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Docker, Inc · 4 hours ago

Staff Product Designer, Design Systems

Docker, Inc is a leading company in app development, seeking a Staff Product Designer to help define and scale the Docker Design System. This role involves modernizing the visual language and elevating design quality across products while collaborating closely with engineering and mentoring designers.

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Responsibilities

Co-lead the next evolution of Docker’s design system, including component and pattern libraries, token architecture, Figma libraries, and the migration from MUI to a more modern system
Modernize Docker’s visual language and help launch a fresh, future-ready aesthetic across products
Build a token-driven foundation that scales across web and desktop surfaces
Partner with engineering to deliver a high-quality and efficient design system
Set a new bar for UI quality and consistency across the Docker ecosystem
Own the visual refresh of Docker’s product experience, grounded in clarity, depth, and a clean, modern feel
Collaborate with designers, offering meaningful critique and assistance to level up design cross-org
Drive company-wide design consistency
Facilitate cross-team alignment, negotiate tradeoffs, and champion systems thinking
Shape rituals, governance models, contribution frameworks within the design systems team and broader design systems education within the product org
Mentor designers, influence cross-functional peers, and coach teams on how to design with and for systems
Build high-trust partnerships with engineering, product, research, and leadership
Co-lead the strategic plan for moving Docker off MUI toward a more scalable, token-led system
Improve engineering velocity, reduce UI rework, and increase satisfaction for both engineering and design teams

Qualification

Design systems experienceFigmaVisual design craftInteraction designFront-end knowledgeCollaborationMentoringCommunication

Required

10+ years of product design experience, with deep exposure to design systems at scale
Have shipped or rebuilt multiple design systems, ideally including migrations
Strong interaction & visual design craft; you care about details others overlook
Familiar with tokens, pipelines, and modern DS tooling (Figma, Storybook, Chromatic)
Some front-end knowledge

Preferred

Experience in SaaS or dev tools preferred, but not required

Benefits

Freedom & flexibility; fit your work around your life
Designated quarterly Whaleness Days plus end of year Whaleness break
Home office setup; we want you comfortable while you work
16 weeks of paid Parental leave
Technology stipend equivalent to $100 net/month
PTO plan that encourages you to take time to do the things you enjoy
Training stipend for conferences, courses and classes
Equity; we are a growing start-up and want all employees to have a share in the success of the company
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Medical benefits, retirement and holidays vary by country
Remote-first culture, with offices in Seattle and Paris

Company

Docker, Inc

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At Docker, we simplify the lives of developers who are making world-changing apps.

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$435.86M
Key Investors
Bain Capital VenturesTribe CapitalInsight Partners
2022-03-31Series C· $105M
2021-03-16Series B· $23M
2019-11-13Series A· $35M

Leadership Team

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Jean-Laurent de Morlhon
Vice President of Software Engineering
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Dieu Cao
Head Of Product Management
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