Staff Product Designer

Title: Staff Product Designer

Location: United States

Job Description:

Who We Are

Babylist is the leading registry, e-commerce, and content platform for growing families. More than 9 million people shop with Babylist every year, making it the go-to destination for seamless purchasing, trusted guidance, and expert product recommendations for new parents and the people who love them. What began as a universal registry has grown into a full ecosystem for new parents, including the Babylist Shop, Babylist Health, and a flagship showroom in Los Angeles. Hundreds of brands in baby and beyond partner with Babylist to engage meaningfully with families during one of life's most important transitions. With over $1 billion in annual GMV, and more than $500 million in 2024 revenue, Babylist is reshaping the $320 billion baby product industry. We're helping parents feel confident, connected, and cared for at every step. As we build the generational brand in baby, our mission remains simple: to connect growing families with everything they need to thrive.

Our Ways of Working

Babylist is remote-first with team members across the U.S. and Canada who move fast, think smart, and use AI as part of how they work every day - not as an experiment, as an expectation. We come together twice a year to build the relationships behind the work, and we hire people who are genuinely excited about whats possible and prove it through how they show up.

What the Role Is

As the Staff Product Designer for Registry, youll lead the design vision for Babylists foundational product - the registry that millions of expecting parents use to discover products, make decisions, and receive gifts during one of the most meaningful moments in their lives. Youll own the end-to-end experience across web and mobile, shaping how parents build their registry and how their communities show up to support them.

This is a builder role. Youll use modern tools - Figma, AI-assisted workflows, agentic development, code-based prototyping - to rapidly explore ideas, test interaction models, and ship real experiences. Youll collaborate closely with product, engineering, and data to co-build and iterate fast, not hand off polished mocks and wait.

This role requires balancing strategic product thinking with hands-on execution. If you thrive when youre deep in the work - prototyping, testing, iterating - and can hold the long-term vision while shipping week to week, youll do well here. If you prefer operating at a purely strategic altitude or need clearly defined requirements before you start designing, this isnt the right fit.

Who You Are

8+ years of product design experience (or a portfolio that demonstrates equivalent depth) with shipped work across web and mobile platforms

A builder who prototypes fast - youre fluent in Figma and comfortable using AI-assisted design tools, code-based prototyping, or agentic workflows to bring concepts to life before specs are finalized

Strong visual and interaction design skills with a track record of crafting intuitive user journeys that simplify complex decisions

Comfortable operating in ambiguity - you can take early, loosely defined product ideas and translate them into clear experiences and interaction models

Deeply user-connected - you create fast feedback loops through user testing, direct interaction, and scrappy methods like spinning up real user groups in Slack to get signal quickly

Self-directed but collaborative - you advocate for the best user experience while receiving feedback constructively and moving the work forward

Genuinely excited about how AI is changing product design and user experiences - both as a tool in your workflow and as a capability embedded in the products youre designing

Youre genuinely excited about what AI can do - not just as a concept, but as something you want to get your hands on. At Babylist, every team uses AI daily, and were looking for people who lean in.

How You Will Make An Impact

Lead the design direction for registry - from product discovery to registry creation to gift fulfillment - setting the bar for Babylists core product experience

Identify friction points in the registry journey and design solutions that make the experience more intuitive, joyful, and efficient for both registrants and gift givers

Partner with product and engineering leadership to shape the long-term vision for registry, including where AI-powered guidance and automation can meaningfully improve the experience

Design and prototype new interaction models that help parents discover the right products, simplify decisions, and build their registry with greater confidence

Help define new ways of working as design, product, and engineering transition to co-building with AI - establishing rituals, tools, and patterns the broader team can adopt

Raise the bar for design quality and velocity at Babylist by sharing tools, practices, and prototyping approaches that help teams learn faster and ship better experiences

About Compensation

We use a market-based approach to compensation. The starting salary range for this role is:

US $196,000 to $240,000

CAD $201,900 to $250,000

Your starting salary will be based on your location, experience, and qualifications, with increases over time tied to performance, role growth, and internal pay equity.

Why You Will Love Working At Babylist

Our Culture

We work with focus and intention, then step away to recharge

We believe in exceptional management and invest in tools and opportunities to connect with colleagues

We build products that positively impact millions of peoples lives

AI is intentionally embedded in how we work, create, and scale-supporting innovation and impact

Growth & Development

Competitive pay and meaningful opportunities for career advancement

We believe technology and data can solve hard problems

Were committed to career progression and performance-based advancement

Compensation & Benefits

Competitive salary with equity and bonus opportunities

Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance

Retirement savings plan with company matching and flexible spending accounts

Generous paid parental leave and PTO

Remote work stipend to set up your office

Perks for physical, mental, and emotional health, parenting, childcare, and financial planning

Important Notices

Recorded Interviews

Babylist uses an interview recording tool to record and transcribe interviews for evaluation purposes in accordance with applicable privacy laws. By participating in an interview, you consent to this recording and transcription.

Interview Integrity

At Babylist, every team uses AI daily and we love it. During interviews though, we want to see you - your thinking, your problem-solving, your creativity. All interviews and assessments should be completed independently without AI tools or third-party assistance unless we tell you otherwise. Well always be clear when AI is welcome. Misrepresentation during the process may result in removal from consideration.