Datadog
Senior Staff Product Designer, Design Lab
$204K–$255K
New York, New York, USA +1 · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Jul 31, 2026
- Location
- New York, New York, USA
New York, NY, United States - Experience
- 12+ years in product and/or visual design.
About the job
Leads hands-on design work to apply Datadog’s new visual direction across product journeys and establish clearer, scalable product patterns.
What you'll do
- Apply and stress-test the visual direction across product journeys, refining hierarchy, layout, navigation, information architecture, and interaction.
- Prototype, test, and refine product patterns, then partner with Design Systems and Engineering to develop durable guidance and implementation.
- Set a high visual quality bar, create adoption artifacts and narratives, and align design, product, engineering, and executive stakeholders.
What they ask for
- 12+ years of experience in product and/or visual design.
- Portfolio demonstrating shipped product surfaces with exceptional visual quality.
- Ability to turn concepts into patterns scaled across a real product.
- Strong visual craft, product and systems thinking, and persuasive collaboration skills.
Pay
$204,000 — $255,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
DRUIDS, web, mobile
AI focus
The role shapes product experiences across emerging AI-driven surfaces.
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