# Staff Product Designer, Visual Systems
**Company:** [Datadog](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/datadog)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Salary:** $210K-$280K
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Figma, Design Tokens, React, HTML, CSS, Design Systems, Prototyping Tools, AI Tools, Component Architecture, Cursor
**Posted:** 2026-01-26
> Lead visual design evolution of Datadog's DRUIDS design system, defining patterns, tooling, and visual language for scalable SaaS experiences. Requires 10+ years product design experience with 3+ in design systems, strong Figma and front-end skills.
## Job Description
## What You’ll Do:
- Lead exploratory and concept work that informs the next generation of DRUIDS.
- Set and evolve Datadog’s visual design direction at the system level — defining new patterns, visual language, and interaction models.
- Drive cross-functional initiatives that modernize the design system’s tooling, infrastructure, and AI-assisted workflows.
- Work closely with the Design Systems engineering team to ensure high-quality implementation and code quality.
- Partner with Brand and Product Design to align product visuals with Datadog’s broader design language.
- Translate exploratory visual work into scalable system patterns, collaborating closely with design systems engineering.
- Influence and align stakeholders across design, product, and engineering through strong storytelling and visual rationale.
- Prototype, test, and iterate on new visual ideas before they become systemized.
- Help define the quality bar for visual design across the platform.
- Advocate for design excellence and systems thinking across the organization.

## Who You Are:
- Experience driving a major re-brand or visual re-fresh of a product with a mature design system.
- Experience driving stakeholder alignment and shaping design vision across multiple product teams.
- **10+ years of experience in product design with at least 3+ years focused on design systems or design infrastructure**.
- Portfolio includes a proven track record of excellent design craft (product and platform) as well as design system contribution or shipping system-level work (components, libraries, or scalable UX patterns).
- Fluent in **Figma component architecture, design tokens**, and how design intersects with front-end technologies (**HTML, CSS, React, AI-first tooling**).
- Excellent visual and written communicator, able to clearly communicate your design work and the support for your design decisions.
- Experience with advanced prototyping tools (e.g. **Figma, Cursor**).
- Give and receive feedback well, supporting and improving the work of your colleagues as well as your own.

## Benefits and Growth:
- New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP).
- Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing.
- Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking.
- An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups).
- Access to Inclusion Talks, our internal panel discussions.
- Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+.
- Competitive global benefits.
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