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GitHub · 2 weeks ago

Product Designer III

GitHub is the world’s leading platform for agentic software development, and they are seeking a Product Designer to help shape intuitive, scalable experiences across various domains. The role involves designing end-to-end solutions and collaborating with cross-functional teams to create user-centered interfaces that enhance customer success.

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Responsibilities

Design end‑to‑end user experiences including user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and polished high‑fidelity UI for complex product surfaces
Rapidly iterate on concepts and working prototypes to explore directions and validate ideas
Produce design assets for stakeholders and developers, including interaction flows, mockups, style guides, components, and visual specs
Maintain a user‑centered design approach across all phases of product development
Conduct, synthesize, and apply user research, customer development insights, and usability testing to inform design decisions
Leverage iterative feedback loops to refine designs and validate hypotheses
Partner closely with Product Managers, Engineers, Researchers, and cross‑functional stakeholders to frame problems, explore solutions, and prioritize opportunities
Communicate clearly and with purpose, using storytelling, rationale, and thoughtful critique to align teams and influence decisions
Help PMs assess user needs, constraints, and trade‑offs to guide product direction and roadmap decisions
Apply holistic systems thinking to ensure design decisions scale across complex product ecosystems
Contribute to and evolve the design system, reusable patterns, component libraries, and design architecture
Bring clarity to ambiguous spaces by structuring complex problems and identifying actionable paths forward
Advocate for and implement WCAG-compliant and inclusive design practices that go beyond minimum standards
Create experiences that work seamlessly across multiple platforms, including web, mobile, IDEs, terminals, and other environments
Contribute to long‑term product vision, strategy, and roadmap by shaping solutions to complex user and business problems
Prototype and explore AI‑powered concepts, leveraging model capabilities, user behavior insights, and design intuition
Lead product work from early discovery and framing through iterative development and final delivery
Develop visual identity systems, data visualizations, and components that bring clarity, hierarchy, and usability to the product
Create polished visual and interaction designs that elevate the overall product experience

Qualification

Product DesignFigmaUser-Centered DesignUX ResearchAccessibility StandardsSystems ThinkingAI ExperienceVisual SystemsFront-End TechnologiesCollaboration SkillsStorytelling SkillsCommunication Skills

Required

5+ years experience in product or service design
OR Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, or related field AND 3+ years experience in product or service design
OR Master's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, or related field AND 1+ year(s) experience in product or service design
OR equivalent experience
Experience in Figma and modern design practices, with strong attention to interaction, hierarchy, and polish

Preferred

2+ years of experience shipping products and/or delivering to customers as a result of an end-to-end design process
Portfolio showcasing end‑to‑end product design work across diverse user journeys and surfaces
Strong communication, collaboration, and storytelling skills across cross‑functional teams
Familiarity with UX research methods, accessibility standards, and systems thinking
Bonus: experience with AI, visual systems, or front‑end technologies

Benefits

Annual bonus
Stock
Competitive pay
Generous learning and growth opportunities

Company

GitHub is a software company that offers code hosting services that allow developers to build software for open-source and private projects. It is a sub-organization of Microsoft.

H1B Sponsorship

GitHub has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (26)
2024 (17)
2023 (14)
2022 (20)
2021 (20)
2020 (10)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$350M
Key Investors
Sequoia CapitalAndreessen Horowitz
2018-06-03Acquired
2015-07-29Series B· $250M
2015-06-19Secondary Market

Leadership Team

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PJ Hyett
Co-Founder
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Kyle Daigle
Chief Operating Officer
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