Product Designer, Design Systems

Summary

Join Samsara's Design Systems team as a Product Designer and play a key role in maintaining and improving the design system used across Samsara's web and mobile platforms. You will design and refine UI components, collaborate with engineers for seamless implementation, and support other designers in utilizing the system effectively. This remote position, open to US candidates outside specific metro areas, offers the chance to impact global industries and contribute to a high-quality, accessible user experience. The role requires strong UI/UX skills, Figma proficiency, and experience with design systems. Samsara provides a competitive compensation package and benefits, including a flexible working model.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in product design, with at least 2 years working with a design system (either as a contributor or dedicated role)
• Strong UI and interaction design skills, with a deep understanding of visual consistency, layout systems, and component-based design
• Fluent in Figma, including component libraries, tokens, auto-layout, and prototyping
• Experience collaborating closely with engineers, ensuring high-quality handoffs and implementation
• A portfolio showcasing design system contributions, component work, and impact on team efficiency or product quality
• Attention to detail and passion for design craft, ensuring pixel-perfect, scalable, and maintainable design patterns

Responsibilities

• Design and refine UI components, patterns, and styles that help Samsara’s product teams create high-quality, consistent experiences across web and mobile
• Work closely with engineers to ensure components are implemented correctly, scalable, and accessible
• Support product designers in adopting and using the design system, providing guidance and improving documentation
• Improve Figma libraries by maintaining clean, well-structured components that are easy to use and update
• Ensure accessibility best practices are embedded into the design system components
• Help scale and improve design tokens for colors, typography, spacing, and more
• Contribute to design system documentation, ensuring that components and guidelines are clear and well-maintained
• Monitor and track adoption, surfacing areas where the system can be improved based on feedback from product teams
• Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience maintaining or improving a large-scale design system
• Basic front-end knowledge (HTML, CSS, tokens, accessibility best practices)
• Experience with accessibility standards (WCAG) and designing inclusive experiences
• Ability to test and iterate on components based on feedback from designers and engineers

Benefits

• Competitive total compensation package
• Employee-led remote and flexible working
• Health benefits
• Samsara for Good charity fund