Lead Product Designer

Cortex is the Engineering Operations Platform that enables organizations to continuously improve their operational maturity and reduce developer friction. We are looking for a Lead Product Designer to take ownership of complex product areas within Cortex, partnering closely with Product and Engineering to shape solutions end-to-end.

Responsibilities:

• Drive the design vision: Lead and execute the design strategy for major product initiatives, setting a new standard for design and user experience at Cortex. You are relentless about crafting a delightful, industry-leading experience
• Elevate product quality and UX flow: Proactively identify and resolve complex user experience issues, focusing on streamlining core workflows and improving overall product usability and polish
• Partner closely with engineering to shape scalable, thoughtful product experiences: Work in tight collaboration with engineers to define solutions, make tradeoffs, and ensure what we build is both usable and technically sound
• Operate effectively in ambiguity: Take loosely defined problems, bring structure, and drive them through to clear, actionable solutions
• Strategic Prototyping and Testing: Design, plan, and execute high-fidelity prototypes and user testing to validate concepts and inform design direction across the product management and engineering teams
• End-to-End Feature Delivery: Own the design process from concept development, through wireframing, high-fidelity mockups, and final handoff. Collaborate with Product Managers and Engineers to ensure features meet a high bar for user experience
• Maintain exceptional craft: Maintain an unwavering attention to detail to ensure product consistency, completeness, and a professional, polished user experience

Requirements:

• 5-7+ years of experience as a Product Designer working on complex B2B or enterprise SaaS products
• Proven experience leading end-to-end design projects with significant business impact
• Expert proficiency with Figma, prototyping tools, and user research methodologies
• Experience working across complex product surfaces with an ability to balance consistency, scalability, and product needs
• You can point to a portfolio of work that clearly demonstrates your ability to solve challenging user problems and execute with exceptional craft and attention to detail
• Passionate about creating beautiful, useful, and usable interfaces guided by user feedback, while maintaining the ability to make strong decisions in ambiguous situations
• Experience with developer tools is a plus
• Startup experience is highly desirable