# Darren Delaye

> Principal Product Designer at DoorDash

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/darrendelaye

I'm a product designer dedicated to creating engaging experiences that empower people to accomplish things they always wished they could do themselves. 

As a Senior Product Design Manager at Meta, I led the design and prototyping teams working on Inputs, Interactions, and the Design System for the Quest VR OS. Prior to that, I was at Google for 15 years, where I was the first designer for Google Docs, led and managed the team that created Google Maps for iOS, and developed Google's first spatial computing platform as part of the AR/VR team. 

I enjoy bringing a team together around a clear design vision and engaging with a passionate and demanding community of users who have strong feelings about whether my products are working for them or driving them crazy.

## Work Experience
### Principal Product Designer @ DoorDash
Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States

### Senior Product Design Manager, Quest VR Platform @ Meta
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Burlingame, California, United States
Led the design and prototyping teams working on Interactions, Inputs, and the Design System for the Quest VR platform.

### Senior Staff UX Designer & Manager, VR/AR Headsets & Platform Experience @ Google
Jan 2015 – Jan 2020 | Mountain View, CA
Managed the team of designers and prototypers creating Google’s immersive spatial computing platform and headset hardware interaction design.

Led user experience for launches of Daydream V1 (2016), V2 (2017), and standalone 6DoF VR headset (2018). End-to-end responsibility for: launcher, settings, setup, store, dashboard, room-scale VR safety, developer SDKs, inputs, video passthrough (XR), companion app, and design guidelines.

### Google Maps UX Manager & Design Lead @ Google
Jan 2011 – Jan 2015 | Mountain View, CA
Led design for the first ever Google Maps app for iPhone (Dec 2012) and then for Android and tablets (Jul 2013). Created interaction framework, prototypes, adapted to findings from research and user feedback, and defined processes and ran approvals with PM/Eng stakeholders.

Managed teams of designers working on consumer Maps apps on all platforms. Teams included directions, navigation, transit, local search, reviews, user contributions, at-a-place experiences, and proactive assistance.

### Photos UX Designer @ Google
Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 | Santa Monica, CA
Designed the Google+ Photos web experience, including social tagging. Initiated concept & vision for mobile “Camera Sync” (now Backup & Sync).

### Google Docs UX Lead @ Google
Jan 2006 – Jan 2009 | Mountain View, CA
Designed the first version of Google Docs editors, doc list, and sharing UI, and grew from a UX team of one up to leading three designers and one researcher over 3.5 years.

### User Experience Designer @ Google
Jan 2005 – Jan 2006 | Mountain View, CA
AdWords UX - Report Center, Traffic Estimator, Keyword Tool, and AdWords Editor desktop app.


## Education
### BS in MS in Human Computer Interaction, Computer Science
Stanford University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/darrendelaye

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Last updated: 2026-04-13