Staff Product Designer, Design System

<div class="content-intro"><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) accelerates digital transformation so customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange platform protects thousands of customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location. Distributed across 200+ public data centers globally and thousands of private sites at the edge, the SASE-based Zero Trust Exchange is the world’s largest in-line cloud security platform.</p> <p>We believe the future of work is Human + AI and are building an AI-native enterprise where human potential is amplified by machine intelligence to solve the world’s hardest security challenges. Driven by deep customer obsession, we are committed to the mission, outcome, and to each other. We bring these commitments to life through three core behaviors: ownership and collaboration, trust through outcomes and impact, and a challenge culture with ongoing feedback. Ready to make an impact at the company pioneering security transformation in the AI era? Join us at Zscaler.</p></div><p><strong>Role</strong>&nbsp;</p> <p>We are looking for a Staff Product Designer, Design System to join our team. This is a Hybrid (3 days - San Jose HQ) role, reporting to the Senior Manager, Product Design in the Product Management department. As the Staff Product Designer for the Design System, you will participate in the evolution of the organization’s design ecosystem, ensuring consistency, scalability, and excellence across all products. Leveraging cutting-edge tools and treating AI as a daily craft instrument, you will work closely with Design, Engineering, and cross-functional teams to set visual, interaction, and structural standards across Zscaler's product surfaces.</p> <p><strong>What You’ll Do (Role Expectations)</strong></p> <ul> <li>Create and refine scalable components and patterns, ensuring adaptability and consistency to improve product efficiency and cohesiveness</li> <li>Contribute to and refine the Zscaler Design System end-to-end, including tokens, components, patterns, documentation, and governance</li> <li>Use modern, AI-powered tool stacks such as Claude Code and Cursor to generate, iterate on, and launch live prototypes and products</li> <li>Compress the loop between idea and shipped pattern by accelerating documentation and automating design-to-code handoff</li> </ul> <p><strong>Who You Are (Success Profile)</strong></p> <ul> <li>You act like an owner, fueled by passion for the mission and a strong bias for action, navigating seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution to achieve impactful outcomes.</li> <li>You are a high-trust collaborator who is ambitious for team success, thriving in a candid, feedback-rich culture where clear, respectful communication builds trust and accelerates collective impact.</li> <li>You are a continuous learner with a growth mindset, actively seeking feedback to elevate your craft, strengthen team partnerships, and drive work with clear purpose.</li> <li>You think at scale, connecting daily design initiatives to global company objectives and building resilient systems and processes structured for long-term growth.</li> <li>You lead with integrity, holding yourself and others to high accountability standards while matching words with consistent, transparent action.</li> </ul> <p><strong>What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)</strong></p> <ul> <li>Demonstrated curiosity and active exploration of AI tools, with a proven history of integrating new technologies to enhance daily workflows and augment problem-solving</li> <li>8-10 years of Product Design experience, with 2+ years of experience in creating, scaling, and maintaining enterprise-grade Design Systems, accompanied by a portfolio showcasing component libraries, user guidelines, and successful adoption strategies</li> <li>Experience working closely with engineering and design to al