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At Docker, we make app development easier so developers can focus on what matters. Our remote-first team spans the globe, united by a passion for innovation and great developer experiences. With over 20 million monthly users and 20 billion image pulls, Docker is the #1 tool for building, sharing, and running apps—trusted by startups and Fortune 100s alike. We’re growing fast and just getting started. Come join us for a whale of a ride!

We’re looking for a Staff Product Designer to help define, elevate, and scale the next generation of DDS (Docker Design System).

This role will partner closely with our existing Staff Designer to shape a more cohesive, modern, and expressive Docker, one rooted in robust design tokens, cross-surface consistency, world-class craft, and a refreshed visual language.

If you’re a systems thinker, a visual craft expert, and a designer who loves working closely with engineers, this is a rare opportunity to reshape one of the most iconic brands in developer tooling.

Drive the Future of the Docker Design System

• Co-lead the next evolution of Docker’s design system, including component and pattern libraries, token architecture, Figma libraries, and the migration from MUI to a more modern system.
• Modernize Docker’s visual language and help launch a fresh, future-ready aesthetic across products.

Define a Multi-Surface System

• Build a token-driven foundation that scales across web and desktop surfaces.
• Partner with engineering to deliver a high-quality and efficient design system.

Elevate Visual Craft & Interaction Quality

• Set a new bar for UI quality and consistency across the Docker ecosystem.
• Own the visual refresh of Docker’s product experience, grounded in clarity, depth, and a clean, modern feel.
• Collaborate with designers, offering meaningful critique and assistance to level up design cross-org.

Lead Cross-Org Alignment

• Drive company-wide design consistency.
• Facilitate cross-team alignment, negotiate tradeoffs, and champion systems thinking.
• Shape rituals, governance models, contribution frameworks within the design systems team and broader design systems education within the product org.

Mentor & Partner Across the Org

• Mentor designers, influence cross-functional peers, and coach teams on how to design with and for systems.
• Build high-trust partnerships with engineering, product, research, and leadership.

Support Migration and Design & Developer Velocity

• Co-lead the strategic plan for moving Docker off MUI toward a more scalable, token-led system.
• Improve engineering velocity, reduce UI rework, and increase satisfaction for both engineering and design teams.

• 10+ years of product design experience, with deep exposure to design systems at scale.
• Have shipped or rebuilt multiple design systems, ideally including migrations.
• Strong interaction & visual design craft; you care about details others overlook.
• Familiar with tokens, pipelines, and modern DS tooling (Figma, Storybook, Chromatic).
• Some front-end knowledge.
• Experience in SaaS or dev tools preferred, but not required.

You Thrive When You Are:

• A visionary & a craftsperson, equally comfortable with big-picture system design and pixel-level polish.
• A collaborator who works fluidly with the existing Staff Designer; responsibilities evolve based on strengths.
• An engineering partner who speaks the language of implementation and earns engineering trust.
• A communicator capable of storytelling at all levels, from ICs to execs.
• A culture-builder who thrives in high-trust, transparent, designer–engineer unified environments.

Bonus (Not Required)

• Experience shaping AI design tooling or developer workflows.
• Comfort contributing to QA/regression workflows post-MUI reset.
• Accessibility leadership experience.

• Develop a deep understanding of DDS, its challenges, and its opportunities.
• Ship your first component or pattern.
• Audit concerns from designers and engineers and identify which will be solved by migration vs. separate fixes.

• Drive the next evolution of Docker’s design system vision and establish a migration plan with the DDS team.
• Secure alignment and buy-in across leadership and partner teams.

• Demonstrate meaningful progress toward the new system with major “big rock” issues addressed.
• Improve engineering + design sentiment about the design system.

Due to the remote nature of this role, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship.

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