HubSpot is looking for a Staff Design Technologist to drive a fundamental transformation of our UX team through AI-augmented tools and workflows. In this role, you will build AI tools to unlock the potential of our 250+ designers and researchers, directly improving quality, speed, and customer impact. You will operate at the intersection of advanced technical craft and organizational transformation.
What You’ll Do
- Build seamless AI-powered tools by obsessing over real workflow friction, creating solutions that augment human creativity and effectiveness.
- Define the technical strategy for empowering our UX disciplines and workflows with AI.
- Prototype, test, and deploy full-stack applications and plugins that solve real problems for working designers.
- Set a high standard for internal tool quality, user adoption, and workflow transformation.
- Partner closely with Design, Research, Ops, and Engineering to maximize transformation impact.
- Model technical curiosity, AI integration thinking, and systems perspective throughout the UX organization.
What We’re Looking For
- 10+ years of progressive design, UX engineering, design technologist, and/or full-stack development experience.
- Strong full-stack development experience with modern web technologies and production AI API integrations.
- Direct experience building AI-powered applications.
- Demonstrated understanding of AI concepts, applications, and integration patterns, with working knowledge of major AI APIs and enterprise AI tooling ecosystems.
- Demonstrated fluency with AI development tools, including experience integrating large language models (LLMs), generative AI services, and AI-powered workflow automation into production applications.
- Fluency in design workflows and an ability to translate workflow needs into technical solutions.
- Experience with technical transformation and tool adoption initiatives, including driving organizational change through internal tooling and workflow improvements.
- Experience driving and influencing continuous technical improvement, both in personal craft development and team capability building.
- Experience architecting AI-augmented workflows, and can identify creative, scalable technical solutions that enhance rather than replace human creativity.
- Clear, compelling technical communication—comfortable influencing technical decisions and explaining complex integrations to non-technical stakeholders.
Technical Stack
- Modern web technologies
- AI APIs
- Large language models (LLMs)
- Generative AI services
Team & Environment
You will join a UX organization of 250+ designers and researchers in a collaborative, cross-functional environment with high ownership.
Benefits & Compensation
- Salary range: $210,000—$336,000 USD
- Equity: Some roles are eligible to participate in HubSpot’s equity plan to receive restricted stock units (RSUs).
Work Mode
This role follows a hybrid work model.
We actively encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. We value diverse experiences and perspectives and firmly believe these strengthen our work.
