Ancestry

Product Designer, DNA Experience

Ancestry
Posted 10/20/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $75,000 - $95,000 per yearWebsite
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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing user-centered digital experiences, with a strong focus on accessibility, visual design, and interaction patterns. Proficient in collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, intuitive products that meet user needs and business goals.

Highest-signal resume keywords
User-Centered DesignDesign SystemsVisual Design CraftUser Research IncorporationEnd-to-End Feature Execution

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Own the end-to-end design and delivery of features within core DNA customer workflows
  • Partner with product managers, engineers, and scientists to translate technical and genetic requirements into user-centered designs
  • Design intuitive user flows using design systems, interaction patterns, and accessibility standards
  • Use user research and feedback to inform design decisions that build trust and clarity
  • Create high-quality flows, prototypes, and polished interactions
  • Apply design system components and patterns across core workflows
  • Articulate design decisions, rationale, and tradeoffs to align cross-functional partners
  • Participate in design critiques, feedback sessions, and peer collaboration
  • Help create DNA customer experiences from kit registration through DNA traits offerings
  • Collaborate with product, design, science, engineering, research, content, and data analytics teams

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Demonstrated experience designing direct-to-consumer products
  • Portfolio showcasing intuitive, polished digital experiences
  • Comfortable delivering feature execution end-to-end and high-quality work on time
  • Skilled at turning complex information and workflows into intuitive, approachable experiences
  • Systems thinking and effective use of established design systems
  • Strong visual and interaction design craft
  • Attention to detail, UI polish, and accessibility standards
  • Ability to articulate design intent, rationale, and tradeoffs
  • Experience incorporating user research, feedback, and usability testing into design iterations
  • Experience partnering with product managers, engineers, and researchers
  • Passion for meaningful discoveries and family history and DNA insights
  • Bonus: experience designing discovery, search, educational, AI-powered, or data-rich products
  • Bonus: familiarity with genealogy, DNA, health, science, or other evidence-based domains
  • Bonus: experience designing native mobile app experiences
  • Background check required

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Eligibility for bonus
  • Equity
  • Comprehensive health, dental and vision benefits
  • Flexible, hybrid culture
  • Work/life balance
  • Location-flexible work approach: nearest office, home, or hybrid, subject to restrictions
  • Competitive compensation
  • Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities

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Hard Skills
User Flow DesignPrototypingInteraction DesignUsability TestingAttention to DetailSystems ThinkingDigital Experience DesignAccessibility StandardsFeature DeliveryComplex Information Simplification
Soft Skills
CollaborationArticulation of Design DecisionsFeedback ReceptionTrust BuildingAttention to Detail
Certifications & Qualifications
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Industry Keywords
Direct-to-Consumer ProductsGenealogyDNAHealthScienceEvidence-Based DomainsEducational ProductsAI-Powered ProductsData-Rich ProductsMobile App Design