Steven Schafer

Steven Schafer

Designer in San Francisco, he/him

I'm a Staff Product Designer on the Generative AI team at Meta, working on Voice products.

In prior roles, I've spent time on the consumer team at WhatsApp, was a design lead at Spotify helping to introduce their third content type (audiobooks), and worked on local discovery & creator products at Instagram.

When I'm not at work, I like to nerd out on espresso machines, ride ridiculously long distances on a road bike, and attempt to build iOS apps. I've got a big inner child, relentlessly pursuing the sense of awe and wonder I got the first time I made a computer do something. I hope I can bring that same feeling to as many people as possible through product & interaction design.

Work Experience

2024 — Now
Staff Product Designer, GenAI at Meta
San Francisco

Voice AI product

2023 — 2024
Staff Product Designer at WhatsApp
Stockholm, Sweden
2023 — 2023
Stockholm

Focusing on access models and audiobook format innovation.

2021 — 2023
Stockholm

Focused on bringing Audiobooks to market, access models and format innovation.

2021 — 2021
Stockholm

Scaling the design system, product foundation, and design tooling.

2018 — 2021
San Francisco

People engage with businesses in a huge way on Instagram. Business profiles, places, and transaction tools are some of the things that increase valuable interactions between people and businesses on our platform.

2015 — 2018
2014 — 2015
Instagram