Senior Product Designer - Click UI

ClickHouse • San Francisco, CA

2d • Remote

About The Position

ClickHouse is seeking a designer who codes to own the design side of Click UI, its open-source design system. The role combines system-level design decisions with work on a solution-oriented product team, carrying those decisions through to end users. The designer will maintain and improve Click UI, support adoption across the ClickHouse ecosystem, and partner closely with product managers and engineers. The role also involves using AI tools to accelerate design and engineering workflows and advocating for product quality and user experience.

Requirements

• Strong visual design fundamentals and experience building and maintaining a design system.
• Proven experience designing complex software applications, ideally in B2B SaaS or developer tools.
• Advanced proficiency in Figma, including components, prototyping, and design systems.
• Frontend engineering skills, including CSS, React, and TypeScript, and comfort working in a real codebase.
• Experience owning products end to end and working directly with developers and product managers.
• Enthusiasm for AI tools and an active practice of using them in design, engineering, workflows, or related areas.
• Comfort with startup pace, ambiguity, and shifting priorities at a scaling company.

Nice To Haves

• Experience owning multi-brand design systems or a design system used across multiple tech stacks.
• Experience designing IDEs, data products, or other technical developer tooling.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted design or engineering workflows and tools such as Cursor, Copilot, Figma MCP, or v0.
• Open-source contributions or an active GitHub presence.
• Experience in a fast-moving, globally distributed startup.

Responsibilities

• Own Click UI in Figma and make design decisions that determine how components look and feel across the ClickHouse ecosystem.
• Work directly with Click UI contributors and consumers to improve the system and drive adoption of new and existing components.
• Communicate designs through wireframes, prototypes, and visual mockups, iterating quickly based on feedback.
• Partner closely with product managers and engineers as an embedded collaborator on a product team.
• Use AI tools to accelerate workflows, automate repetitive tasks, and improve code and design quality.
• Contribute to design feedback sessions with internal and external stakeholders to validate assumptions.
• Advocate for product quality and user experience, including creating guardrails when needed.

Benefits

• Flexible work environment at a remote-friendly, globally distributed company.
• Employer contributions toward healthcare.
• Company stock options for every new team member.
• Flexible time off in the US and generous time-off entitlement in other countries.
• USD $500 home office setup allowance for remote employees.
• Opportunities to connect with colleagues at company-wide offsites.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed