Staff Product Designer Design Systems

New York City, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Were looking for a Staff Product Designer to lead the design evolution of DRUIDS Datadogs design system. Youll work at the intersection of design and engineering defining patterns design tooling and visual excellence that enable hundreds of designers and engineers to build cohesive performant experiences at scale.

This role sits at the intersection of design and engineering. Youll partner with product managers engineers and fellow designers to uncover pain points align stakeholders and scale design practices. Your work will help build the stable trusted layer DRUIDS and build the internal tools to help design teams design at scale ship with confidence and contribute meaningfully to a system that supports one of the most technically sophisticated design ecosystems in SaaS.

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

What Youll Do:

Architecting the future of the DRUIDS design system to support Datadogs global scale AI tooling accessibility and product diversity.
Design prototype and document new patterns that drive the Datadog visual language forward at scale.
Establishing reusable design patterns and contributing to DRUIDS documentation
Work closely with the Design Systems engineering team to ensure high-quality implementation and code quality
Drive cross-functional initiatives that modernize the design systems tooling infrastructure and AI-assisted workflows.
Communicate your design work and the support for your design decisions internally to your product team and the whole company.
Take a strategic role in shaping product direction advocating for design as a multiplier of engineering velocity and organizational alignment.
Advocate for systems thinking and champion design quality across the organization

Who You Are:

You have 10 years of experience in product design with at least 3 of those years focused on design systems or design infrastructure
Your portfolio includes a proven track record of design system contribution or shipping system-level work (components libraries or scalable UX patterns)
Youre fluent in Figma component architecture design tokens and how design intersects with front-end technologies (HTML CSS React AI-first tooling).
You are an excellent visual and written communicator able to clearly communicate your design work and the support for your design decisions
You have experience with advanced prototyping tools (e.g. Figma Cursor etc)
You understand systems thinking and component-based design patterns
You give and receive feedback well supporting and improving the work of your colleagues as well as your own

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:

New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
Continuous professional development product training and career pathing
Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
An inclusive company culture ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)
Access to Inclusion Talks our internal panel discussions
Free global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6
Competitive global benefits

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

Required Experience:

Staff IC

Were looking for a Staff Product Designer to lead the design evolution of DRUIDS Datadogs design system. Youll work at the intersection of design and engineering defining patterns design tooling and visual excellence that enable hundreds of designers and engineers to build cohesive performant experi...