Product Designer, Elastic
Security
Open source platform powering search, observability, security, and more
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Open source platform powering search, observability, security, and more
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help turn endless data possibilities into real results with the power of Search AI.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ years of proven experience in product design within a B2B-focused company, demonstrating growing confidence in designing complex features
- You can design user interfaces that are not only visually appealing but also highly functional and aligned with key business goals
- Experience addressing user-focused problems solved via creative UI solutions, design systems (EUI) and quality assurances
- Proficiency with product design tools (we use Figma and Figjam)
- Working proficiency with AI tools that augment and improve the design workflow (e.g. Gemini, Cursor, Claude, etc.)
- Stay current with the latest design and technology trends and adopt new tools and techniques, when necessary
- Comfortable and confident in communicating and discussing design decisions
- Curiosity and eagerness to learn and grow, actively seeking feedback and mentorship from senior designers and manager
- Proactive communication: Ability to successfully communicate in a distributed team across multiple time zones, using asynchronous modes of communications such as Slack, GitHub, and Google Docs
- Crossfunctional experience working directly with product and engineering partners, as well as other designers to ensure consistency and alignment
Desirable
- Experience designing data-intensive user experiences
- Experience contributing to an established design system
- Background in the cybersecurity domain
- Working on ambiguous, complex products with highly technical requirements
- Designing for AI-driven interfaces
What the job involves
- As a part of the Elastic Security team, you’ll have the opportunity to work on complex, data-heavy security products that our customers rely on to safeguard their environments
- We are looking for a curious and skilled Product Designer ready to take on advanced design challenges and help elevate our security products’ user experience. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including Product Managers, Engineers, Senior and Principal Designers, and UX Researchers, to craft intuitive, research-driven solutions that align with Elastic’s vision
- This is not just a role; it’s a chance to grow your career while tackling some of the most meaningful, complex problems in the industry
- Applications without a link (and password, if applicable) to a Portfolio or a Case Study will not be considered. We appreciate your understanding
- Partner closely with PMs, developers, and cross-functional teams to dig deep into user needs, shaping innovative solutions that resonate
- An opportunity to conduct user research activities such as interviews, surveys, usability testing, and data analysis to uncover user problems, behaviors, and motivations
- Synthesize research findings into actionable insights that guide the design process, ensuring our products meet real user needs
- Craft intuitive and engaging interaction designs that balance aesthetics and usability, ensuring seamless experiences across all touchpoints
- Leverage industry standard design and AI tools to bring user experiences to life at every stage—from early sketches to polished prototypes—using wireframes, flow diagrams, storyboards, mockups, and high-fidelity designs
- Continuously evolve product experiences by blending user feedback with business insights, ensuring we deliver significant improvements
- Champion design-driven decisions that push for refinement, enhancement, and a user-first approach across the board
Our take
Organizations are dealing with exploding data volumes increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, and the growing expectation tha ttechnology should help act on problems, not just report them. Ai is moving from experimentation into real operations, especially in security and observability where speed and context are critical. So now, both enterprises and governments are looking for simpler, shared platforms that sale easily and reduce complexity rather than add to it.
And Elastic sits at the intersection of these needs with its Search AI Platform that helps organizations turn large amounts of structured and unstructured data into clear insights and actiontions across search, security, and observability. Elastic's strength lies in its open, flexible approach, which breaks down data silos and provides a context people and AI systems need to make daster, better decisions. The goal is straightforward: help teams see what's happening, understand it quickly, and respond confidently.
Recently, the company worked with CISA to deliver a unified, cloud-based SIEM for US federal agencies, this highlights strong trust in Elastic's security and scalability. Alongside this, its AWS Agentic AI Specialization also reflects leadership in making autonomous AI system practical and reliable. Together, these milestones position Elastic well for the future, as organizations increasingly rely on shared platforms and intelligent systems to manage ris, complexity, and growth.
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Insights
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jul 2016
$58m
SERIES D
Jun 2014
$70m
SERIES C
Total funding: $162m
Company benefits
- Toast to your health: Fully paid health coverage for you and your family, in many locations.
- Craft your calendar: Flexible location and schedule for most roles.
- Create space for you: Distributed by design workforce, plus generous number of vacation days each year.
- Embrace parenthood: Minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave, plus generous family formation benefits.
- Give back your time: 40 hours each year to use toward volunteering with organizations and causes you’re passionate about.
- Amplify your impact: Double your charitable giving — we match donations up to $1500 USD (or local currency equivalent).
Company HQ
Union Square, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Ashutosh Kulkarni
(CEO)Ashutosh joined Elastic in 2021 as CPO, becoming CEO in 2022. Prior to this, he was an EVP and CPO of Enterprise at McAfee, a Senior VP and GM of Web Performance and Web Security at Akamai Technologies, and a Senior VP and GM of Informatica Cloud at Informatica.
Shay Banon
(Co-Founder & CTO)Shay co-founded Elastic in 2012 and has served as the CTO since.
Navam Welihinda
(CFO)Prior to joining Elastic in 2025, Navam was the CFO at Grammarly. He also spent nearly 8 years at HashiCorp as VP of Finance and CFO and was the Head of Finance, Compose at IBM for 1 year.
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