Senior Product Designer - Design Systems (TV)
Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.
The Role
This role is part of the Design Foundations team within Core XD, a horizontal organization whose mission is to enable quality and innovation at scale. Core XD accelerates and partners with product teams, with collaboration and shared success at the heart of what we do.
At Netflix, our design system, Hawkins, is the backbone of everything we create. Inspired by our own Stranger Things, Hawkins is a centralized system that supports both our Consumer and Enterprise businesses, and it's rapidly evolving to keep pace with the global needs of our millions of members.
We’re looking for a System Designer to take ownership of our expanding TV Design System within Hawkins. Your passion for quality at scale and ability to reimagine how designers and engineers collaborate will be essential to driving success.
Responsibilities
Embed within key TV business initiatives and/or horizontal initiatives to ensure strong system alignment and meaningful evolutions to Hawkins.
Define and maintain frameworks for centralizing components into Hawkins, and prioritize the graduation of emerging components into Hawkins Core.
Maintain and evolve emerging components, patterns and guidance, refining designs based on user feedback, A/B testing, and insights from cross-functional teams.
Create extensions of the design system that support emerging identities and enable differentiated, cohesive experiences.
Develop and deliver educational programming tailored to the maturity and context of each domain to support better system adoption and usage.
Develop scalable adoption strategies to support the rollout of major changes and new versions of the Hawkins Core libraries across teams.
Establish scalable methods to assess and track design system adoption.
Champion the design system by advocating best practices and providing real-time support through office hours and Slack.
Qualifications
At Netflix, all roles are expected to exemplify the values outlined in our culture. Below are some specific behaviors, experiences, and skills to be successful in this role.
7+ years of experience as a System Designer, in addition to previously working as a product designer.
Expert in Figma, with experience creating, maintaining, and evolving design libraries, and expertise in design systems tools and workflows (e.g., Storybook, design tokens).
Experience designing for Consumer TV products with a strong foundation in platform constraints and capabilities.
A track record of governing and contributing to design systems by defining standards, delivering impactful, scalable solutions, and driving adoption across teams and platforms.
Confident in your ability to break down and solve complex problems, balancing tactical execution with system-level thinking.
Recognized as a trusted partner and mentor, fostering growth and collaboration by empowering peers and cross-functional teams to adopt best practices and deliver scalable design solutions.
Comfortable navigating ambiguity while bringing clarity to challenges that span design, technology, and business needs.
An understanding of A/B testing and how to use data to inform and iterate on design decisions.
A passion for accessibility and inclusive design, with a commitment to ensuring all components meet industry standards.
Does this sound interesting but overwhelming?
Please don’t self-select out; let’s figure it out together. We’d love to talk to you! We are an equal opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity of thought and background builds more substantial teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Pay Transparency
Our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top-of-market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $120,000 - $515,000.
Netflix provides 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, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off.
See more detail about our Benefits here. Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more here.
We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity of thought and background builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.
Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.
We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.
Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.
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Senior Product Designer - Design Systems (TV)
Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.
The Role
This role is part of the Design Foundations team within Core XD, a horizontal organization whose mission is to enable quality and innovation at scale. Core XD accelerates and partners with product teams, with collaboration and shared success at the heart of what we do.
At Netflix, our design system, Hawkins, is the backbone of everything we create. Inspired by our own Stranger Things, Hawkins is a centralized system that supports both our Consumer and Enterprise businesses, and it's rapidly evolving to keep pace with the global needs of our millions of members.
We’re looking for a System Designer to take ownership of our expanding TV Design System within Hawkins. Your passion for quality at scale and ability to reimagine how designers and engineers collaborate will be essential to driving success.
Responsibilities
Embed within key TV business initiatives and/or horizontal initiatives to ensure strong system alignment and meaningful evolutions to Hawkins.
Define and maintain frameworks for centralizing components into Hawkins, and prioritize the graduation of emerging components into Hawkins Core.
Maintain and evolve emerging components, patterns and guidance, refining designs based on user feedback, A/B testing, and insights from cross-functional teams.
Create extensions of the design system that support emerging identities and enable differentiated, cohesive experiences.
Develop and deliver educational programming tailored to the maturity and context of each domain to support better system adoption and usage.
Develop scalable adoption strategies to support the rollout of major changes and new versions of the Hawkins Core libraries across teams.
Establish scalable methods to assess and track design system adoption.
Champion the design system by advocating best practices and providing real-time support through office hours and Slack.
Qualifications
At Netflix, all roles are expected to exemplify the values outlined in our culture. Below are some specific behaviors, experiences, and skills to be successful in this role.
7+ years of experience as a System Designer, in addition to previously working as a product designer.
Expert in Figma, with experience creating, maintaining, and evolving design libraries, and expertise in design systems tools and workflows (e.g., Storybook, design tokens).
Experience designing for Consumer TV products with a strong foundation in platform constraints and capabilities.
A track record of governing and contributing to design systems by defining standards, delivering impactful, scalable solutions, and driving adoption across teams and platforms.
Confident in your ability to break down and solve complex problems, balancing tactical execution with system-level thinking.
Recognized as a trusted partner and mentor, fostering growth and collaboration by empowering peers and cross-functional teams to adopt best practices and deliver scalable design solutions.
Comfortable navigating ambiguity while bringing clarity to challenges that span design, technology, and business needs.
An understanding of A/B testing and how to use data to inform and iterate on design decisions.
A passion for accessibility and inclusive design, with a commitment to ensuring all components meet industry standards.
Does this sound interesting but overwhelming?
Please don’t self-select out; let’s figure it out together. We’d love to talk to you! We are an equal opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity of thought and background builds more substantial teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Pay Transparency
Our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top-of-market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $120,000 - $515,000.
Netflix provides 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, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off.
See more detail about our Benefits here. Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more here.
We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity of thought and background builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.
Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.
We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.
Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.