Overview

We're transforming the grocery industry at Instacart, where we invite the world to share love through food. Instacart is a Flex First team allowing employees to choose their work environment.

About The Role

• Embed within a product pillar to support high impact initiatives across Growth.
• Act as a bridge between product teams and the design system.
• Partner with product designers to explore new interaction patterns.
• Evolve the design language through product work.
• Define and refine UI components with high levels of craft.
• Drive cohesion and continuity across key journeys.
• Elevate visual and UI craft with attention to detail.
• Provide deep refinement on high impact initiatives.
• Introduce new ways of working across teams.

What Success Looks Like

• Experiences feel cohesive and consistent.
• New components and patterns integrated without fragmentation.
• Product teams move faster and produce quality work.
• Raise the bar for visual craft and interaction quality.
• Drive measurable impact on adoption, engagement, and retention.

About You

Minimum Qualifications

• 15+ years designing consumer-facing digital products.
• Deep experience in systems thinking.
• Exceptional visual design and UI craft.
• Strong point of view on visual systems.
• Experience navigating ambiguity and influencing across teams.
• Strong communication and storytelling skills.
• Fluent in Figma and Google Slides.
• Base knowledge of emerging AI tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing for marketplaces and e-commerce products.
• Understanding of incentives and personalization driving loyalty.
• Familiarity with meal planning and grocery behavior.
• Experience with large scale design systems.
• Comfort operating across distributed, cross-functional teams.