Lead Design Technologist: AI-Driven Prototyping

Atlassian; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 251,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlassian is seeking a Lead Design Technologist to lead projects that impact multiple departments. You will deliver scalable design technology solutions that empower product builders across Atlassian, enabling PM, Eng, and Design peers while driving innovation in prototyping, motion, and AI-native workflows.

You will join the Design Technology team within Core Design, reporting to the Senior Manager for Design Technology.

Qualifications

• 7+ years experience leading a high-performing design or design technology craft domain.
• Experience building interactive and rich media experiences that showcase motion, interaction design, and high visual craft.
• Fluent with the latest AI product building workflows and fundamentals (agentic loops, generative UI/UX, evals, and context engineering best practices).
• Strong skills in front-end engineering concepts, prototyping, AI tools, as well as integrations with visual design tools such as Figma.
• Experience mentoring and coaching others.
• Ability to communicate complex concepts clearly to a wide audience.
• Ability to drive cross-functional projects and influence stakeholders.
• Familiarity with AI/ML, motion, and accessibility in design.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality design technology solutions across multiple workstreams or domains.
• Champion rapid prototyping, user testing, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Mentor and guide less experienced designers and technologists.
• Identify and implement opportunities to enhance design workflows through custom tooling and automation.
• Solve complex design technology issues, optimizing processes and leveraging AI/LLMs.
• Demonstrate advanced skills in JS frameworks, prototyping, and motion design.
• Lead the co-creation of sense-making artifacts (blueprints, models) to communicate design concepts.
• Drive adoption of best practices in design technology and contribute to continuous improvement.

Skills

Design leadership

Motion design

AI product workflows

Front-end concepts

Prototyping

Figma integration

Mentoring

Tools

Figma

AI tooling

Job description

Atlassian is seeking a Lead Design Technologist to lead projects that impact multiple departments. You will deliver scalable design technology solutions that empower product builders across Atlassian, enabling PM, Eng, and Design peers while driving innovation in prototyping, motion, and AI-native workflows.

You will join the Design Technology team within Core Design, reporting to the Senior Manager for Design Technology.