Pinterest

Staff Product Designer, Patterns & Design Innovation

Pinterest$158K — $326K *
Consumer Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years in product design focusing on design systems or pattern libraries.
  • Strong portfolio showcasing interface design and systemic thinking.
  • Experience in staff/principal-level roles influencing design quality.
  • Proficient with design tools like Figma and knowledgeable in technical feasibility.
  • Expertise in motion and visual design principles that enhance user experience.
  • Excellent communicator with ability to streamline design processes.
  • Commitment to inclusion and accessibility in design.

Responsibilities

  • Lead stewardship of design patterns and component libraries for cohesive experiences.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure effective design implementation.
  • Apply systematic approaches to balance usability, craft, and business needs.
  • Visualize and prototype ideas using design tools and technologies.
  • Conduct quality audits and mentor other designers on systemic thinking.
  • Champion accessibility and inclusivity in design systems.
  • Articulate design rationale clearly to teams and stakeholders.

Benefits

  • Equitable, inclusive workplace culture and values.
  • Flexibility to work remotely with minimal in-office requirements.
  • Opportunities for professional growth and mentoring.
  • Engagement in high-impact projects that influence millions.
  • Access to relevant industry talks and contributions to public design systems.
Full Job Description
Millions of people around the globe look to Pinterest to find new ideas, get inspired, and create a life they love. Our mission is to help them on that journey by delivering delightful and intuitive experiences-which starts with the quality and consistency of our design foundation. We're seeking a Staff Product Designer to join our Personalisation Patterns team: a hands-on, horizontal leader focused on systematizing quality and advocating for world-class experiences across Pinterest's core surfaces. You'll shape the next generation of Pinterest's design systems and component libraries, partner with cross-functional teams, and help us deliver on our ambitious mission in an effective, scalable, and human-centered way. This is a role for a rare blend: a designer who's part methodological systems thinker, part craft champion, and part design technologist. The impact you'll have will stretch across teams, product lines, and the very building blocks of Pinterest. What you'll do: • Drive System Quality: Lead the stewardship, evolution, and adoption of our core design patterns, component libraries, and gestalt subsystems-ensuring cohesive, delightful, and accessible user experiences at scale. • Partner Horizontally: Act as a strategic advisor and a hands-on partner to product, engineering, and design teams across Personalisation and core surfaces, empowering them to leverage best-in-class patterns and ship with confidence. • Advance Systemic Thinking: Apply methodical, systematic approaches to pattern creation: balancing product usability, craft, accessibility, and business needs-with input from a wide range of stakeholders. • Prototype & Technologize: Rapidly visualize, prototype, and validate new ideas; translate abstract solutions into practical, scalable patterns using Figma, code, AI, or whatever is needed to inspire clarity and adoption. • Uphold and Elevate Craft: Conduct quality audits, review flows and handoffs, and directly contribute hands-on design when needed-always advocating for the highest standards. • Mentor & Scale Impact: Inspire and guide other designers in craft, systemic thinking, and best practices through critique, guidance, and sharing your expertise across teams. • Champion Accessibility & Inclusion: Ensure our design systems support diverse user needs and raise the bar on inclusion and accessibility from the ground up. • Communicate & Influence: Clearly articulate your design thinking, rationale, and vision-presenting work to teams, leaders, and executives, and rallying consensus. What we're looking for: • 8+ years of experience in product design, with significant time spent driving or evolving design systems or pattern libraries. • Portfolio demonstrating polished interface design, systemic thinking, component-based UIs, and tangible influence across large organizations. • Track record in staff/principal-level roles, influencing horizontally, upholding design craft quality, and partnering cross-functionally-ideally in large-scale consumer or platform environments. • Design technologist mindset: Comfortable experimenting with Figma prototypes, AI, and (optionally) front-end code; curious and opinionated about technical feasibility, accessibility, and how we can streamline design workflows and processes through systems and tools. • Expert-level motion and visual design skills, with a deep understanding of principles and their impact on usability, comprehension, and overall experience quality - using animation and transitions to enhance clarity, convey emotion, and drive user engagement. • Excellent communicator who can synthesize ambiguity into actionable design problems and unite teams through clarity, documentation, and collaboration. • Growth mindset with a passion for ongoing learning, experimentation, and mentoring others. • Demonstrated commitment to inclusion, accessibility, and crafting systems that serve diverse audiences. • Please add the required language on equivalent experience or a degree in a relevant field. • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as design, or equivalent experience. • Bonus points for: • Experience leading platform-wide or multi-product design system initiatives. • Familiarity with personalization, large consumer apps, or rapid scale environments. • Contributions to public design systems, open-source libraries, or industry talks/writing. • Join us to shape the platform and patterns that power inspiration for millions-raising the bar for design quality, system integrity, and Pinterest's positive potential. In-Office Requirement Statement: • We recognize that the ideal environment for work is situational and may differ across departments. What this looks like day-to-day can vary based on the needs of each organization or role. • This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times every 6-months, and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country. Relocation Statement: • This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model. #LI-REMOTE #LI-JD3 At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise. Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here. US based applicants only $158,765-$326,870 USD

About Pinterest

Pinterest is a social media platform that allows users to discover and save ideas for recipes, home decor, fashion, and more. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Pinterest has over 400 million monthly active users and is available in over 30 languages. The company's mission is to help people discover and do what they love.
Learn more about Pinterest
Size
3,225 employees
Market Cap
$16 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$128.3 million
Founded
2009
5 Year Trend
+53.9%
Revenue
$1.6 billion
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