At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. For us, maps aren't just background graphics—they’re the core of the driver’s experience. You will tackle all of these challenges and more, with end to end ownership over the full ride experience, including driver navigation and rider pickup experiences.
We’re looking for a Senior Product Designer to advocate and maintain a user-obsessed culture within Lyft, and be happy and comfortable in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment. You’re experienced with every step of product development, from brainstorming broad ideas to ensure design quality through launch. Lead design for Mapping's most important user-facing surfaces, from problem definition through launch and iteration. Map styling and 3D views – the visual language of the map itself, including 3D and map assets
Map Tooling – internal tools that help Lyft's mapping and operations teams keep the map accurate
Proactively reach across organizational boundaries to partner with cross-functional leaders, synthesize competing feedback, and build consensus around complex design decisions.
Build reusable design-system components, tooling, and map assets that improve the platform as well as individual features, so every surface built on the map gets better.
Hold a high quality bar. Benchmark Lyft's map and navigation experiences against the leading map products, and use that bar to raise the quality of what we ship.
Support accurate implementation. Partner closely with engineering and content design through build, edge cases, and launch, so what ships matches what was designed.
Give critique that improves others' work, communicate complex design decisions clearly to broad audiences,
including leadership, and help shape how the team works.
5+ years of product design experience, with a portfolio showing end-to-end ownership of complex, shipped mobile experiences
- Strong craft in interaction and visual design , and the ability to prototype at high fidelity to explore and communicate ideas
- Upholds Design+ quality: Confidently interprets and applies UX Standards (Accessibility, Safety, Reliability, Usability, and Lyft Product Language) to work
- A track record of systems-level work: design-system components, reusable patterns, tooling, or assets adopted beyond a single feature
- Close, effective partnership with product, engineering, data science and content design, including owning the details through implementation
- A rigorous quality bar, informed by deep familiarity with the best and most innovative map and navigation products
- Clear communication of complex, ambiguous work to broad groups and senior stakeholders
Motion design and 3D experience, especially for maps, animated components, and real-time interfaces
Voice or conversational UI design experience
Experience designing internal tools for operations or data teams
Extended health and dental coverage options, along with life insurance and disability benefits
Family building benefits
Child care and pet benefits
Access to a Lyft funded Health Care Savings Account
RRSP plan to help save for your future
In addition to provincial observed holidays, salaried team members are covered under Lyft's versatile paid time off policy. The policy allows team members to take off as much time as they need (with manager approval). Hourly team members get 15 days paid time off, with an additional day for each year of service
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.
Lyft highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule — Team Members will be expected to work in the office 3 days per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Lyft considers working in the office at least 3 days per week to be an essential function of this hybrid role. Your recruiter can share more information about the various in-office perks Lyft offers. The expected base pay range for this position in the Toronto area is CAD 136,000-170,000, not inclusive of potential equity offering, bonus or benefits. Lyft may use artificial intelligence to screen applicants, however, Lyft employees make the ultimate selection and hiring decisions.
📌 PRODUCT DESIGN SENIOR SPECIALIST (Toronto)
🏢 Lyft
📍 Toronto