Staff Product Designer, Data Discovery

At Databricks, we are on a mission to simplify data science, empowering people to solve the world's most challenging problems. As a product designer, your focus will be on improving the user experience for data discovery. Our team of designers combines the creativity of a craftsperson with the inquisitiveness of a data scientist. We value excellent design, and we are dedicated to making data accessible through innovative and scalable experiences.

In this role, you will work closely with cross-functional teams, including product management and engineering to create high-quality, well-designed software. Your role is to shape how users access, manage, and share data in Databricks. Data is crucial for all experiences, and you'll work with different teams to find patterns and best practices to enhance user experiences.

As a key member of our product design team, you will work closely with your colleagues to craft user experiences to make data better accessible to users. Your efforts will play a significant role in fulfilling our mission of simplifying data science and empowering people to tackle the world's most challenging issues.

The impact you will have:

• Lead data discovery across the product, shaping the product vision

• Design the data browsing/exploring experience and other key product areas for quick access to relevant data

• Work with designers, elevating their skills and adhering to best practices

• Create design patterns in collaboration with the product design team

• Collaborate with other designers to unify designs across products

• Seek and provide design feedback, improving the design process

What we look for:

• A portfolio showcasing 4+ years of product design experience, including 2-4 years of relevant product design experience

• Strong interaction design and product design work 

• Ability to explain design decisions to design, engineering, and product teams

• 3+ years of experience shipping great digital products

• A diverse product design skillset that can delight a technical audience

• Ability to analyze business metrics, conduct customer conversations, and debate with the engineering team

• Use research to understand customer goals and validate design proposals

• A bachelor's degree or equivalent in HCI, interaction design, graphic design, computer science, or related disciplines

• Nice to have: experience designing in the data industry or similar fields.

 

Benefits

• Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, and vision

• 401(k) Plan

• Equity awards

• Flexible time off

• Paid parental leave

• Family Planning

• Gym reimbursement

• Annual personal development fund

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Pay Range Transparency

Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents base salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles.  Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks utilizes the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here.

 

Zone 1 Pay Range$126,000—$223,000 USD

About Databricks

Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 9,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Lakehouse Platform to unify their data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe. Founded by the original creators of Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow, Databricks is on a mission to help data teams solve the world’s toughest problems. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

 

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