Staff Product Designer, Admin

Docker

1d•$163,450 - $233,500•Remote

About The Position

Docker is seeking a Staff Product Designer for its Admin Platform. This role involves designing the interfaces and workflows that organizations use to manage Docker, including settings, identity and access management, billing, and policy. The designer will be responsible for ensuring a coherent and trustworthy administrative experience across all Docker products, recognizing the critical role these surfaces play in building user confidence. The position requires a deep understanding of IAM, billing, and scalable settings design, with a focus on treating the administrator as a distinct user with unique needs. This role is crucial for maintaining the integrity and usability of Docker's administrative functions as the company's product footprint expands. The designer will own the end-to-end design of the Admin Platform, ensuring seamless integration of new features and products, and driving the reduction of UX debt. Collaboration with engineering, product management, sales, security, and legal teams is essential. The position also involves mentoring junior designers and shaping design practices within the team.

Requirements

Proven track record designing admin, settings, or operations-facing surfaces: IAM, billing, policy management, audit and compliance UIs, org management, or similar
Experience designing cross-product systems, not just screens, but the connective tissue between surfaces that has to stay coherent as the product grows
Deep familiarity with developer tools, platforms, or infrastructure products; you understand the developer context even when designing primarily for the admin
Solid grasp of qualitative and quantitative research methods; ability to synthesize across multiple evidence streams (telemetry, support, qualitative research, sales conversations) into a coherent point of view
Fluency with prototyping and iterative development; you show thinking early and work it out in the open
Ability to develop strong, informed opinions about new technology domains quickly, including areas like AI tooling and containerized environments you may not have designed for before
Experience mentoring or coaching product designers; this role shapes design practice across the team, not just output within a single surface
Empathy for the administrator as a distinct user: someone accountable to their organization, not just trying to get their own work done
Systems thinker; you see how a permissions decision in the Admin console creates expectations in Docker Desktop, and you design with that in mind
Strong opinions, loosely held; you advocate clearly and update gracefully when new evidence arrives
Ability to explain complexity without flattening it; you respect the intelligence of both your users and your cross-functional partners
Humility and a genuine learning mindset; the admin platform touches a wide surface area and no one walks in knowing all of it
Reflective, accountable, and ownership-oriented
AI-forward design process: you're meaningfully integrating tooling into how you work, not just using it as a talking point

Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end design for the Admin Platform: settings, identity and access management, billing, policy surfaces, and cross-product admin workflows
Ensure that administrators can manage their organizations and achieve their goals across every Docker product surface without hitting seams or contradictions
Identify UX debt across the admin domain and drive it into the roadmap; you're accountable for the overall quality of the experience, not just the next sprint
Partner closely with Engineering and PM to define how new products and features integrate with the admin platform in a way that feels coherent, not bolted on
Use AI tools actively throughout the design process for prototyping, synthesis, and iteration
Collaborate across stakeholders (product, engineering, sales, security, and legal) to build a shared design direction for how Docker serves its administrators
Mentor and elevate more junior designers; your work should be the reference that others study and pull from

Benefits

Freedom & flexibility; fit your work around your life
Designated quarterly Whaleness Days plus end of year Whaleness break
Home office setup; we want you comfortable while you work
16 weeks of paid Parental leave (after 6 months of employment)
Technology stipend equivalent to $100 USD net/month
PTO plan that encourages you to take time to do the things you enjoy
Training stipend for conferences, courses and classes
Equity; we are a growing start-up and want all employees to have a share in the success of the company
Docker Swag
Medical benefits, retirement and holidays vary by country
Remote-first culture, with offices in Seattle and Paris