Product Designer, Instagram

Instagram; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 236,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Instagram is looking for an experienced Product Designer to lead design projects across its product ecosystem. You will create impactful user experiences for over 2 billion users and work closely with cross-functional teams.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years of product design experience, a strong portfolio, and the ability to innovate and design high-quality interfaces. This role offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to work on cutting-edge design projects.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of product design experience with demonstrated impact on consumer products.
• A portfolio showcasing end-to-end ownership of complex product experiences.
• Expertise in advanced prototyping techniques and comfort using data to inform design.

Responsibilities

• Lead design projects across Instagram's product ecosystem.
• Turn conceptual ideas into usable interfaces for 2 billion users.
• Innovate with AI to improve personalization and create new capabilities.

Skills

Product design

Interaction design

Visual design

Prototyping

Cross-functional collaboration

AI integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Design or related field

Job description

Instagram's mission is to inspire creativity that brings people together. We support those who create and shape culture around the world. It's a product where design taste shapes the product strategy — from the camera to the grid to Stories to Reels, the biggest bets have been design-led. This is a high‑impact role focused on shaping the experiences that define how people share, discover, create, and connect on Instagram. You'll work as a key design leader on a cross‑functional team of product managers, engineers, data scientists, and researchers. The ideal candidate thrives in ambiguity, moves fluidly between strategic thinking and hands‑on execution, and is genuinely excited to jump into whatever problem needs solving next. As a Product Designer on Instagram, you'll have the opportunity to play a central role in the way we build technologies — ensuring they are valuable, easy to use, and of the highest level of craft and execution. You'll be involved in every aspect of the product development process, from brainstorming the next great product innovation to tweaking pixels right before launch. We'll expect you to utilize your full range of product design, interaction design, and visual design skills, while contributing to high‑level strategic decisions with product and executive partners. This posting represents different full‑time Product Design roles across the Instagram organization.

Product Designer, Instagram Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver design projects of large and/or ambiguous scope across Instagram's product ecosystem.
• Take broad, conceptual ideas and turn them into something useful and valuable for our 2 billion+ users.
• Design flows and experiences that simplify and distill down complex actions into usable interfaces.
• Design new experiences or layouts that evolve and define visual systems.
• Innovate with AI to create new capabilities, improve personalization, or unlock new forms of value that weren't previously possible.
• Contribute to strategic decisions around the future direction of Instagram products.
• Give and solicit feedback from designers and a broader product team in order to continually raise our bar for quality, while also taking on mentorship.
• Lead cross‑functional partnerships with product managers, engineers, researchers, and content strategists to oversee the user experience of a product from conception until launch.
• Champion design craft and raise the bar on the team — not just through your own work but by influencing how others design.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Design, Human‑Computer Interaction, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 8+ years of product design experience, with demonstrated impact on consumer products at scale.
• A portfolio that shows end‑to‑end ownership of complex, multi‑surface product experiences.
• Experience leading end‑to‑end development efforts, driving progress with cross‑functional partner teams, developing design roadmaps, and making high‑impact decisions balancing user needs with business growth objectives.
• Expertise in advanced prototyping techniques, such as creating functional prototypes or using emerging technologies.
• Comfort with data: you use metrics, research, and experimentation to inform and validate your design decisions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven leadership in non‑product dimensions that have made a team stronger and positively impacted the work environment.
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements).
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews).
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies.

About Meta

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E‑Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.

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$170,000/year to $236,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits
Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.