Associate Product Designer

New York City, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 14 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Join Datadogs Product Design Team!
Were looking for early-career product designers who move fast turn complexity into clarity through thoughtful design and clear communication and are eager to elevate their craft with AI.

At Datadog design is how we make the invisible complexity of modern software visible and actionable helping engineers keep their systems reliable and their teams empowered. Our team designs the tools developers around the world rely on every day real-time dashboards data visualizations incident workflows and the design systems that power them.

Datadogs Product Design team is growing rapidly and expanding into new user spaces and refining our most impactful products. This is your chance to contribute to an ever-evolving technology landscape and help shape how millions of developers experience Datadog and in turn how they do their work every day.

The Associate Designer Program (ADP) is a 12-month rotational program built for speed growth and learning. Youll move through three design rotations each focused on solving high-impact real-world challenges across our product ecosystem. Youll design test ship and learn at pace. Youll collaborate directly with product managers engineers and senior designers guided by dedicated mentors who push your craft and strategic thinking. By the end of the program youll have developed diverse knowledge of Datadogs portfolio and built the skills to design confidently in a fast-moving global environment.

Students can sign up anytime for a freeDatadog Pro account!

At Datadog we place value in our office culture - the relationships that it builds the creativity it brings to the table and the collaboration of being together. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our employees can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.

What Youll Do:

Rotate through 3 product design teams over 12 months building your skills across different problem spaces.
Work closely with design leaders and product managers to understand how our customers use Datadog and what they need to succeed.
Bring ideas to life through research prototyping and interaction design then ship them in production.
Document and present your design to the team and work to get buy-in from key stakeholders.
Collaborate directly with engineers to understand technical constraints and opportunities.

Who You Are:

You are in the process of receiving/ have a degree in Computer Science or Human Computer Interaction or related field or equivalent experience
You are targeting a January 2026 full-time start date
Have a portfolio with a solid foundation in human-centered practices that showcases strong interaction and visual design skills
Ability to express ideas via rich stories prototypes and code
Aptitude to come up with novel simple solutions for complex problems
Experience with Figma or similar design tools
Experience with Vibecoding and GenerativeAI tools
Strong collaboration and communication skills curiosity and eagerness to learn and grow
Passion for creating a high-quality user experience down to those little details that matter

Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. Thats okay. If youre passionate about technology and want to grow your skills we encourage you to apply.

Benefits and Growth:

Mentorship opportunities with team members leadership and beyond
Continuous professional development and product training opportunities
Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
In-person intern cohort and monthly company social events
An inclusive company culture ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)
Relocation support and travel benefits
Unlimited snacks and drinks in our office; catered lunches on Monday Wednesday and Friday
Beautiful offices in convenient locations

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.

This job is available in various departments within our company; to conform to US export control regulations some of these roles may require candidates to be eligible for any required authorizations from the US government.

If possible please apply using your personal email address instead of your university email address.

Required Experience:

Join Datadogs Product Design Team!Were looking for early-career product designers who move fast turn complexity into clarity through thoughtful design and clear communication and are eager to elevate their craft with AI.At Datadog design is how we make the invisible complexity of modern software vis...