Staff Visual Designer, Design Lab

Datadog is entering a new chapter in how our product looks, feels and operates. We’re building a small, high-leverage Design Lab team to define that evolution, and we’re looking for a Staff Visual Designer to help author it. 

Our design system powers everything we ship. Now we’re ready to evolve it. As Datadog expands into AI-driven experiences and more complex product surfaces, the visual language needs to grow with it. We’re looking for someone who can help define that next phase, someone with taste, judgment, and the confidence to shape how the product feels at scale.

At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.

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  Define and evolve Datadog’s visual language across product surfaces.

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  Establish the visual quality bar for the platform.

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  Lead exploratory and concept work that pushes our system forward.

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  Translate bold visual ideas into scalable patterns that can live inside a design system.

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  Partner deeply with Brand, Product Design, and Design Systems to unify expression across product and marketing.

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  Influence executive stakeholders through clear, compelling visual storytelling.

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  Prototype, test, and refine new patterns before they become systemized.

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  Help shape how visual direction is integrated into our design process.

You will report directly to the Design Director and work as part of a small, focused team defining the future state before it scales across hundreds of designers and engineers.

• You have 10+ years of experience in visual and/or product design

• You have led a meaningful visual evolution or rebrand within a mature product ecosystem.

• You have strong taste and are comfortable defending a point of view.

• You know how to translate brand into scalable product systems.

• You think in systems, but you’re motivated by craft.

• You’re comfortable operating in ambiguity and defining direction where none exists.

• You can influence across design, engineering, and executive partners.

• Your portfolio demonstrates exceptional visual craft and product thinking — not just applied systems work.

DRUIDS powers every Datadog experience. The decisions made in this role will shape how millions of interactions feel across web, mobile, and emerging AI-driven surfaces. This is an opportunity to define visual direction inside a complex, engineering-forward platform and raise the craft bar across the organization.

Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.

Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.

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