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McAfee, Inc. Senior Product Designer (Design Systems) in San Jose, California
Job Title:
Senior Product Designer (Design Systems)
Role Overview:
As a Senior Design System Designer at McAfee, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our design system, ensuring consistency, scalability, and usability across all McAfee products. You’ll work closely with designers, developers, and product managers to create and maintain a cohesive system of components, patterns, and guidelines that empower teams to deliver exceptional user experiences.
You will act as both a contributor and advocate for the design system, ensuring it evolves to meet the needs of our growing product ecosystem. This role offers a unique opportunity to make a lasting impact on McAfee’s brand and user experience.
This is a Hybrid position located in either San Jose, CA or Frisco, TX. You will be required to be onsite on an as-needed basis, typically 1 to 6 times a month. We are only considering candidates within a commutable distance to one of the two locations and are not offering relocation assistance at this time.
About the role:
Design System Development: Create, maintain, and document reusable components, patterns, and guidelines that ensure consistency and scalability across products.
Collaboration: Partner with product designers, developers, and product managers to align the design system with business and user needs, ensuring seamless integration into product workflows.
Component Design: Design and refine high-quality UI components that adhere to accessibility standards, responsive design principles, and McAfee’s brand guidelines.
Advocacy: Champion the use of the design system across teams, promoting adoption, educating stakeholders, and gathering feedback to inform improvements.
Tooling & Prototyping: Develop and maintain tools, libraries, and prototypes that enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the design system.
Accessibility Standards: Ensure all design system components meet or exceed accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG), creating inclusive experiences for all users.
Continuous Improvement: Regularly evaluate and iterate on the design system based on user feedback, product requirements, and industry best practices.
Documentation: Produce clear, detailed documentation and guidelines to ensure consistent usage and easy adoption of the design system across teams.
About You:
7+ years of experience in product design, with a focus on design systems or UI/UX design.
Proven experience contributing to or maintaining a design system in a cross-functional environment.
Strong expertise in design tools such as Figma, Sketch, or Adobe XD, with a focus on component libraries and prototyping.
Solid understanding of front-end development principles, including HTML, CSS, and responsive design.
Excellent visual and interaction design skills, with a keen eye for detail and consistency.
Familiarity with accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG) and inclusive design practices.
Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and advocate for design system adoption.
Experience documenting and presenting design system guidelines to technical and non-technical audiences.
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Company Overview
McAfee is a leader in personal security for consumers. Focused on protecting people, not just devices, McAfee consumer solutions adapt to users’ needs in an always online world, empowering them to live securely through integrated, intuitive solutions that protects their families and communities with the right security at the right moment.
Company Benefits and Perks:
We work hard to embrace diversity and inclusion and encourage everyone at McAfee to bring their authentic selves to work every day. We offer a variety of social programs, flexible work hours and family-friendly benefits to all of our employees.
Bonus Program
401k Retirement Plan
Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life, Short Term Disability and Long-Term Disability Coverage
Paid Parental Leave
Support for Community Involvement
14 Paid Company Holidays
Unlimited Paid Time Off for Exempt Employees
96 Hours of Sick Time and 120 Hours of Vacation for Non-Exempt Employees Accrued Each Year
We're serious about our commitment to diversity which is why McAfee prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other legally protected status.
The starting pay range for this position is $142,040.00-$233,345.00. McAfee takes into consideration an individual’s skillset, experience and location in making final salary determinations. For further details, please discuss with the Talent Acquisition Partner.
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