Lead Product Designer, Developer Tooling AI

Overview

Location: Remote (Zone B and Zone C only)

Working at Atlassian

Atlassians can choose where they work – whether in an office, from home, or a combination of the two. That way, Atlassians have more control over supporting their family, personal goals, and other priorities. We can hire people in any country where we have a legal entity. Interviews and onboarding are conducted virtually, a part of being a distributed-first company.

About this role
Software practice is going through a once-in-a-lifetime change, brought about by powerful AI capabilities. This role will help Atlassian redefine software practice in an AI-native world. To that end, this Lead Designer will work with design, product and engineering leadership to envision how AI can transform key elements of the software-development life-cycle (SDLC), working with product managers and engineers to transform that vision into reality.

The ideal candidate will have experience designing tools for developers and/or across the SDLC as well as experience designing AI-powered features or products. The ideal candidate is a blend of technical depth with systems thinking, yet someone who obsesses over design details.

Help Atlassian solve long-time toil in the software development process, and bring craft and quality to developer tools!

Responsibilities

What you'll do

• Craft exceptional developer experiences: Design intuitive, efficient workflows that remove friction and streamline the software development lifecycle

• Enhance workflows with AI: Identify opportunities where AI can transform tedious tasks or provide assistance, positioning it as a natural extension of the developer's toolkit

• Prototype solutions: Create working concepts using your preferred tools—whether design software, front-end code, or AI-assisted development—to effectively communicate concepts and vision

• Own the end-to-end process: Drive the design process from problem definition to final implementation for complex developer tools and AI-powered enhancements.

• Partner with product and engineering: Collaborate closely with product to define problems and success metrics, and with engineering to work through constraints while ensuring we deliver a high-quality experience to customers

• Understand and advocate for developers: Deeply research developer workflows and pain points, bringing their perspective into design decisions and ensuring solutions truly solve their problems

• Balance technical and user needs: Find the sweet spot between technical constraints, AI capabilities, and user needs to create practical but impactful solutions

• Translate complexity into clarity: Simplify complex technical concepts into intuitive interfaces that feel natural and effortless to use, whether they involve AI or traditional interactions

• Iterate based on feedback: Continuously refine your designs through usability testing, developer feedback, and usage metrics to create increasingly effective solutions

Who you are

• Experienced designer: You have 8+ years of product design experience with a focus on complex workflows, products, or systems

• Compelling portfolio: You can demonstrate your craft through concrete examples that solved complex challenges and highlight the meaningful outcomes your work produced

• Technical understanding: You grasp how developers work and think, whether through your own coding experience or close collaboration with engineering teams

• Technical domain knowledge: You've ideally worked on developer tools, technical products, or similarly complex domains, with a strong understanding of software development concepts

• Clear presenter of ideas: You can articulate your thinking and design decisions clearly and in ways that resonate with both technical and non-technical audiences

• Adaptable: You thrive in evolving environments, can adjust your approach as new information emerges, and iterate forward with imperfect information when needed

Qualifications

Compensation

At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. To support this goal, the baseline of our range is higher than that of the typical market range, but in turn we expect to hire most candidates near this baseline. Base pay within the range is ultimately determined by a candidate's skills, expertise, o