Senior UX Designer

Reference: R-2622372Posted: 2026-08-25Location: SAN BRUNO, CA, United StatesSalary: $117000 - $234000/yearType: Full time / Regular/PermanentCompany: WalmartBusiness Segment: Home OfficeAs a Senior UX Designer on the Global Design Systems team, you’ll help shape the foundational building blocks that power product experiences across millions of users. Your focus will be on creating modern, high performing components, maintaining the system’s visual and interaction foundations, and ensuring design-to-code alignment through close collaboration with engineering.You’ll bring clarity to complexity—translating design decisions into scalable tokens and reusable patterns that drive consistency and innovation. You’ll contribute to a system that empowers product teams to build faster, better, and more accessible experiences--while advancing how AI and automation streamline workflows for designers and developers alike.About the team:The Global Design Systems team develops and maintains standards that enhance experiences across Walmart’s products and services worldwide. This team creates engaging digital solutions for customers, associates, and partners in various environments, including home, stores, and mobile platforms. Their work spans a broad portfolio, from consumer-facing platforms to supply chain applications. In this role, you will support associates by delivering systems that enable faster, more confident decision-making, contributing to seamless and efficient user experiences throughout Walmart’s extensive ecosystem.What you'll do:Designing at a high level of craft for a broad population of users.Leading a roadmap of work and collaborating seamlessly with cross-functional partners through delivery.Actively soliciting feedback from peers and cross-functional stakeholders through the product design lifecycle.Eagerness to support, bringing a service mindset to daily user questions and feedback.Championing AI-native ways of workingEngaging the design research team at the right points during the design process to ensure the right insights inform the work.Rapid prototyping and experimenting in a fast-paced environment.Communicating effectively with kindness and empathy.Collaborating seamlessly with cross-functional partners.What you'll bring:Strong understanding of enterprise-scale design systems, including tokens, patterns, components, theming and usage documentation, and system-compliant AI context management.Experience in AI-native tools like Cursor, Claude, or similar.Familiarity with engineering workflows, versioning, and how design tokens translate into code (e.g., JSON, CSS variables)Builds and maintains system libraries—with an eye toward generative UX and AI-assisted design workflows.Actively contributes to design system governanceUses systems thinking to simplify complexity and create intuitive, scalable solutions.Facilitates Design Thinking to unlock creativity and alignment across cross-functional teams.Embraces ambiguity and energizes teams through change.Leads by example—mentoring, doing, and shaping team culture.At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more. You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable. For information about PTO, see . Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms. For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart. The annual salary range for this position is $117,000.00 - $234,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include : - StockMinimum qualifications["Option 1: Bachelor's degree in UI/UX design, graphic design, visual communication, product design, computer science, information technology, or related area and 3 years’ experience in UI/UX, interactive and visual design, electronics art, multimedia design, or related area. Option 2: 5 years’ experience in UI/UX, interactive and visual design, electronics art, multimedia design, or related area."]Preferred qualifications["UI/UX, Interactive and Visual Design, Electronics Art, Multimedia Design, or related area", "Driving product development in a user experience area", "Design certification (for example, IDEOU - Foundations in Design Thinking Certificate)", "Master's degree in UI/UX Design, Interactive and Visual Design, Product Design, or related area", "We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart’s accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.", "Related industry experience (for example, retail, supply chain, eCommerce, healthcare)"]