Product Designer

As a Product Designer at DoorDash, you'll be responsible for leading design projects from concept to execution, creating high-fidelity mockups, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring user-centered design principles guide your work. You'll dive into creating user flows, prototypes, and layouts across various platforms including mobile and web while shaping the overall product strategy through user research.

DoorDash seeks candidates with a minimum of 5 years of experience in product design, ideally with a portfolio showcasing your ability to handle design projects from scratch to completion. A strong background in user experience design, interaction design, and familiarity with design tools like Sketch or Figma is essential. The ideal candidate thrives in ambiguity and is passionate about solving complex design challenges.

The Product Designer role at DoorDash stands out due to its focus on robotics and automation in last-mile logistics. You'll have the opportunity to work on innovative projects that directly impact the user experience for millions while also collaborating within a small yet scrappy team that encourages creativity and experimentation.

DoorDash offers a competitive compensation package for Product Designers, inclusive of base salary, equity grants, and a comprehensive benefits package including 401(k) with employer match, medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid parental leave, and wellness benefits to ensure the well-being of their employees.

DoorDash promotes diversity and inclusion by hiring individuals from various backgrounds and experiences. They value a diverse workforce and strive to create an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute to design innovation, making it a welcoming space for candidates from all walks of life.

When discussing your design process, outline the steps you take from research and ideation through to prototyping and user testing. Highlight your focus on user feedback and iteration, and emphasize how collaboration plays a role in refining your designs.

Describe your approach to receiving feedback, highlighting the importance of staying open-minded and using it as a tool for improvement. Give examples of how you’ve used feedback to refine designs in the past.

It's important to mention familiarity with industry-standard tools like Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD, or InVision. You might also discuss how you choose tools based on project needs, collaboration, and team preferences.

Use a specific example from your experience where you encountered a complex design challenge. Discuss the steps you took to research, ideate, and resolve the issue, showcasing your problem-solving skills.

Talk about the methods you use for user research, including interviews, surveys, or usability testing, and elaborate on how you incorporate user insights into your design every step of the way.

Discuss your experiences working with engineers, product managers, and other team members. Share how you foster communication and collaboration to ensure everyone is aligned on design goals.

Define a successful design by focusing on user engagement, satisfaction, and the ability to solve user problems effectively. Share examples of designs you've worked on that met these criteria.

Emphasize that innovation should not come at the cost of usability. Discuss balancing new ideas with established patterns that users are comfortable with, possibly referencing your previous work.

Share a story that illustrates your ability to adapt designs based on user feedback or testing results. Highlight the importance of flexibility in the design process and the impact on the final outcome.

Express your enthusiasm for current trends like inclusive design, micro-interactions, or AR/VR technologies. Explain how these trends could influence future projects and enhance user experiences.