Staff Product Designer, Console Experience

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

📋 Description

• Lead the comprehensive design of DigitalOcean’s console experience, encompassing everything from initial login to daily user interactions.

• Approach the design system as a product, taking ownership of the component library, design patterns, visual guidelines, and interaction standards.

• Collaborate with the engineering team to develop the design system roadmap.

• Establish the quality standards and craft expectations for the product suite and implement a review process.

• Create reusable and efficient design patterns for product teams.

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

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

• Enhance UI engineers’ design abilities through a design guild, reviews, and collaborative sessions.

• Utilize evidence to advocate for further design investments.

• Direct the creative vision and design strategy for the console experience.

⛳️ Requirements

• Experience at a staff-level in product design, with a demonstrated history of developing and expanding a design system across multiple products or teams.

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

• Exceptional skills in interaction, visual, and information design.

• A portfolio that showcases design excellence and quantifiable UX impact.

• Proven ability to drive quality and adoption through persuasive influence across diverse teams.

• Capacity to establish direction amid uncertainty as the most senior or sole designer present.

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

• Effective collaboration skills with engineers.

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

• Experience in leading or growing a design system guild or community of practice within a large engineering organization is a plus.

• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure concepts such as compute, storage, networking, and Kubernetes is beneficial.

• Experience designing for both novice and expert users within the same product is advantageous.

🏝️ Benefits

• Resources for professional development.

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

• Flexible time off policies.

• Opportunities for local team meetups.

• Support for mental health and overall well-being.

• Eligibility for an annual bonus plan for non-sales roles.

• Potential for an equity grant for new hires, subject to plan terms and local eligibility.

• Participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Program in eligible countries.

• A global benefits philosophy, with benefits and eligibility varying by location.