Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.” learn more about working at Coinbase.
The Design Systems team at Coinbase plays a critical role in executing on our vision to create more economic freedom for the world, and is at the center of execution for products across the entirety of the company. Join the Design Systems team within the Consumer & Business group as a Product Designer II and shape the foundation that powers every product Coinbase ships to millions of customers. This team owns the Coinbase Design System (CDS), the single system responsible for delivering quality, consistency, and trust at scale across every experience we build. You'll develop scalable components and patterns that help customers - from first-time crypto users to advanced traders - complete their tasks with ease and confidence, working closely with Design and Engineering across Platform and Consumer orgs to make the complex feel simple.
What you'll do:
- Own the iterative improvement of design system components and patterns, ensuring they scale across web and mobile products
- Drive new system features from ideation through prototyping, user testing, and production delivery
- Partner with Design and Engineering teams across the company to document, define, and evangelize scalable design patterns
- Lead participation in design reviews, seeking specific feedback and incorporating relevant input to raise the quality bar
- Execute on the design systems product roadmap and contribute to long-term systems strategy
Required Skills and Experience:
- 3+ years of professional product design experience, including a focus specifically on design systems
- Demonstrated experience designing scalable components and systems for consumer-facing web and mobile products
- Proficiency with AI design tools (e.g., Figma Make, Vercel V0, Cursor) applied to systems-level work
- Expert-level Figma skills including prototyping design system components within product screens
- Proven track record collaborating cross-functionally with engineers, user researchers, and product teams to ship systems at scale
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
Pay Transparency Notice: Base salary varies by location (see range below). Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).
- Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
- Equal Opportunity Employer: Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
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- Accommodations: If you are an individual with a disability who needs a reasonable accommodation, email us your request and contact info at accommodations[at]coinbase.com. Need screen reading technology? Click here to download a free compatible screen reader and view the tutorial.
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Coinbase New York, New York, USA Office
Coinbase New York Office
New York, New York, United States
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