Sr. Staff Product Designer - Design Systems

Ready to be pushed beyond what you think you’re capable of?

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. It’s a massive, ambitious opportunity that demands the best of us, every day, as we build the emerging onchain platform — and with it, the future global financial system.

To achieve our mission, we’re seeking a very specific candidate. We want someone who is passionate about our mission and who believes in the power of crypto and blockchain technology to update the financial system. We want someone who is eager to leave their mark on the world, who relishes the pressure and privilege of working with high caliber colleagues, and who actively seeks feedback to keep leveling up. We want someone who will run towards, not away from, solving the company’s hardest problems.

Our work culture is intense and isn’t for everyone. But if you want to build the future alongside others who excel in their disciplines and expect the same from you, there’s no better place to be.

While many roles at Coinbase are remote-first, we are not remote-only. In-person participation is required throughout the year. Team and company-wide offsites are held multiple times annually to foster collaboration, connection, and alignment. Attendance is expected and fully supported.

Team/ Role:

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. We’re building the most secure, trusted, and easiest to use cryptocurrency products for the millions of people just getting started with crypto, as well as long-standing loyal customers with advanced knowledge of the cryptocurrency space. Our design systems enable and power the products that we build across the company and the UI Systems team is responsible for executing and delivering quality at scale via the Coinbase Design System (CDS).

Sr. Staff Product Designer - Design Systems

As a Senior Staff Product Designer you’ll contribute to our mission, vision and strategy through a deep understanding of our customer and business needs. You will develop optimal user journeys to help our customers understand how to use cryptocurrency and complete their tasks with ease and confidence. You’ll work closely with Design and Engineering across our Platform and Consumer orgs to help build simple, easy-to-use experiences that express the Coinbase brand and values.

What You'll Be Doing

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 our Design Systems team to document and define scalable design patterns & components

Participate in regular design reviews where you’ll seek out specific feedback on your designs and incorporate relevant feedback

Execute on the product roadmap and help define product strategy

Daily collaboration with Engineering, User Research, and Product

What We Look For in You

10+ years of professional Design experience, including 7+ years of Design Systems experience

Experience designing components and systems for consumer-facing experiences for web and mobile

Excellence in UX thinking, visual design, and written communication

Experience working in a collaborative environment 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

What Success Looks Like

Own, maintain and evolve our Consumer products design system

Inform evolution and roadmap of CDS

Visualize and evangelize excellence of design systems across the company

Position ID: P65971

Pay Transparency Notice: Depending on your work location, the target annual base salary for this position can range as detailed below. Full time offers from Coinbase also include bonus eligibility + equity eligibility + benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)).

Base salary range shown. Total compensation also includes equity and bonus eligibility and benefits:$243,865—$286,900 USDPlease be advised that each candidate may submit a maximum of four applications within any 30-day period. We encourage you to carefully evaluate how your skills and interests align with Coinbase's roles before applying.

Commitment to Equal Opportunity

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AI Disclosure

For select roles, Coinbase is piloting an AI tool based on machine learning technologies to conduct initial screening interviews to qualified applicants. The tool simulates realistic interview scenarios and engages in dynamic conversation. A human recruiter will review your interview responses, provided in the form of a voice recording and/or transcript, to assess them against the qualifications and characteristics outlined in the job description.

For select roles, Coinbase is also piloting an AI interview intelligence platform to transcribe and summarize interview notes, allowing our interviewers to fully focus on you as the candidate.

The above pilots are for testing purposes and Coinbase will not use AI to make decisions impacting employment. To request a reasonable accommodation due to disability, please contact accommodations[at]coinbase.com