Senior Staff Visual Designer, Design Lab

About the role

The Design Lab at Datadog is evolving the visual language of our products to match our expansion into AI-driven experiences. We're seeking a Senior Staff Visual Designer to lead this transformation.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve Datadog’s visual language across product surfaces.
• Establish the visual quality bar for the platform.
• Lead exploratory and concept work that pushes our system forward.
• Translate bold visual ideas into scalable patterns that can live inside a design system.
• Partner deeply with Brand, Product Design, and Design Systems to unify expression across product and marketing.
• Influence executive stakeholders through clear, compelling visual storytelling.
• Prototype, test, and refine new patterns before they become systemized.
• Help shape how visual direction is integrated into our design process.

Requirements

• You have 12+ years of experience in visual and/or product design.
• You have led a meaningful visual evolution or rebrand within a mature product ecosystem.
• You have strong taste and are comfortable defending a point of view.
• You know how to translate brand into scalable product systems.
• You think in systems, but you’re motivated by craft.
• You’re comfortable operating in ambiguity and defining direction where none exists.
• You can influence across design, engineering, and executive partners.
• Your portfolio demonstrates exceptional visual craft and product thinking—not just applied systems work.

Qualifications

• You have a bachelor’s degree in graphic design, visual communication, or a related field.
• You have a proven track record of delivering impactful visual designs that align with business goals.
• You have experience working with design systems and have a deep understanding of design principles.
• You have excellent communication and collaboration skills, able to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• You have a passion for technology and a keen eye for detail.

Skills

• Strong proficiency in design tools such as Sketch, Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, or similar.
• Experience with design systems and pattern libraries.
• Ability to communicate visually and verbally to convey design concepts and rationale.
• Understanding of user experience (UX) design principles and practices.
• Experience with prototyping tools such as Figma, Adobe XD, or InVision.

Benefits

At Datadog, we offer a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best-in-class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role, including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.