Lead Product Designer

About the role

Cloudera, a data platform company, is looking for an experienced designer to lead the evolution of its design system across a suite of enterprise data platform tools. The role defines system architecture, champions design standards and works with the design team and engineering to deliver consistent, accessible and high-performing interfaces.

Key responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end strategy and execution of the design system so it scales across multiple enterprise applications and user personas.
• Partner with product designers, engineers and product managers to build reusable UI components and documentation, and uphold implementation quality.
• Build and maintain a component library in Figma and production-ready components in frameworks such as React, focused on performance and flexibility.
• Create design patterns for complex workflows, large-scale data visualization, customization and role-based UX.
• Pioneer the integration and governance of the design system with AI tools (Figma Make, Claude, Cursor), keeping system integrity and design tokens intact.
• Architect LLM-optimized documentation and structured system prompts (e.g. .cursorrules) for cross-functional teams.
• Ensure the system meets enterprise standards: accessibility (WCAG 2.1+, ARIA), security, internationalization (I18N) and localization (L10N).
• Run regular audits, measure adoption and usage, and act as a design systems evangelist through documentation, onboarding and mentoring.

Required profile

• 6-8 years of experience in UX/UI design or front-end development, with 2+ years owning or leading a design system in a B2B SaaS or enterprise software environment.
• Demonstrated experience integrating Figma Make, Claude and Cursor into design and development workflows.
• Experience designing dashboards, analytics tools, data modeling interfaces or workflow automation platforms.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant field; excellent verbal and written English.

Required skills

• Responsive design, accessibility (WCAG 2.1+, ARIA), I18N/L10N, design tokens and theming.
• User-centered design processes, grid, typography and color principles.
• Ability to structure design system documentation, design tokens and component APIs for generative AI coding assistants.

Nice to have: familiarity with data visualization frameworks (D3.js, Recharts, Vega-Lite), multi-product platforms or micro frontends, hybrid/on-prem data platforms, regulated industries, custom scripts or plugins bridging Figma and AI coding assistants, and contributions to open-source design systems.

What we offer

• Hybrid work arrangement.
• Generous PTO policy and Unplugged Days.
• Mental and physical wellness programs, phone and internet reimbursement.
• Career development access, comprehensive benefits and paid volunteer time.