The opportunity
Datadog’s Infrastructure products help engineers understand and operate the systems their applications depend on. Our customers work in complex environments like Kubernetes and serverless, where infrastructure changes constantly, information is dense, and decisions about…
What you'll do
Lead end-to-end product design for Modern Compute, initially focused on our Autoscaling product.
Help define the product direction for an area that is still evolving, from: early framing and exploration through detailed design and delivery.
Design clear, trustworthy experiences for engineers making high-stakes: decisions about infrastructure reliability, performance, and cost.
Simplify complex technical concepts without removing the detail and control expert users need.
Work closely with product and engineering leaders to identify the right: problems, make decisions clearer, and connect work across multiple teams.
Set a high bar for interaction and visual design, including complex states,: data-heavy workflows, and edge cases.
What they're looking for
- You have 10+ years of experience designing complex web-based products,: including experience operating at a Staff level or in a role with comparable scope.
- You bring exceptional interaction and visual design craft, particularly in: dense, technical, or data-heavy experiences.
- You have led ambiguous product work where the direction was not already: defined and your involvement changed the outcome.
- You can simplify complex systems for expert users without watering down how those systems work.
- You are comfortable working closely with product managers and engineers: throughout the product development process.
- You communicate complex ideas clearly and can build confidence in a direction: across design, product, engineering, and senior leadership.
- You think beyond an individual feature and can create systems or patterns that work across products and teams.
- You balance long-term product direction with hands-on execution and attention to detail.
