Senior Product Designer, Data Platform – Online Data Stores and Movement Platform

Role Overview

• Shape and own design for ODS and movement platform; creating intuitive workflows that enhance data practitioner and software engineer productivity and delight
• Contribute to and help drive adoption of patterns and components for operational, data-dense UIs (runs, pipelines, lineage, diffs) that scale across the platform
• Identify opportunities for innovation through research, incident analysis, and technical insight; sequence delivery for measurable impact
• Create cohesive, end-to-end experiences with guardrails over gates (paved paths, templates, defaults) to reduce errors
• Partner with product and engineering to define and improve how we measure experiences
• Anticipate emerging needs and help frame design problems early
• Drive end-to-end design for interdependent workflows
• Craft and validate prototypes that effectively communicate solutions
• Establish scalable design practices and foundational patterns
• Scope and negotiate realistic deliverables with partners
• Mentor designers and partner teams; help grow shared understanding and adoption of effective design practices
• Co-create strategy with product and engineering leadership to drive critical initiatives for your product area
• Facilitate workshops with technical stakeholders; build consensus on implementation, trade-offs, and sequencing
• Articulate compelling design solutions and decision rationale to senior leadership, connecting technical challenges to business outcomes
• Lead through influence across teams to ensure coherent, cross-surface experiences (UI, IDE/CLI, APIs)

Requirements

• 5+ years as a Product Designer (or equivalent experience)
• Experience designing orchestration and/or data movement tools, databases, developer/data platform tools, or analogous complex technical products
• Strong portfolio showing system-level product work and the impact of your design leadership, including initiatives that span multiple teams
• Proven track record of leading design initiatives from concept to launch
• Proficient in design tools (Figma, etc.) and prototyping technologies
• Strong systems thinking and ability to design scalable solutions for complex data/analytics challenges
• Successfully led design strategy for complex technical products
• Proven track record of influencing and aligning cross-functional partners without direct authority
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, create clarity, and move complex initiatives forward with partners
• Excellence in communicating design decisions to technical audiences
• Demonstrated success in mentoring designers and improving team practices
• Strong ability to work autonomously and drive initiatives independently
• Skill in sequencing and communicating long-term vision through incremental steps
• Ability to collaborate effectively with engineers (coding skills not required)

Benefits

• Health Plans
• Mental Health support
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match
• Stock Option Program
• Disability Programs
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
• Family-forming benefits
• Life and Serious Injury Benefits
• Paid leave of absence programs
• Flexible time off for salaried employees