Lead, Design

8+ years of experience in UX design, product design, or a related field, with a strong track record of designing and shipping user-centered products. Including experience directly managing designers through performance and promotion cycles

A track record as a player-coach, practicing designer and people manager at once, with the discipline to protect your own IC time

Calibrated craft judgment: you can run a crit, make a leveling call, and defend it in calibration

Proficiency in Figma and other design tools for creating wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs

Experience working with and contributing to design systems, ensuring consistency and scalability across surfaces

Strong understanding of qualitative and quantitative research methods, with the ability to synthesize insights into actionable design decisions

Comfort holding a design position in rooms with executives, backed by evidence rather than taste

Fluency with AI-assisted design tooling and a clear sense of where it helps and where it can't substitute for human judgment

Join us to design products that make a real-world impact, strengthening communities and bringing people closer together.

Compensation, benefits, perks, and recognition programs at Nextdoor come together to create our total rewards package. Compensation will vary depending on your relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

The starting salary for this role is expected to range from$240,000 to $275,000 on an annualized basis, or potentially greater in the event that your 'level' of proficiency exceeds the level expected for the role. The salary range will be determined by the candidate’s geographic location.

We expect to award a meaningful equity grant for this role. With quarterly vesting, your first vest date will take place within 3 months of your start date.

When it comes to benefits, we have you covered! Nextdoor employees can choose between a variety of health plans, including a 100% covered employee only plan option, and we also provide a OneMedical membership for concierge care.

At Nextdoor, we empower our employees to build stronger local communities. To create a platform where all feel welcome, we want our workforce to reflect the diversity of the neighbors we serve. We encourage everyone interested in our mission to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, or any other trait that unfairly targets a group of people. In accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we always consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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