Senior UX Designer, Redpanda Data
$135-210k
Salary dependent on candidates location in the US
AI data infrastructure for the Enterprise
Job no longer available
AI data infrastructure for the Enterprise
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
$135-210k
Salary dependent on candidates location in the US
101-200 employees
Company mission
To build the best present and future of streaming data.
Role
Who you are
- A minimum of 5+ years of experience in UX design, ideally designing for complex, technical SAAS products such as developer tools
- An intermediate level of front-end development knowledge. This is for building prototypes and contributing code for fit and finish
- Experience using Figma or AI design tools
- Experience doing quantitative and qualitative user research
- Experience collaborating closely with marketing, engineering, and product teams
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Comfortable working in fast-paced distributed teams
What the job involves
- The Senior UX Designer role will report to the Head of Design and will help drive the overall design and user experience of our products by partnering with engineers and product managers.
- You will be a foundational member of the design team, helping to guide the design team on vision, build processes, and drive strategy
- The role will also partner with key strategic stakeholders of the company, including Product and Engineering leaders to bring them along and solicit feedback as thought partners for affecting company-wide product directions
- Gather product requirements and lead the design process from ideation to polished user experiences
- Collaborate closely with frontend engineers, and product managers to create high-quality prototypes and contribute code to raise product fit and finish
- Evolve the internal design system, ensuring a high level of craft and consistency
- Do quantitative and qualitative user research to inform product and design decisions
- Mentor and support cross-functional stakeholders to foster product quality
- Work on products that are used by thousands of customers and users on a daily basis
Our take
When dealing with real-time data streaming workloads, the simpler the infrastructure the better. Redpanda was developed as an alternative to the complex industry standard, Apache Kafka (which needed to be used in tandem with ZooKeeper). Redpanda’s Kafka-compatible platform increases businesses’ operational efficiency by allowing them to switch to a single platform.
With its platform running on hundreds of thousands of machines, Redpanda supports users to run the software that they’ve already invested in while addressing and eliminating past pain points. Building on its success with data streaming, the company is now pioneering the "Agentic Data Plane", a new AI infrastructure feature that enables enterprises to connect AI agents with their data and systems.
With this new direction, Redpanda ensures it remains a key player in the industry - as it supports the new endeavours of its established customer base. Having raised strong funding in the past, the company has continued to expand marketing and R&D efforts to increase its reach and support its growth plans moving forward.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
47% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Apr 2025
$100m
SERIES D
Jun 2023
$100m
SERIES C
Total funding: $265.5m
Company benefits
- Remote first: We’re a remote-first company that puts humans first. We advocate for working wherever you're most productive
- Comprehensive healthcare: We’ve got you covered with a mix of plans ranging from fully-paid medical, dental and vision, to premium coverage
- 401(k) matching: Our 401(k) plans let you save for your future. And for our US and UK employees — we match
- Unlimited PTO: Take time to relax and recharge. Option to select region-specific holidays. Our vacation policy puts you in control
- Home office & education reimbursement: $1,000 to gear-up your home office, $50 towards each wifi bill, $500 to invest in your learning and development annually
- Redpanda swag: Hands down the coolest swag in our industry! Your family will steal it. Guaranteed
Company HQ
Inner Richmond, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Alexander Gallego
(Founder & CEO)Founder & previous CTO of Concord Systems, Inc. Previous Principal Software Engineer at Akamai Technologies, and was a Software Engineer at both YeildMo and FactSet Research Systems. Also worked as a REU - Student Researcher for the Polytechnic Institute of New York Univeristy.
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