We are on a mission to become one of the strongest “Experience first” companies in the region, and we need a Senior Product Designer to champion the cause. As a Product Designer, you’ll join our passionate, fast-paced Design System team and help create a modular, inclusive system of patterns and guidelines which support all talabat’s customer-facing products (web/mobile). The ideal candidate will have a passion for creating and maintaining design systems and helping product designers apply them across talabat apps and platforms to create consistently delightful user experiences.
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Location: Dubai, UAE
Job Type: Full-time
Work Conditions: On-Site
What’s On Your Plate?
- Design system evolution: Lead the expansion and refinement of our component library, foundations, tokens, and interaction patterns across mobile.
- Figma mastery & documentation: Manage our libraries with precision, structure component variants and slots, delivering high-quality documentation through Zeroheight.
- Systems thinking: Build flexible, scalable systems that enable rapid personalization, stateful behaviors (via SDUI), and consistent handoffs. Run design audits, usability tests, and hands-on workshops to identify gaps and improve our design system health score.
- Cross-functional collaboration: Work hand-in-hand with engineers, product designers, brand, and accessibility teams to shape and deliver scalable UI and system adoption.
- Governance and adoption: Define contribution processes, support squads in adoption, and lead design audits to raise system health and consistency.
- Accessibility by default: Champion inclusive design, embedding semantic labels, color contrast, and responsive interactions from the ground up.
- Strategic execution: Contribute to the roadmap, help drive rollout strategies, and align your work with OKRs and business priorities.
- Communication & storytelling: Present your work confidently, influence decisions across functions, and become a visible advocate for design systems.
- Squads empowerment and scalability: Drive contribution processes and support external contributors (product designers, engineers) in shaping the system.
What you need to be successful
- Preferably a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts/Design/Marketing/Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Multimedia graphics.
- 3+ years of experience as a product designer, with at least 2+ years focused on design systems (as a contributor or dedicated DS designer).
- Strong portfolio showcasing system thinking, complex component work, and design that scales.
- Exceptional communication and collaboration skills.
- Proven ability to work autonomously in ambiguous, fast-changing environments.
- Experience working in multinational or cross-cultural teams.
- Strategic mindset: Balance business goals, technical feasibility, and design quality.
- Proficient in Figma (and Figma libraries), familiar with atomic design, tokens, slots, theming, and documentation workflows.
- Comfortable partnering with engineers and understanding constraints.
- Working knowledge of accessibility, motion principles, and responsive design.
Who we are
Since launching in Kuwait in 2004, talabat, the leading on-demand food and Q-commerce app for everyday deliveries, has been offering convenience and reliability to its customers. talabat’s local roots run deep, offering a real understanding of the needs of the communities we serve in eight countries across the region.
At talabat, we foster an innovative environment where our employees can strive to create a positive impact across the region through the use of our platform.
What's in it for you
- Be part of a high-impact team shaping the future of design at scale in one of the fastest-growing regions globally.
- Own visible, cross-cutting work that impacts every customer-facing touchpoint across talabat.
- Collaborate with a passionate, diverse, and fun team of designers, engineers, and product leaders.
- Enjoy Dubai’s vibrant, multicultural lifestyle with its mix of modernity and tradition.
- Competitive compensation, visa sponsorship, and relocation support (if from outside the UAE).
