Sr. Product Designer, AI Design Systems Lead, Goodreads

Want to change the lives of millions of readers by making it easy to discover books and get more out of reading? As a Senior Product Designer on the Goodreads Design team, you’ll work with engineers, data scientists, researchers, product managers, sales managers, customer experts, content creators, and designers to build products that help readers find books they'll love and get more out of them, and enable authors, publishers and advertisers to connect with our audience of engaged readers. Goodreads is currently reimagining our products and brand. In this role, you will own, manage, and deliver an AI‑ready design system that accelerates design velocity and consistency across mobile apps and web. You will help the team invent and simplify as we grow our business and continually identify new opportunities to deliver value to all of our customers—readers, authors, and publisher/advertiser partners. You will be responsible for maturing our design system and tooling while up‑leveling customer experiences across core product areas: Discovery, Reading, Tracking, and Community through AI enablement. You’ll design across all touch points including web, iOS and Android apps, and emails. Key Job Responsibilities Deliver a robust AI‑ready design system that accelerates design velocity and consistency across mobile apps and web. Clearly define goals and promote adoption and usage of the system across multiple teams. Align and engage cross‑functional stakeholders in system development. Establish a repeatable process for scaling and evolving the system as AI and product needs grow. Own the design and AI enablement of the design system to deliver core reader experiences across mobile apps and web; drive adoption, evaluate system gaps, optimize processes, and scale to meet all product and surface needs. Manage the design libraries and tooling while educating the team on best practices and providing resources. Create customer‑centered designs that incorporate customer feedback, user research, data, market trends and technical constraints. Create flows, wireframes, design mockups, rapid prototypes to effectively conceptualize, prove out, and deliver on exceptional product experiences. Partner with design, product, and engineering teams to define systems and AI enablement of design work. Partner with User Research and independently drive evaluative research to develop understanding for the customer and validate design choices before and after development. Advocate for design by sharing your work and presenting cross‑functionally, while precisely articulating design rationale. Give and solicit feedback from other designers to continually raise our bar for quality. Basic Qualifications Knowledge of best practices for information architecture and design. Experience working directly with engineering teams. Excellent written and verbal communication skills to communicate with technical and non‑technical audiences, including senior leadership. Strong visual and interaction design skills. Experience managing, contributing to, and adopting design systems. A clear understanding of user‑centered design processes and how AI can be integrated. Experience designing for consumer‑facing and ad‑supported products. Preferred Qualifications Knowledge of best practices for information architecture and design. Experience working directly with engineering teams. Excellent written and verbal communication skills to communicate with technical and non‑technical audiences, including senior leadership. Strong visual and interaction design skills. Experience managing, contributing to, and adopting design systems. A clear understanding of user‑centered design processes and how AI can be integrated. Experience designing for consumer‑facing and ad‑supported products. Equal Opportunity Employer Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Background Check Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Benefits Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits, including health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Salary Base salary range: $156,400 – $211,600 annually. #J-18808-Ljbffr