or apply directly on Nextdoor's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 28 days Nextdoor's roles stay open a median of 36 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 90% of Nextdoor's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Nextdoor
- high 10 stale, 1 reposted of 21 open
- Hiring momentum
- 32 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Nextdoor's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Nextdoor.
About this role
As a Lead Designer on Nextdoor's Consumer Product team, you will shape how neighbors connect through digital experiences, collaborating with designers, product managers, engineers, and researchers. Your role will involve leading design critiques, coaching a team of designers, managing design capacity across product areas, and contributing hands-on design work. You will also advocate for your team's growth and represent design perspectives in product discussions.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Nextdoor as an employer.
What you need
- 8+ years of experience in UX design, product design, or a related field
- Experience directly managing designers through performance and promotion cycles
- Proficiency in Figma and other design tools for creating wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs
- Experience working with and contributing to design systems
- Strong understanding of qualitative and quantitative research methods
- Fluency with AI-assisted design tooling and a clear sense of where it helps and where it can't substitute for human judgment
What you get
- Starting salary range of $240,000 to $275,000
- Meaningful equity grant with quarterly vesting
- Variety of health plans including a 100% covered employee only plan option
- OneMedical membership for concierge care
Worth weighing
- The salary range is determined by geographic location
- The role involves both management and hands-on design work, which may require balancing time between the two
- Expectations for using AI tools as part of the workflow may require adaptation for some candidates
Summarised from Nextdoor's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Nextdoor on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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