Staff Product Designer, Console Experience

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Take full ownership of the design for DigitalOcean’s console experience, from initial login to daily operations.

• Manage the design system as a product, overseeing the component library, design patterns, visual standards, interaction guidelines, and the roadmap in collaboration with engineering.

• Establish high standards for craftsmanship and quality across the entire product suite and create a review process.

• Develop reusable, high-impact design patterns for product teams.

• Oversee shared elements such as navigation, onboarding, app shell, and landing pages.

• Partner with engineering to ensure that designs are executed as envisioned.

• Enhance UI engineers’ design capabilities through a design guild, reviews, and collaborative efforts.

• Leverage data to advocate for further design investments.

• Define and steer the creative vision for the console, outlining its visual and experiential direction.

⛳️ Requirements

• Experience in product design at a staff level.

• A demonstrated history of building and scaling a design system across multiple products or teams.

• A systems-thinking mindset that emphasizes reuse and consistency at scale.

• Strong expertise in interaction, visual, and information design.

• A portfolio that showcases aesthetic sensibility and measurable user experience impact.

• Experience in promoting quality and fostering adoption through influence across various teams.

• Capability to provide direction amidst ambiguity as the most senior or sole designer.

• A well-defined, strong perspective on design and creative direction.

• Excellent collaboration skills with engineers.

• Practical understanding of front-end limitations and design systems in code is highly advantageous.

• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure concepts, design system guilds, or designing for both novice and expert users is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and educational pursuits, in accordance with company policy.

• Flexible time off policy.

• Opportunities for local team meetups.

• Support for mental health and well-being.

• Eligible employees may receive equity compensation, including a new hire equity grant.

• Employee Stock Purchase Program available in participating countries.

• Annual bonus plan for non-sales positions, contingent on plan terms and regional eligibility.

• Access to professional development resources.

• Commitment to equal-opportunity employment.