Staff Product Designer - UI Platform & Systems

The Briefed; Bellevue (WA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Compensation & Equity

Health & Wellness

Financial & Retirement

Time Off & Parental Leave

Job summary

Okta is seeking a Staff Product Designer for the UI Platform to lead design systems and horizontal patterns across our enterprise SaaS portfolio. You’ll shape architecture, globalization/localization frameworks, and WCAG accessibility standards while bridging UX and DevEx with engineers and the Design Systems team.

You’ll mentor designers, set high quality visual and interaction polish, and leverage AI-driven workflows to optimize governance and platform adoption.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience as a Product Designer in enterprise SaaS.
• Experience building or expanding complex design systems and component libraries.
• Strong knowledge of WCAG, localization frameworks, and design architecture.
• Hands-on proficiency with modern design tools such as Figma, Miro, Balsamiq.

Responsibilities

• UI system leadership and pattern governance across horizontal product scopes.
• Partner with DevEx to align architecture with design strategy and accessibility.
• Establish design guidelines, mentor designers, and maintain high standards.
• Leverage AI-assisted design workflows to optimize governance and adoption.
• Collaborate with Design Systems to scale platform components.

Skills

UI Platform leadership

Systems thinking

WCAG accessibility

Frontend familiarity

Tools

Figma

Miro

Balsamiq

Job description

Okta secures identity for the world's leading organizations, building trusted, neutral infrastructure to safeguard humans and AI workloads alike. The UI Platform team serves as a force multiplier for Okta’s entire product portfolio, crafting components, accessible frameworks, and developer tools that directly power millions of daily administrative and end-user interactions.

As the Staff Product Designer for UI Platform, you will serve as a foundational design lead and strategic thought partner for Okta's global user experience infrastructure. Embedded within the Product Platform group, you will define horizontal design patterns, design architecture, globalization/localization frameworks, and WCAG accessibility standards across every Okta Workforce Identity product. You will bridge the gap between user experience (UX) and developer experience (DevEx), partnering closely with cross-functional engineering leads and the Design Systems team to elevate design craft and hold a high quality bar.

Key Responsibilities

• UI System Leadership & Pattern Governance: Serve as the resident expert for the UI platform and design system—identifying, documenting, and evangelizing scalable, accessible (WCAG), and localized UI patterns across horizontal product scopes.
• Developer Experience (DevEx) & UX Alignment: Partner with cross-functional UI Platform leads to align long-term technical architecture with design strategy, balancing platform features, tech debt, accessibility, and developer adoption.
• Craft Elevation & Mentorship: Establish org-wide design guidelines, mentor designers across feature teams, lead candid feedback loops, and maintain high standards for visual and interaction polish.
• AI Integration & Data-Informed Design: Leverage data insights and modern AI design workflows to streamline governance, evaluate platform adoption, and build adaptive enterprise UI patterns.
• System-to-Feature Bridge: Collaborate directly with the core Design Systems team, serving as a primary liaison helping feature teams successfully integrate and scale platform components.

Requirements

Design Craft & Experience

• 10+ years of professional experience as a Product Designer, with a portfolio showcasing complex, horizontal projects across interaction design, information architecture, and visual design for large-scale enterprise SaaS platforms.
• Deep systems-thinking capabilities with a track record of building, maintaining, or expanding complex design systems and component libraries.
• Strong knowledge of WCAG accessibility standards, internationalization/localization frameworks, and design architecture.
• Hands‑on proficiency in modern design and prototyping tools (Figma, Miro, Balsamiq, or equivalent).
• Working knowledge of front‑end web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).

Mindset & Process

• Proficient in AI-assisted design workflows with a clear perspective on where AI tools enhance product design and where human craft remains essential.
• Exceptional communication and storytelling skills, capable of translating intricate technical concepts into clear design narratives for executive stakeholders.

Office Presence & Orientation

• Ability to report to a local Okta office 2 days per week.
• Must attend mandatory in-person onboarding orientation in either Chicago, IL or San Francisco, CA.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing or contributing directly to production codebases and developer‑facing UI kits.
• Prior background in identity and access management (IAM), cybersecurity, or developer platform tools.

Total Rewards & Benefits

• Compensation & Equity: Competitive base salary paired with corporate equity grants and annual performance bonus eligibility.
• Health & Wellness: Comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, vision, FSA/HSA options), mental health programs, and well‑being initiatives.
• Financial & Retirement: 401(k) program with match (US) or RRSP with match (Canada); healthcare spending accounts.
• Time Off & Parental Leave: Generous paid time off (PTO), paid parental leave, flexible spending accounts, and corporate social impact leave.