Staff Product Designer: Design System & Console UX (Remote)

DigitalOcean; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 193,000 - 241,000; Full time

Job summary

DigitalOcean is seeking a Staff-level Product Designer to own the console experience end-to-end, shaping the design system as a product and partnering with engineers to ensure cohesive, scalable UI across teams.

You will lead the craft across interaction, visual and information design, build reusable patterns, and drive consistency at scale while guiding the creative direction of the console.

Qualifications

• Staff-level product design experience with a proven track record of building and scaling a design system across many products or teams.
• A systems thinker who designs for reuse and consistency at scale rather than one-off screens.
• Strong, well-rounded craft across interaction, visual, and information design, backed by a portfolio showing measurable UX impact.
• A history of driving quality and adoption through influence across dozens of teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end design of the console experience from login through daily workflows.
• Own the design system as the product and roadmap in collaboration with engineering.
• Set the craft and quality bar for the product suite and implement a robust review process.
• Build reusable, high-leverage patterns to enable teams to ship well-designed UI.
• Own the navigation, onboarding, app shell, and landing pages as reference examples for teams.

Skills

Design systems

Product design

Systems thinking

UI/UX craft

Collaboration with engineers

Job description

DigitalOcean is seeking a Staff-level Product Designer to own the console experience end-to-end, shaping the design system as a product and partnering with engineers to ensure cohesive, scalable UI across teams.

You will lead the craft across interaction, visual and information design, build reusable patterns, and drive consistency at scale while guiding the creative direction of the console.