorporate relevant feedback
• Execute on the product roadmap and help define product strategy
• Collaborate daily with Engineering, User Research, and Product
• Own, maintain, and evolve the Consumer products design system and inform the evolution and roadmap of CDS
• Visualize and evangelize excellence of design systems across the company

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional design experience
• 7+ years of Design Systems experience
• Experience designing components and systems for consumer-facing web and mobile experiences
• Excellence in UX thinking, visual design, and written communication
• Experience working collaboratively with engineers, user researchers, and product teams
• Expert in Figma and prototyping tools
• Low ego, collaborative, and open minded
• Interest in crypto or financial products

Nice to Haves

• Experience with AI tools like Figma Make, Vercel V0, and Cursor
• Experience creating custom Figma plugins
• Familiarity with MCP Servers for design systems
• Visual and motion expertise including prototyping design system components within product screens

Compensation & Benefits

• Pay Range (depending on location): $243,865—$286,900 USD (target annual salary)
• Full-time offers also include bonus eligibility, equity eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k))
• Benefits include: Medical, Dental and Vision plans; Health Savings Account with company contributions; Disability and Life Insurance; 401(k) plan with company match; Wellness Stipend; Mobile/Internet Reimbursement; Connections Stipend; Volunteer Time Off; Fertility Counseling and Benefits; Generous time off/leave policy; Option to get paid in digital currency

Notes

• Coinbase expects applicants to be able to attend in-person team and company events multiple times per year. This role participates in pilots of certain AI tools for interview/transcription purposes (humans review interview responses). Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.