Overview

Homebase is Wayfair’s Design System, which is used to build all of our Customer-, Employee-, and Supplier-facing experiences across web and native applications. It allows us to quickly and efficiently deliver a cohesive user experience, freeing up product, engineering, and design bandwidth to tackle the big problems that really matter. We enable Wayfair teams to ship better products faster!

The Homebase team is comprised of four squads: Library, Enablement, App, and Accessibility. These squads collaborate closely to ensure our design system is the most efficient and effective way to build products at Wayfair. There are currently open roles for the following squads:

• The Library squad, who empower Wayfair's teams to quickly ship high quality and cohesive end user experiences through foundational guidelines, flexible components, and community support.

• The Homebase Enablement squad, who own all Homebase documentation, tooling, and community engagement programs. 

• The App squad, who is responsible for the maintenance and evolution of our design system across iOS and Android platforms, supporting various ecom and tooling applications.

Role & Responsibilities

The Homebase Product Designer/Lead will be responsible for shaping the tools and standards Wayfair uses to build the next iteration of great experiences for our customers, suppliers, and employees alike. Using your knowledge of product design, systems thinking, and web/app best practices, you’ll help us create a consistent and predictable look and feel for all of our products and documentation, while setting a high bar for quality with respect to both usability and accessibility.

All Homebase team members are expected to assist in various support channels, train and coach others on system standards and best practices, and facilitate programs that create advocates for the design system across Wayfair.

The Homebase Product Design Lead will also support design and user experience efforts, including:

• Execute responsive and scalable design solutions across web, mobile web, and app, with an emphasis on visual design and micro interactions.
• Work with design, content strategy, and engineering to establish processes and guidelines to manage the design system.
• Collaborate with product, design, and development managers to influence a roadmap and product backlog for the design system.
• Work with UX research when necessary to better understand the design system user.
• Advocate for the system’s mission and process to other groups within the larger organization.
• Identify and nurture team growth and culture by supporting engagement programs and contribution efforts.

Requirements

• 3-7 years of experience building and contributing to design systems at enterprise organizations.
• Portfolio with case studies illustrating comparable work related to design systems at mid/large-scale organizations.
• Portfolio demonstrating a mastery of interaction and visual design principles.
• Mastery of tools and best practices related to design systems such as Figma, Sketch, Abstract, Invision.
• Ability to work cross-functionally to drive adoption of processes and methodologies in order to achieve success within broader product teams.
• Has a good understanding of accessibility guidelines and design best practices.
• Understands and demonstrates systematic design thinking. Must demonstrate ability to design solutions that solve problems at multiple levels of scale (simple and complex scenarios, edge cases.)
• Understands the design production workflow and design to developer handoff process.
• Advanced knowledge of responsive design and familiarity with related development techniques.
• Understanding of agile methodologies.
• Passion for creative problem solving and ability to thrive in ambiguity.
• Excellent communication skills, including written, verbal, and presentation.