Product Designer

Socket.dev; Cambridge (MA); Hybrid; USD 54,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Monthly wellbeing allowance

Private health insurance

Job summary

Redgate is seeking a hands-on Lead Product Designer to join the Flyway team in Cambridge. You will collaborate with a technical lead, product manager and engineers to shape workflows and interfaces for a complex database change management product.

Across end-to-end design, you’ll prototype, test, and ship solutions, while collaborating with product and engineering from outset. You’ll influence the Honeycomb UI library and mentor junior designers in a cross-functional Agile setting.

Qualifications

• Experience designing for software or database development tools.
• A portfolio demonstrating a user-centred design process, from research through to shipped solutions.
• Experience turning research findings into clear, well-reasoned design recommendations, even when the picture is ambiguous or incomplete.
• Experience working in cross-functional agile teams, collaborating closely with product managers, engineers and other designers.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain design decisions clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end design collaboration, from prototyping through to production and testing, shaping workflows, interfaces and interactions for a complex technical product.
• Close collaboration with product and engineering, making sure a design and experience perspective is factored into delivery from the outset.
• Use of qualitative and quantitative research to inform decisions, with regular user testing feeding directly into how the product evolves.
• Contribution to Honeycomb, Redgate's shared UI component and pattern library, alongside coaching and mentoring of junior team members.
• A technical, specialist domain where your work directly shapes how DBAs and DevOps teams manage risk in their databases.

Skills

Design for dev tools

Portfolio evidence

Research-to-design decisions

Cross-functional agile teams

Strong communication

Tools

Honeycomb UI library

Job description

At a glance

Location: Cambridge

In-office expectation: Once every two weeks

Employment type: Permanent

Salary: £40,000 to £55,000 + benefits

Why this role exists

Redgate's customers rely on us to help them manage database change safely, and good design is central to making that possible. This role exists to strengthen our user-centred design practice to Flyway, working alongside product and engineering to turn complex technical problems into workflows that DBAs, DevOps engineers and ops teams can trust and use with confidence.

About Redgate

Redgate brings together people who want to do their best work in an environment built on trust, accountability, and collaboration.

We build solutions that help data professionals securely manage the data and databases that their organizations depend on, a space that's only becoming more critical as systems scale, data regulations increase, and AI adoption accelerates.

AI at Redgate

By 2028, Redgate will operate as an expert-plus-agent company, domain experts amplified by AI, delivering customer value at a pace our peers can't match.

AI handles the heavy lifting. Our people control the judgement. Everyone at Redgate works with Claude, giving you access to the best AI tools from day one.

Why join our design team?

• You'll work in a team that cares about craft, collaboration, and quality.

• There's real scope to grow your skills and impact, with clear pathways and support.

• We value sustainable delivery, good ways of working and time to improve how we build.

About the role

You'll join the team behind Flyway, Redgate's database change management product, working alongside a technical lead, product manager and five software engineers, with support from a Lead Product Designer. This is a hands-on role covering everything from early exploration through to shipped, production-ready solutions.

• End-to-end design collaboration, from prototyping through to production and testing, shaping workflows, interfaces and interactions for a complex technical product.

• Close collaboration with product and engineering, making sure a design and experience perspective is factored into delivery from the outset.

• Use of qualitative and quantitative research to inform decisions, with regular user testing feeding directly into how the product evolves.

• Contribution to Honeycomb, Redgate's shared UI component and pattern library, alongside coaching and mentoring of junior team members.

• A technical, specialist domain where your work directly shapes how DBAs and DevOps teams manage risk in their databases.

What makes you a great fit

• Experience designing for software or database development tools, or other complex, technical B2B domains.

• A portfolio demonstrating a user-centred design process, from research through to shipped solutions.

• Experience turning research findings into clear, well-reasoned design recommendations, even when the picture is ambiguous or incomplete.

• Experience working in cross-functional agile teams, collaborating closely with product managers, engineers and other designers.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain design decisions clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.

What we offer

Salary range: £40,000 to £55,000 + benefits

Hybrid working: home and Cambridge office

Monthly wellbeing allowance and generous paid time off

Genuine investment in learning, development, and career progression

Private health insurance

Link to full benefits page here

What happens next?

Your application will be reviewed by a person, we don't use AI or automated tools to assess applications. Every profile is read by one of our Talent Partners.

You'll hear back within a few days, whether it's a next step or a no, we aim to respond promptly so you're not left wondering.

Our interview process is straightforward and consistent, you'll find more detail on our typical hiring process below, so you know what's coming and why.

Belonging at Redgate

We believe that people do their best work in an environment built on respect, fairness, and trust, and that diverse perspectives lead to better outcomes. Redgate is an equal opportunity employer, and we make hiring decisions based on skill, potential, and alignment with our values.

You can read more about how we approach belonging and inclusion at Redgate on our Belonging at Redgate page here