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Responsibilities
Team Introduction: TikTok Platforms are under the hood of the phenomenal short-video APP making sure our millions of users are always in a trusted, safe and secure cyber environment. The platform design team builds user interfaces and flows on top of the technologies so that our employees and external partners can better understand and use the technologies. For example, copyright platforms help right holders efficiently protect their original content from infringement; Open Platform helps explain and connect APIs to integrate TikTok into other applications. We're looking for a highly skilled Technical Product Designer/Design Engineer to join our team in the San Jose office. You will work closely with our Product and Engineering teams to shape the end-to-end user experience, crafting intuitive, polished interactions that truly solve problems of TikTok's global operation while bringing delightful software user experience. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable translating ideas into prototypes and production-ready designs as they are implementing them in code to bring that vision to life.
- Lead the design process from concept to final product. This includes creating user flows, wireframes, and interactive prototypes.
- Implement your designs in code (React, TypeScript, etc.), ensuring that what you ship matches the vision with polish and precision.
- Collaborate closely with Product and Engineering to translate complex AI capabilities into intuitive, developer-friendly experiences.
- Continuously test, learn, and iterate, using feedback and data to refine and improve the user experience.
- Champion design quality and user empathy, shaping both the product and the way we build it.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, HCI or equivalent experience.
- A portfolio showcasing strong design principles and a deep understanding of user-centered design.
- 5+ years of experience in product design, user experience (UX) design, and front-end or full-stack development.
- Proficiency in Figma and modern design workflows, familiar with vibe-coding tools such as Trae and Cursor.
- Fluent in modern front-end tech, including JavaScript, TypeScript, and React.
- Experience with popular front-end tools and libraries (MUI, shadcn, Next.js, and Tailwind, etc).
Preferred Qualifications:
- Clear communicator who enjoys working across design, product, and engineering.
- Thrive when tackling different projects at once in a dynamic setting.
About TikTok
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy – a mission we work towards every day. We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.
TikTok Accommodation
TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually) The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $108000 - $220400 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.
Responsibilities
Team Introduction: TikTok Platforms are under the hood of the phenomenal short-video APP making sure our millions of users are always in a trusted, safe and secure cyber environment. The platform design team builds user interfaces and flows on top of the technologies so that our employees and external partners can better understand and use the technologies. For example, copyright platforms help right holders efficiently protect their original content from infringement; Open Platform helps explain and connect APIs to integrate TikTok into other applications. We're looking for a highly skilled Technical Product Designer/Design Engineer to join our team in the San Jose office. You will work closely with our Product and Engineering teams to shape the end-to-end user experience, crafting intuitive, polished interactions that truly solve problems of TikTok's global operation while bringing delightful software user experience. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable translating ideas into prototypes and production-ready designs as they are implementing them in code to bring that vision to life.
- Lead the design process from concept to final product. This includes creating user flows, wireframes, and interactive prototypes.
- Implement your designs in code (React, TypeScript, etc.), ensuring that what you ship matches the vision with polish and precision.
- Collaborate closely with Product and Engineering to translate complex AI capabilities into intuitive, developer-friendly experiences.
- Continuously test, learn, and iterate, using feedback and data to refine and improve the user experience.
- Champion design quality and user empathy, shaping both the product and the way we build it.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, HCI or equivalent experience.
- A portfolio showcasing strong design principles and a deep understanding of user-centered design.
- 5+ years of experience in product design, user experience (UX) design, and front-end or full-stack development.
- Proficiency in Figma and modern design workflows, familiar with vibe-coding tools such as Trae and Cursor.
- Fluent in modern front-end tech, including JavaScript, TypeScript, and React.
- Experience with popular front-end tools and libraries (MUI, shadcn, Next.js, and Tailwind, etc).
Preferred Qualifications:
- Clear communicator who enjoys working across design, product, and engineering.
- Thrive when tackling different projects at once in a dynamic setting.
About TikTok
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy – a mission we work towards every day. We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.
TikTok Accommodation
TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually) The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $108000 - $220400 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.
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Who's Hiring
- Sargent & Lundy86
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- Technology & Software72
- Consulting & Professional Services70
- Construction & Real Estate27
- Staffing & Recruiting25
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in senior designer jobs.
- 5 or more years of professional design experience with a portfolio demonstrating shipped work
- Proficiency in Figma, Sketch, or Adobe Creative Suite depending on the team's stack
- Experience leading design projects end-to-end across research, concepting, and delivery
- Ability to communicate design decisions to non-design stakeholders and product teams
- Bachelor's degree in graphic design, interaction design, or a related visual discipline
- Familiarity with design systems, component libraries, and brand guidelines at scale
Tips for Your Senior Designer Job Search
Tailor your portfolio for each application
Senior designer roles expect depth, not just volume. Pull three or four projects that match the company's product type or industry and lead with outcomes, not just deliverables. A portfolio curated for the role converts far better than a general one.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists senior designer openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Surface leadership through your resume
Most senior designer listings require cross-functional collaboration or mentorship. Your resume should name the teams you partnered with and the junior designers you guided, not just the tools you used. Reviewers look for this to distinguish senior from mid-level candidates.
Filter openings by design discipline
Senior designer is a broad title. Search by the specific discipline you want, such as product, brand, or motion, to avoid spending time on roles that expect a different specialization. Mismatched applications waste your time and lower your response rate.
Prepare a design critique for interviews
Many senior designer interviews include a live critique of an existing product or piece of work. Practice articulating tradeoffs clearly: what works, what you'd change, and why. Interviewers use this to gauge your strategic thinking, not just your aesthetic judgment.
Negotiate scope as well as compensation
When you reach the offer stage, ask about design team size, tools budget, and how much influence the role has over product direction. These factors shape day-to-day satisfaction as much as pay and are reasonable questions at the senior level.
Senior Designer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most senior designers?
The companies hiring the most senior designers right now include Sargent & Lundy, Amazon, and Google, with the largest share of openings in California, New York, and Texas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Demand is especially concentrated in tech and healthcare organizations that maintain in-house design teams.
How many senior designer jobs are remote?
About 60% of senior designer openings are fully remote or hybrid as of August 2026, making it one of the more remote-accessible roles in the design field. Product and UX-focused senior designer positions tend to have the highest share of remote availability compared to brand or in-house agency roles.
How do you become a senior designer?
You become a senior designer by building a portfolio that demonstrates ownership of full design cycles, not just execution of assigned tasks. Start leading projects independently, document your decision-making process, and seek out opportunities to mentor junior colleagues. Most designers reach the senior level after consistently delivering work that shapes product or brand direction without close oversight.
Can you get hired as a senior designer without extensive experience?
Getting hired as a senior designer with limited experience is possible if your portfolio shows the quality and scope of thinking the title requires, even if your years on paper fall short. Freelance projects, contract work, and self-initiated case studies that demonstrate strategic decisions and end-to-end ownership can substitute for conventional full-time tenure in many hiring conversations.
What does the senior designer interview process look like?
Senior designer interviews typically involve a portfolio review where you walk through your process and defend design choices, followed by a design exercise or take-home challenge. Later rounds often include cross-functional conversations with product managers or engineers to assess collaboration style. Final stages frequently include a critique session or a meeting with design leadership to evaluate strategic and cultural fit.
Where can I find and apply to senior designer jobs?
You can find and apply to senior designer jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your specialization and experience level, then apply directly to each one that fits.
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