Product Designer, Workspace Developer Experience

RDQ226R492

Mission

At Databricks, our mission as designers is to make data science simpler and more accessible so that more people can contribute to solving the world's toughest problems. Product Designers at Databricks balance the creativity of a craftsperson with the analytical curiosity of a data scientist. We believe in the traditional and timeless value of great graphic design - while at the same time, we have a restless desire to get to the truth and make the best decisions possible using data. We design simple and collaborative products that have the power to delight a discriminating and highly technical audience.

What impact you will have:

• Design world-class developer experiences across the Databricks workspace platform
• Create intuitive and efficient authoring environments that empower users to build sophisticated data applications
• Design experiences that seamlessly integrate AI assistance into the development workflow
• Develop coherent multi-file authoring experiences with sophisticated navigation, editing, and debugging capabilities
• Gain a deep understanding of Databricks business objectives, users, market opportunities, and competition. Become well-versed on the Databricks product and its personas (Data scientists, data engineers, data analysts and administrators)
• Able to work closely with Engineering, Product Management and other key cross-functional partners to drive design decision-making
• Actively seek & provide design feedback and collaboratively improve the design process

What we look for:

• Minimum of 3 years of product design work experience
• Strong technical acumen combined with exceptional UX/UI design skills, allowing you to create intuitive developer experiences for technical users
• Experience designing IDE-like interfaces, code editors, or developer tools
• Understanding of Git workflows and how to translate complex version control concepts into intuitive interfaces
• Experience with gathering feedback from technical end users and some working knowledge of other user experience research methodologies
• Proven ability to ship great developer-focused products
• Strong tradecraft, who is at ease drawing from a vast toolkit to get the job done
• Natural communicator who can explain and document the behavior of the components they design
• A bachelor's or master's degree or equivalent, ideally with specialization in HCI, Interaction Design, graphic design, computer science, or related disciplines
• A portfolio showcasing the end-to-end design process, from inception to production
• Experience with the following is a nice-to-have:
• Designing products in the Big Data space
• Familiarity with code editing environments or IDEs
• Understanding of AI/ML-assisted development tools
• Coding experience in Python, R, SQL or other languages that could be most relevant to data science and engineering