Head of Design Systems, DoorDash
$212-318k
Local food delivery platform
Job no longer available
Local food delivery platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$212-318k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower local economies by connecting food lovers with great local restaurants
Role
Who you are
- You have 8+ years of design experience and 3+ years of experience leading successful design systems or product design teams
- You have experience recruiting and retaining outstanding designers
- You have experience building and shipping design systems across a variety of platforms
- You have worked on large-scale projects across multiple teams
- You excel at storytelling, making complex concepts simple and easy to understand
- You value high-quality, well-crafted visual design and care about the details
- You are experienced at promoting alignment across product design and product engineering counterparts
What the job involves
- We're looking for a Design leader to lead the design systems across our products, lead the team defining these systems, and be an advocate of design craftsmanship across our product, design, and engineering organizations
- You'll manage a team of design systems designers responsible for the DoorDash Design System, Prism, across all of our products
- Design Systems Strategy- You'll contribute to the strategy of our future design systems work, ensuring that it's focused on making an impact on our products. The standardized design decisions made in our design systems will have a broad and meaningful impact across our platforms
- Stewardship of Quality and Innovator of Craft - You'll work with your team and the broader product design organization to be a steward of design craft and quality throughout our products—aiming to guide, influence, and improve future quality through systems
- Collaboration with Design Engineering- You'll work together with design systems engineering leadership to ensure that there's alignment and quality between your team and their engineering counterparts
- Team Mentorship– You'll coach the designers on your team, providing both project feedback and career guidance, and create opportunities for your team members to grow
- Hiring– You'll partner with our recruiting team to find, attract, interview, and hire new designers for your team, across systems roles and including design specialists
- Cross-Team Leadership– You'll work with your peers in Product Design, Product Management, Engineering, User Research, Brand Design, and more to determine a shared vision and roadmap for our design system
- You will report to the Director of Design Foundations in our Product Design organization
- Lead projects that have made a deep impact on the product before. You understand how to create opportunities from the ground up to address user problems
- Create and execute a vision for systems. You stretch the boundaries of what design systems can be, and what they can accomplish when performed with exceptional resourcing, relationships, and vision
- Set the high bar for craft and quality—you care about the details and know how to coach your team and others to exceed that bar
Otta's take
Theo Margolius
COO of Otta
DoorDash was an early entrant into the last-mile restaurant delivery business, which is now crowded with the likes of Uber Eats, Postmates and GrubHub. They offer restaurants an end-to-end delivery platform, generating new business and access to a network of delivery drivers.
To differentiate itself in the market, DoorDash focused on areas with fewer competitors and found success in this untapped market. Other factors, such as the company's targeting of restaurants which many not typically offer a delivery service, also contribute to its profitability. The company made its stock market debut in 2020 with one of the biggest IPOs of the year.
However, in light of increasing discontent around DoorDash's commission structure from restaurants, competition remains fierce. The business recently responded by publishing a transparent fee structure, but the number of options open to restaurants means DoorDash must fight to keep its customers loyal. Despite this, by focusing on consumer retention, logistics and technology, the company is likely able to maintain its existing growth and revenue.
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 11 rounds)
Jun 2020
$400m
SERIES H
Nov 2019
$100m
SERIES G
Total funding: $2.5bn
Company benefits
- Company stock options
- Work from home stipend
- Unlimited paid time off policy
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company values
- We are doers
- We are learners
- We are leaders
- We are one team
Company HQ
Mid-Market, San Francisco, CA
Founders
Tony Xu
(CEO)Tony studied at UCB and worked as a Matrix Partners Associate while studying for an MBA at Stanford. He combined this experience to co-found DoorDash in January 2013, and has served as CEO since June 2013.
Stanley Tang
(CPO)Previously studied Computer Science at Stanford, before working at Facebook as a Software Engineer.
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