Sr. Product Designer, Design Systems

About 1Password

At 1Password, we’re building the foundation for a safe, productive digital future. Our mission is to unleash employee productivity without compromising security by ensuring every identity is authentic, every application sign-in is secure, and every device is trusted. We innovated the market-leading enterprise password manager and pioneered Extended Access Management, a new cybersecurity category built for the way people and AI agents work today. As one of the most loved brands in cybersecurity, we take a human-centric approach in everything from product strategy to user experience. Over 165,000 businesses and millions of people trust us to provide seamless, secure access to their most critical information. 

If you're excited about the opportunity to contribute to the digital safety of millions, to work alongside a team of curious, driven individuals, and to solve hard problems in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, then we want to hear from you. Come join us and help shape a safer, simpler digital future.

We are looking for a senior designer to join our Design Systems team and help lead the continued evolution and governance of our design system, its design language, and the team's capabilities to support the design organization. This designer will lead peers, grow and mentor other designers, and help build relationships with our stakeholders on the product, engineering, and marketing teams. They’ll be responsible for ensuring the design system meets the needs of its consumers and that components, documentation, and processes meet the high bar of quality we expect to see in our end products.

The ideal candidate loves to roll up their sleeves and dig into Figma with their peers, exploring solutions together, asking why, and attempting to understand the problems they are attempting to solve for our users while leveraging the design system. While working with feature designers, they ensure we do not lose sight of the forest for the trees, connecting dots between products and rigorously considering the broader customer experience or journey across multiple flows or products.

The mission statement of our design system (Knox) is:
Knox supports 1Password makers with tools, processes, and systems that encourage creative expression and increase the overall quality of 1Password products.

This is a remote opportunity within the United States and Canada.

What we're looking for:

• Design Systems Experience & Competencies

  • 5+ years of relevant design experience, with 3+ years of which focused on building and maintaining design systems in software development, technology, or agency environments.

  • A strong portfolio demonstrating how design systems drive meaningful business impact through collaboration and blending the skills of product design, visual design, and interaction design.

  • Stellar Figma skills utilizing variables and design tokens, auto layout, slots, and the ability to build flexible components that balance flexibility with rigid application.

  • Ability to research, design, validate, and maintain components, libraries, and UI patterns across multiple products to create a cohesive visual language and experience.

  • Has examples showing strong craft skills in areas of visual design and interaction design (animation, typography, grids and spacing, color theory, etc) through past work and experiences

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills are demonstrated in guidelines and documentation crafted to support our trifecta partners.

• Ability to mentor and lead designers in growing their craft and ability to connect their work to business drivers while fostering a culture of curiosity and growth through critique, pairing sessions, and office hours.

• Knowledge of inclusive design principles and best practices, leveraging guidance from WCAG and W3C standards

• Experience working closely with cross-functional teams (PMs, Designers, PMMs, Engineers, etc.) to evangelize design systems, collect feedback, and make changes that have measurable improvements to our users

• Familiarity with the front-end technologies used to create a design system (React, CSS, HTML); basically, you need to know how the design system gets made.

• Bonus Qualifications

  • Experience with design tokens and automation tools (e.g., Style Dictionary, Tokens Studio).

  • Experience working in the Cybersecurity space.

What you can expect:

You become an advocate for our customers, both internal and external. You will help raise the bar for systems design at 1Password, become a trusted partner to your team, product designers, engineers, and other key stakeholders, and most importantly, become a force multiplier for Product & Design team members so we collectively level up how feature teams ship amazing quality products at 1Password.

Month 1

• Familiarize yourself with

  • Our past, present, and planned design systems work

  • Current governance processes, tools and contribution models utilized by our team

  • Current product roadmap and strategic priorities

• Jump in with sleeves rolled up and help shape the future of our product suite design design system through current roadmap initiatives

• Start building relationships with your product, design, engineering, and marketing partners

Month 3

• Make connections with designers, understanding their product spaces and how they work with their feature teams

• Identify gaps in our existing design system and visual language and suggest concepts and solutions

• Lead design critiques and office hours, offering feedback and building professional relationships with our stakeholders across various product areas

• Lead the evolution of our design systems growth to support the needs of a multi-brand, multi-product suite

Month 6+

• Co-own the future of the design system with other systems designers and devs

• Raise the bar of quality for our products' UI by leveraging the design system and contributing back to it, ensuring its continued evolution

• Organize office hours, workshops, and design review sessions, ensuring the bar for design execution is set appropriately

• Stand up for accessible and inclusive design best practices

• Inspire a design culture of excellence by curating and sharing design examples, sparking new ideas, and encouraging experimentation

USA-based roles only: The annual base salary for this role is between $143,000 USD and $193,000 USD, plus immediate participation in 1Password's benefits program (health, dental, 401k and many others), utilization of our generous paid time off, an equity grant and, where applicable, participation in our incentive programs.

Canada-based roles only: The annual base salary for this role is between $122,000 CAD and $166,000 CAD, plus immediate participation in 1Password’s generous benefits program (health, dental, RRSP and many others), utilization of our generous paid time off, an equity grant and, where applicable, participation in our incentive programs.

At 1Password, we approach each individual's compensation with a promise of fair market value and internal equity commensurate with experience and specific skill set.

Our culture 
At 1Password, we prioritize collaboration, clear and transparent communication, receptiveness to feedback, and alignment with our core values: keep it simple, lead with honesty, and put people first. 

You’ll be part of a team that challenges the status quo, and is excited to experiment and iterate in search of the best solution. That said, 1Password is not for everyone. Our work is demanding, we strive for excellence, and the pace is fast. We need people who are keen to take on challenging problems, who seek feedback to grow, and who are driven to make an impact. If you're looking for a place where you can settle into a comfortable routine, this might not be the right fit for you. We’re looking for individuals who are proven experts in their fields, as well as those who are highly adaptable, can thrive in ambiguity and through change, are curious, and above all deliver results. 

We are committed to leveraging cutting-edge technology—including AI—to achieve our mission. We also understand that thinking critically about AI in its current forms will help us create better solutions for our customers and ourselves with its future forms, which will help us continue to close the gap between security and privacy and achieve our mission. We want team members at all levels to take the approach of actively learning AI best practices, identifying opportunities to apply AI in meaningful ways, and driving innovative solutions in their daily work. Embracing the future of AI isn't just encouraged at 1Password—it's an essential part of how we will be successful at 1Password.

Our approach to remote work 
We believe in the power of remote work, but recognize that in-person connection is important to help us achieve our mission. While we are a remote-first company, travel for in-person engagement is a part of most roles. Frequency will depend on role and responsibilities, and may include, but is not limited to: annual department-wide offsites, team meetings, and customer/industry events. 

What we offer
We believe in working hard, and rewarding that hard work through our benefits. While not an exhaustive list, here is a glance at what we currently offer: 

Health and wellbeing
👶 Maternity and parental leave top-up programs
🏝 Generous PTO policy 
💖 Four company-wide wellness days 

 Growth and future 
📈 Company equity for all full-time employees
💸 Retirement matching program
🔑 Free 1Password account

Community 
🤝 Paid volunteer days 
🌎 Employee-led inclusion and belonging programs and ERGs
🏆 Peer-to-peer recognition through Bonusly

You belong here.

1Password is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace that is built on trust, support and respect. We welcome all individuals and do not discriminate on the basis of gender identity and expression, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, colour, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, sex, citizenship, education, languages spoken or veteran status. Be yourself, find your people and share the things you love.

Accommodation is available upon request at any point during our recruitment process. If you require an accommodation, please speak to your talent acquisition partner or email us at [email protected] and we’ll work to meet your needs.

Remote work is a part of our DNA. Given that our company was founded remotely in 2005, we can safely say we're experts at building remote culture. That said, remote work at 1Password does mean working from your home country. If you've got questions or concerns about this, your talent partner would be happy to address them with you.

Successful applicants will be required to complete a background check that may consist of prior employment verification, reference checks, education confirmation, criminal background, publicly available social media, credit history, or other information, as permitted by local law.

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