Job Description

With Confluent, organizations can harness the full power of continuously flowing data to innovate and win in the modern digital world. We have a purpose that drives us to do better every day - we're creating an entirely new category within data infrastructure - data streaming. This technology will allow every organization to create experiences and use the power of data in ways that profoundly impact the way we all live. This impact is our purpose and drives us to do better every day. One Confluent. One team. One Data Streaming Platform. Data Connects Us. **About the Role:** This is a remote, opportunity for candidates located in the United States. As part of the Kafka product team within Confluent Cloud, you will work on envisioning and evolving new features and usability improvements to our core Kafka user experience. You'll join the broader Confluent product design organization, collaborating with about 20 other designers tackling similarly complex and technical problem spaces. **What You Will Do:** + Lead design initiatives for various features of the Confluent Cloud data streaming platform. + Translate complex conceptual ideas into interaction or service design solutions tailored to meet the needs of our unique customer base of developers and operators. + Drive product strategy by acting as the voice of the customer and aligning user needs with business and technical requirements. + Craft consistent, delightful, best-in-class user experiences and provide feedback to other designers to ensure design excellence. + Perform usability testing, gather feedback from end users, and share findings and recommendations with the broader team. + Collaborate with cross-functional teams and fellow designers to launch new product experiences, track performance, and iterate on enhancements. **What You Will Bring:** + Minimum 3 years of experience as a Product or UX Designer. + Experience collaborating closely with product and engineering teams to implement features that are both delightful for the user and feasible for the business. + Ability to advocate for the role of design or user research in the product delivery process. + Experience consistently implementing a Design System. + Comfortable leading user research sessions, alone or with support from peers. + Enthusiastic about giving and receiving constructive feedback to drive design excellence. + Proficiency in producing realistic prototypes to convey interaction design concepts. + A portfolio showcasing your design process, design projects, and associated outcomes. **What Gives You an Edge:** + Curious to learn about developer and operator experiences; comfortable discovering, researching, and understanding technical documentation and media material. + Demonstrates initiative to acquire subject matter knowledge through self-study or collaboration; unafraid of asking questions. + Communicates clearly with stakeholders on key insights affecting user experience and stands up for the user. + Shows openness to feedback from stakeholders and collaborators and iterates on designs with trust in that feedback. + Leverages diagrams or illustrations to communicate concepts or user journeys, not just UI screens. **Come As You Are** At Confluent, equality is a core tenet of our culture. We are committed to building an inclusive global team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, beliefs, and experiences. The more diverse we are, the richer our community and the broader our impact. Employment decisions are made on the basis of job-related criteria without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law. At Confluent, we are committed to providing competitive pay and benefits that are in line with industry standards. We analyze and carefully consider several factors when determining compensation, including work history, education, professional experience, and location. This position has an annual estimated salary of $145,800 - $171,270 USD and a competitive equity package. The actual pay may vary depending on your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Confluent offers a wide range of employee benefits. To learn more about our benefits click HERE ( . Click HERE ( to review our Candidate Privacy Notice which describes how and when Confluent, Inc., and its group companies, collects, uses, and shares certain personal information of California job applicants and prospective employees. \#LI-Remote

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