Lead Designer

DataDog
New York
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 119,000 - 159,000 annuallyFunction: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)Experience: 8+ yearsSkills: ["Systems thinking","Strategic thinking","Stakeholder communication","Creative judgment","Mentorship"]

Lead the evolution of Datadog’s visual identity and set the quality bar for brand expression across all touchpoints. Build and steward a scalable, Figma-native brand system—components, variables, documentation, and governance—so teams can create high-quality work quickly. Partner cross-functionally to deliver cohesive creative experiences, influence stakeholders through visual storytelling, and enable designers with tools, workflows, and AI-assisted design processes.

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Lead Designer

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Job Summary

Lead the evolution of Datadog’s visual identity and set the quality bar for brand expression across all touchpoints. Build and steward a scalable, Figma-native brand system—components, variables, documentation, and governance—so teams can create high-quality work quickly. Partner cross-functionally to deliver cohesive creative experiences, influence stakeholders through visual storytelling, and enable designers with tools, workflows, and AI-assisted design processes.
Location: New York
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead the evolution of Datadog’s visual identity and set the quality bar for brand expression across every touchpoint.
  • •Build brand systems, templates, asset libraries, and guidelines that help teams create high-quality work quickly.
  • •Design, build, and steward a scalable, Figma-native brand system with component libraries, variables, documentation, and governance.
  • •Partner with Brand, Creative Operations, Product, Marketing, Sales, and other cross-functional teams to deliver cohesive, high-impact creative experiences.
  • •Present concepts and rationale to stakeholders and help define how brand design practice evolves as the company grows.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 119,000 - 159,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalParental Leave401kPaid LeaveRsusGym MembershipEquity

Key Requirements

  • •8+ years of experience in graphic design and brand development with a portfolio in visual identity and brand craft.
  • •Strong foundation in typography, layout, color, and visual hierarchy.
  • •Hands-on Figma expertise, including component architecture, style/variable systems, and documentation for other designers.
  • •Built a large-scale brand system or Figma library from scratch.
  • •Experience mentoring or enabling designers to work confidently within the system you built.
Experience:8+ yearsBrand development
Skills:Systems thinkingStrategic thinkingStakeholder communicationCreative judgmentMentorship
Languages:English
Tech Stack:FigmaAI-assisted workflows

Company Brief

DataDog
Provides a cloud-native monitoring and observability platform that unifies metrics, traces, logs, and security signals to help engineering, operations, and security teams monitor and troubleshoot modern applications and infrastructure.
Industry: Developer Tools
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2010
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