Hybrid Product Designer for Database Tools (Cambridge)

Whereby; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Monthly wellbeing allowance

Generous paid time off

Private health insurance

Job summary

Redgate’s Flyway design team in Cambridge is seeking a Lead Product Designer to join a hands-on, user‑centred design practice. You will collaborate with a technical lead, product manager and engineers to turn complex database workflows into intuitive experiences, driving end-to-end design from exploration to production while mentoring juniors and contributing to Honeycomb.

You will shape workflows, advocate for users, and help deliver high‑quality, scalable design across the product suite in a

Qualifications

• Experience designing for software or database development tools.
• Portfolio demonstrating a user-centred design process, from research through to shipped solutions.
• Ability to translate research findings into clear design recommendations, even when the picture is unclear.
• Experience working in cross-functional agile teams with product managers, engineers and other designers.
• Strong verbal and written communication, able to explain design decisions to technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end design collaboration from prototyping through to production and testing.
• Work closely with product and engineering to factor design into delivery from the outset.
• Use qualitative and quantitative research to inform decisions with regular user testing.
• Contribute to Honeycomb, Redgate's UI component library, and mentor junior teammates.
• Shape workflows and interfaces for a complex technical product.

Skills

User-centred design

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Tools

Honeycomb

Job description

Redgate’s Flyway design team in Cambridge is seeking a Lead Product Designer to join a hands-on, user‑centred design practice. You will collaborate with a technical lead, product manager and engineers to turn complex database workflows into intuitive experiences, driving end-to-end design from exploration to production while mentoring juniors and contributing to Honeycomb.

You will shape workflows, advocate for users, and help deliver high‑quality, scalable design across the product suite in a