Datadog is seeking a Senior Product Designer, Motion to innovate and implement how motion and AI-first interaction functions across our products. You will contribute to the visual design evolution of Datadog’s design system, bringing expertise to reinforce clarity, express system intelligence, and elevate craft throughout the platform.
What You'll Do
- Evolve Datadog’s visual design direction at the system level, defining new motion experience patterns and interaction models
- Design and code the motion system for the design system, including motion tokens, component behaviors, transitions, and icon illustrations
- Prototype and iterate on new visual ideas with AI-assisted workflows
- Partner with Brand and Product Design to align product visuals with Datadog’s broader design language
- Work closely with the Design Systems engineering team to ensure high-quality implementation and code quality
What We're Looking For
- You have 7+ years of experience in product design with at least 1+ years focused on or working closely with design systems
- Your portfolio includes a proven track record of excellent design craft (product and platform) and interaction design
- You’re fluent in how design intersects with front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, React, SVG, 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, Claude)
- You give and receive feedback well, supporting and improving the work of your colleagues as well as your own
Technical Stack
- HTML
- CSS
- React
- SVG
- AI-first tooling
- Figma
- Cursor
- Claude
Team & Environment
Our Design Lab operates at the intersection of engineering and design, focused on advancing craft and building shared design capabilities. You will partner with design systems and product teams.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation: $157,000—$205,000 USD + equity: New hire stock equity (RSUs)
- 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
Work Mode
This role follows a hybrid workplace model. We place value in our office culture and operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.
Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law.
