Kong Inc. · 1 day ago
Staff Product Designer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$138K/yr - $197K/yr
6+ years expKong Inc. is a leading developer of cloud API technologies, on a mission to enable companies to become 'API-first' and accelerate AI adoption. As a Staff Product Designer, you will collaborate with product managers and engineers to design exceptional user experiences, champion customer needs, and mentor junior team members.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingCloud Data ServicesDeveloper APIsEnterprise SoftwareOpen Source
Responsibilities
Design exceptional experiences: Design experiences that our customers need and love. Lead complex projects from early concepting to final UI design, while upholding our design standards and design system. Apply systems thinking by looking beyond your product area for opportunities to improve overall cohesion and usability
Champion customers: Take time to understand our customers, their jobs-to-be-done, and infuse this understanding into your work and that of others. Identify and make a compelling case for improving existing areas of our product to better meet the needs of our customers
Drive alignment: Solicit diverse perspectives, early and often, to strengthen your work. Communicate context, including customer data, business impact, trade-offs, and rationale, to generate alignment and make forward progress
Demonstrate ownership: Proactively educate people outside of the design team on the best way to work together. Be clear about your priorities and level of urgency. Keep people informed about your progress, risks, and changes to timelines. Take initiative to improve our team and its practices
Level others up: Role model best practices and mentor junior members of the design team
Qualification
Required
At least 6+ years of related experience, with at least one experience designing for a developer-focused product
A portfolio that demonstrates expertise in all phases of design, including leading a collaborative design process from definition to delivery
Conducting your own user research
Making data-informed design decisions
Positively impacting customers and improving business metrics
Demonstrating strong communication and storytelling skills (written and verbal)
Using and contributing to a shared design system and team processes
Crafting aesthetically-pleasing and pixel-perfect final UI
Company
Kong Inc.
Powering the API World. No AI without APIs. Kong enables any company to become an API-first company.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (8)
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2020 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$344.1MKey Investors
Tiger Global ManagementIndex VenturesAndreessen Horowitz
2024-11-19Series E· $175M
2021-02-08Series D· $100M
2019-03-28Series C· $43M
Leadership Team
Augusto Marietti
CEO & President, Co-Founder
Marco Palladino
Co-Founder and CTO
Recent News
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