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On-site in Menlo Park, California, this senior-level role at Meta involves designing private sharing experiences for Instagram. The focus is on creating personal and low-pressure sharing formats for user engagement.
Skills / Requirements
- Agent Orchestration
- AI Skill Development
- AI Tools
- Color Theory
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- End-to-end Experience
- Iconography
- Interaction Design
- Layout Design
- Mentorship
- Product Design
- Prompt Engineering
- Prototyping Tools
- Strategic Product Thinking
- Typography
- UI Design
- User Needs Understanding
- Vibe Coding
- Visual Design
Why Apply
This role is ideal for someone skilled in vibe coding and AI tools, as it involves integrating AI to optimize workflows and enhance user experiences. You'll leverage AI for efficiency gains and quality improvements.
What You'll Be Doing
Designers in this role transform broad concepts into valuable user experiences, driving product strategy and innovation. They collaborate across teams to prioritize design execution and influence product direction.
Working in Menlo Park, California
- Menlo Park is a central hub in Silicon Valley, offering proximity to major tech companies and networking opportunities.
- The area boasts a mild Mediterranean climate, making it pleasant year-round for outdoor activities.
- Public transportation options, including Caltrain, provide convenient access to San Francisco and other Bay Area locations.
- Menlo Park's cost of living is high, reflecting its desirable location and tech-driven economy.
- The region is known for its innovation culture, attracting top talent and fostering career growth in tech.
Pay and Career Growth
The role offers a competitive salary range of $201,000 to $278,000 annually, plus bonuses, equity, and benefits. Meta's culture emphasizes collaboration and innovation, providing opportunities for leadership and influence in product design.
Benefits and Perks
- benefits
- Bonus
- competitive salary
- Equity
Is This Role Right for You?
Good fit if you...
- Experienced product designers with a strong background in AI tools.
- Candidates who thrive in cross-functional and fast-paced environments.
- Designers with a strategic mindset and a focus on user-centered design.
May not be for you if...
- Designers without experience in large-scale product environments.
- Candidates uncomfortable with on-site work in Menlo Park.
- Those lacking experience in integrating AI into design workflows.
Original Job Description
Summary:
Instagram Private Sharing is looking for a product designer to join a small team working to define the future vision and strategy for friend sharing experiences in partnership with cross functional partners, with sponsorship from IG Friends leadership.The Instagram Private Sharing team’s mission is to help people connect with friends over what they’re into and what they’re up to, focusing on lightweight, low-pressure sharing formats for a more personal and private experience. The team aims to make Instagram the best place for friends to share and connect daily, especially as user behavior shifts from public broadcast to private spaces. The team supports products like Notes, Map, Instants, Consumer Subscriptions and incubates 0-1 bets. Notes is a lightweight status sharing feature that has driven significant engagement among teens. Map includes features that help users feel more connected to friends and local happenings. Instants is our new low-pressure photo sharing product and we incubate new products in our Studio team.
Required Skills:
Product Designer, Instagram Private Sharing Responsibilities:
Take broad, conceptual ideas and turn them into something useful and valuable for our 2 billion+ users and drive product strategy and innovation across a large organization
Design leading-edge concepts through the craft of end-to-end flows which impact broad sets of users at scale while using the appropriate prototyping tools
Drive design prioritization and execution, keeping up teams momentum to meet accelerated timelines
Design new experiences or layouts that improve visual systems
Play an active role in communicating strategic decisions around the future direction of products
Give and solicit feedback from a broader product team in order to continually raise our bar for quality
Act as a key cross-functional lead accountable for the success of the initiative, leaning into workstream level operations and processes when needed
Influence and drive alignment on product direction across multiple organizations and cross-functional partners
Work collaboratively with others, think creatively, and take on complex challenges
Take on mentorship and coaching opportunities
Minimum Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, or a related field and minimum of 8 years of experience in relevant field
8+ years of experience building and shipping applications or software at company-level scale level, leading the end-to-end experience within a large-scale, ambiguous domain
Interaction design experience with knowledge defining and evangelizing how an experience should behave based on understanding people’s needs, plus consideration of how this innovation will scale and examples of the use of appropriate prototyping tools to demonstrate how a particular interaction will work
Visual design experience with expertise in typography, desktop/mobile UI, color, layout, iconography and aesthetic sense and how these elements impact product function
Strategic product thinking with the experience developing product goals, identifying opportunities in a global market, and making decisions based on the impact to people and the company
Experience representing work to executives, clearly and succinctly stating the goals and concepts
Staunch advocate for simplicity and craft and you sweat the details
Preferred Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Examples of leadership in non-product dimensions that have made a team stronger and positively impacted the work environment
Experience connecting your work with other industry-leading related initiatives across the company while driving collaboration
Have a proven record of influencing long-term product vision and phased strategy
Experience using vibe coding and using AI tools extensively
Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
Public Compensation:
$201,000/year to $278,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits
Industry: Internet
Equal Opportunity:
Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.
Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations-ext@meta.com.
