Senior Product Designer, Architecture and Systems

The Senior Product Designer will architect platform systems and design scaling strategies to ensure cross-squad resilience and durability. They will lead UX strategy for foundational platform features while partnering with engineering to maintain standardized components and unblock vertical product squads.

Responsibilities

• Architect the strategy for platform systems and design scaling to ensure cross-squad resilience and durability
• Unblock vertical product squads by identifying architectural bottlenecks and providing scalable design solutions that reduce technical and design debt
• Lead the UX strategy and execution for foundational platform features, including universal navigation, notification frameworks, task management, and high-density data interfaces
• Partner with engineering to maintain a shared repository of standardized components, ensuring pixel-perfect alignment between platform designs and production code
• Serve as a strategic ambassador to the central Hawkins design team, influencing global standards to support complex Ads use cases while building deep credibility for Ads as a vital design partner
• Evangelize documentation and paved-path frameworks that empower designers to adopt platform standards with velocity and autonomy
• Operationalize AI-driven agentic workflows and intelligent UI patterns in partnership with the AI pillar to scale these frameworks across the Ads ecosystem
• Ground platform decisions in research regarding human and agentic archetypes to ensure infrastructure remains future-proof
• Audit the ecosystem to identify UI discrepancies and prioritize the foundational work needed to move the Ads Suite toward a unified experience layer
• Influence Product and Engineering leadership to ensure platform infrastructure is both technically feasible and vision-aligned
• Up-level the organization's craft through expert guidance, accelerating the speed of the entire design organization

Requirements

• 5-7+ years of experience in product design, with a focus on platform systems, design scaling, or foundational infrastructure in complex B2B environments
• Expert-level proficiency in Figma and a deep understanding of how platform systems scale across diverse, high-density interfaces
• Complex Problem Solving: A portfolio demonstrating the ability to simplify high-complexity platform workflows, such as technical dashboards or multi-state state machines
• Architectural Mindset: You think in patterns and ecosystems, not just screens, and can articulate why a platform-level decision is the right move for long-term health
• Technical Fluency: Familiarity with front-end constraints and a history of successful collaboration with engineering to implement scalable systems
• Executive Presence: Proven ability to present platform-wide strategies to senior leadership and influence cross-functional roadmaps

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match
• Stock Option Program
• Disability Programs
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
• Family-forming benefits
• Life and Serious Injury Benefits
• Paid leave of absence programs
• Flexible time off for full-time salaried employees

Key Skills