About the Position

Lead Product Designer

San Francisco, CA

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About CircleCI

CircleCI is the world’s largest continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform, and the hub where code moves from idea to delivery. As one of the most-used DevOps tools - processing more than 3 million jobs a day - CircleCI has unique access to data on how the most effective engineering teams work, and the tools to help software companies successfully leverage the power of AI into their commercial applications. Companies like Hinge, HuggingFace, and Samsung use us to improve engineering team productivity, release better products, and get to market faster.

About the Role

Lead Product Designers at CircleCI turn business context into design strategy that engineers and product managers can rally around, and strategy into products that help thousands of developers deliver better software, faster.

They’ll be building deep expertise in the developer tooling field while balancing shifting priorities in a highly technical domain. They’ll be hands-on in shipping the highest impact solutions for hard, real-world problems while coaching designers on maintaining a high bar for craft without slowing delivery.

This is a hybrid role based in San Francisco, requiring 2 days per week in office

Responsibilities

Driving measurable business impact through large, wide-ranging projects.
Leading user journey mapping across complex product experiences.
Leading competitive analysis and synthesizing insights to inform product direction.
Shipping small, quick experiments with engineers to validate ideas and drive business outcomes.
Reviewing team designs and setting quality standards before designs are delivered.

Requirements

8+ years of product design experience, with at least 5 years designing B2B SaaS products.
Shipped work in developer tools, DevOps, infrastructure, or another product used primarily by software engineers.
Hands-on experience with, and strong working knowledge of, AI code-generation tooling, with an understanding of the technical complexity and tradeoffs of proposed solutions.
Track record of partnering with engineering and product leaders on roadmap and scope for a product with live production users.
A portfolio showing sophisticated, creative UX solutions to complex technical problems and a proven grasp of information architecture.

Bonus Skills (Nice to Have)

Experience designing for developer tools, or for a similarly complex technical space (e.g., infrastructure, security, data, or observability).
Hands-on use of a CI/CD platform (such as CircleCI, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins) as a user or admin.
Experience designing AI-assisted or automation features for developer workflows.

We Offer

Competitive salary range: $147,500-$183,500 USD
Comprehensive benefits package
Opportunities for professional development
Flexible work arrangements

About the Company

CircleCI is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

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Lead Product Designer

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