Design Systems and Product Architecture Design Lead

Amplitude is seeking a Design Systems and Product Architecture Design Lead to drive the vision, strategy, and implementation of its design system across desktop and mobile platforms. This role involves reestablishing and evolving the design system with alignment between design and engineering, ensuring a scalable and high-quality user experience. The Design Lead will collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Brand teams to build a cohesive UI component library, interaction patterns, and design guidelines. This position shapes the product platform approach for Amplitude’s core analytics products, working with engineering to ensure design and system architecture evolve together.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the rebuilding of Amplitude’s design system.
• Establish Figma libraries for reusable UI components.
• Define design tokens, interaction patterns, and visual guidelines.
• Partner with engineering leadership to align design and system architecture.
• Collaborate on building foundational product platform components.
• Develop accessible, inclusive UI components adhering to WCAG standards.
• Build a contribution model for multiple product teams.
• Evangelize the design system across Amplitude.
• Provide design leadership and guidance to teams.

Requirements:

• Proven experience leading design systems at scale.
• Expertise in systems thinking, usability, and accessibility.
• Experience working across design and engineering.
• Proficiency in Figma.
• Strong UX and UI design skills.
• A portfolio showcasing design systems work.

Amplitude offers:

• Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Flexible time off and paid holidays.
• Generous stipends for wellness, commuter transit/parking, learning and development, and home office equipment.
• Parental benefits including paid parental leave and fertility support.
• Mental health and wellness benefits.
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP).