Senior System Designer

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and even though we've made a lot of headway, we still have work to do — and that’s where you come in!

Duolingo’s designers care about creating high-quality experiences that look and feel fun. From animators to writers, product designers to researchers, Design brings purpose, feeling, and delight to every interaction with our brand, inside the app and out. As a designer, you’ll join a culture of creativity and craft, where we have a high bar for excellence and an endless curiosity about how to bring more unexpected quirk and fun to the pursuit of learning. 

Join us in our mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world.

About the role

This role reports to the Director of Design Infrastructure and as a member of the Design team, the instrumental creative partner in most projects at Duolingo—from our mobile apps and website to the brand voice and email newsletters. At Duolingo, we take pride in and agonize over crafting a user-friendly (and fun) experience for everyone.

  You will...

• Expand and detail Duolingo’s design system across iOS, Android, and web platforms
• Work alongside Engineering to maintain parity between Figma component libraries and production code
• Document, broadcast, and advocate for design system decisions and changes across the Design, Engineering, and Product functions
• Empower more designers with prototyping systems & tools (Origami, Protopie or similar)
• Champion our high bar for quality and craft, and give designers and engineers the tools and systems they need to meet our bar, quickly
• Identify and eliminate design inconsistencies in the product

  You have...

• Experience initiating or getting support for a new design system at scale, preferably at a consumer tech company
• A robust online portfolio that displays examples of system design, product design (especially mobile), and a highly-developed eye for design detail, consistency, and quality
• Expertise in one or two prototyping tools, like Origami, Protopie or InVision
• A talent for bringing order and process to ambiguous or casual workflows
• The ability to relocate or work out of our New York, NY office

  Exceptional candidates will have...

• Experience building iOS or Android apps
• Interest or experience managing people
• Experience with illustration, animation or motion design

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