Principal Product Designer
Core
Define the visual and interaction language for Yahoo Home, a high-traffic destination serving hundreds of millions of users, focusing on the feed, navigation, and community participation surfaces.
Role type
Principal Product Designer (Senior IC)
Builds
Yahoo Home experience across mobile and desktop, including feed, navigation, reading experience, and community participation interfaces.
Domain
Consumer internet / News & Media / AI-driven personalization
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Cross-platform design fluency (iOS, Android, Web), Design system architecture, AI-native prototyping, Product sense & taste, Scalable design frameworks, User trust & transparency design, High-stakes iteration
Preferred skills
Experience with 0→1 builds, Intuition for internet culture/memes, AI agent usage
Technologies
Figma Make, Claude, Cursor
Responsibilities
Own the cross-platform design language and component system for Yahoo Home; Design community participation surfaces (comments, reactions); Balance habit-forming feeds with action-oriented reading experiences; Prototype interactive artifacts using AI tools; Develop UI patterns for AI-driven personalization; Mentor designers and establish design culture; Navigate constraints (SEO, ads) while introducing new patterns.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with mentorship
