Product Design Lead (Pipelines)

We are looking for an experienced Product Design Lead to join our key product, Pipelines. You’ll be responsible for working within our Pipelines team to design and deliver new features and functionality for our core product. Working alongside Buildkite’s Head of Product, you will drive end-to-end product design for product features and improvements while helping to establish and refine design processes for the team. You’ll also play a crucial role in maintaining and evolving Buildkite’s cross-product design system and UI elements, helping Buildkite communicate clearly and boldly in a unique and consistent voice.

Working with the Product Manager on your team to conduct quality user research and understand the pain points behind a new feature in any given space

Working in Figma to design interactive prototypes, and doing a quick Loom prototype to share it with the team

Facilitating workshops with teammates to explore a problem space and identify some potential solutions

Working together with other product designers at Buildkite to foster an environment of creative reflection and design critique 

Collaborating with an engineer on your team to make some minor CSS tweaks to a new screen before the feature is released 

You’re a born collaborator who listens carefully and communicates clearly

You are naturally curious human

Complex problem solving skills

You have a fantastic eye for detail and polish

Proven track record of strong stakeholder management both internally and externally

Have flexibility and ability to compromise 

Experience with HTML, CSS and Javascript, and have used GitHub to collaborate with developers

Get excited by a new type of CSS property

Proficiency in developing and presenting visual design stages using tools such as Figma, Adobe and GSuite

Experience working with design system