Grindr

Senior Design Systems Specialist

Grindr • $100K — $140K *
San Francisco, CA 94112In-Person
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
3 weeks ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of product or visual design experience, including 2-3 years of design systems ownership.
  • Experience building design systems with limited resources in smaller or mid-size companies.
  • Strong visual design skills demonstrated through a portfolio showcasing typography, color, and motion.
  • Proficient in Figma, including advanced features like component architecture and design token management.
  • Proven ability to collaborate with engineers to implement design systems in code.
  • Skilled at documenting design systems for diverse audiences, including non-design stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and refine Grindr's core design system following best practices.
  • Collaborate with product designers and engineers for consistent system adoption.
  • Identify and resolve design inconsistencies within the app.
  • Contribute high-quality visual design to enhance the overall product.
  • Operate autonomously to prioritize tasks and make decisions efficiently.
  • Lead the integration of design systems with AI tools.

Benefits

  • Full premium coverage for health, dental, and vision for employees.
  • Up to $300,000 in fertility and family-building support.
  • 401(k) plan with 6% match and immediate vesting.
  • Comprehensive gender-affirming care with significant cost coverage.
  • Flexible vacation policy and two company-wide rest weeks annually.
  • Monthly stipends for various wellness and utility expenses.
Full Job Description
About the Job:
  • Own the development, documentation, and ongoing refinement of Grindr's core design system - components, tokens, patterns, and the guidelines that govern how they are used
  • Partner directly with product designers and engineers to ensure the system is adopted consistently and evolves to meet real product needs
  • Identify and resolve design inconsistencies across the core app, driving toward a more coherent and efficient product experience
  • Contribute strong visual design craft to the system - not just structural rigor, but considered, polished execution that raises the quality bar for the whole product
  • Operate with a high degree of autonomy in a lean environment - prioritize effectively, make defensible decisions without heavy process, and move fast without creating debt
  • Lead the charge on integrating our design system with AI tools


Role Requirements:
  • 5+ years of product or visual design experience, with at least 2-3 years of focused design systems ownership - building or significantly evolving a system, not just contributing to one
  • Demonstrated experience working in smaller or mid-size companies where you built or maintained systems with limited resources and without a dedicated systems team around you
  • Strong visual design skills - typography, color, iconography, spacing, and motion - with a portfolio that shows craft alongside systems thinking
  • Proficiency in Figma, including component architecture, variables, auto layout, and design token management
  • Track record of partnering with engineers to implement design systems in code - comfortable working across the design-to-development handoff
  • Experience documenting systems clearly for audiences with varying levels of design fluency - product designers, engineers, and non-design stakeholders


You May Thrive in this Role if You:
  • Are AI-native or rapidly becoming so - you actively use AI tools in your workflow and are always looking for new ways to leverage them
  • Thrive in environments where you are the primary owner of a system, not one contributor among many - you make decisions, document them, and stand behind them
  • Care as much about the quality of what the system produces as the quality of the system itself - visual craft and structural rigor are not in tension for you
  • Are energized by constraints - limited headcount, fast timelines, and high standards feel like the right conditions to do your best work, not obstacles to it


Benefits and Perks:
  • Health, Dental & Vision Full premium coverage for you. Partial coverage for dependents.
  • Family Formation Up to $300,000 in fertility and family-building support, covering IVF, surrogacy, egg freezing, and adoption.
  • Retirement: 401(k) with 6% match and immediate vesting.
  • Compensation: Industry-competitive compensation, company bonus, and equity for every employee.
  • Gender-Affirming Care : Industry-leading gender-affirming offerings with up to 90% cost coverage, access to Included Health, monthly stipends for HRT, and more.
  • Time Off & Rest Flexible vacation policy. Two company-wide rest weeks per year.
  • Other Benefits: Monthly stipends for cell phone, internet, wellness, food, and commuting, breakfast/lunch


About Grindr

Grindr is a location-based social networking and online dating application for gay, bi, trans, and queer people. The app was one of the first geosocial dating apps and was launched in 2009. Grindr is available in over 190 countries and has over 27 million users. The app is owned by San Vicente Acquisition LLC, a company based in West Hollywood, California. Grindr has faced criticism for its handling of user data and for facilitating the spread of sexually transmitted infections.
Learn more about Grindr
Size
100 employees
Market Cap
$836.3 million
Industry
Hospitality & Recreation
Founded
2008
NASDAQ
GRND
* Ladders Estimates

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