Product Designer

LaunchDarkly — Product Designer (Contract) Core Skills (“Must-Have”) Figma mastery & design-system mindset Comfortable working inside an existing reusable component library Knows common SaaS UI patterns (modals, tables, wizards, dashboards) and can apply them consistently App-flow comprehension Quickly understands how current features work and extends them without breaking mental models Tight designer-engineer collaboration Partners daily with front-end engineers; speaks “component-level” language (props, states, breakpoints) Provides red-line specs, edge-case mocks, and async feedback in tools like Storybook or GitHub PRs Day-to-Day Responsibilities Ship incremental UI upgrades to the core LaunchDarkly SaaS platform (think: polishing flows rather than ground-up rebrands) Assemble layouts by snapping together pre-built Figma components—adding only what’s missing and documenting new patterns Validate usability through quick internal reviews or lightweight user checks; iterate based on findings and stakeholder input Nice-to-Have Extras Familiarity with AI-enhanced design tools (e.g., Locofy, V0.dev, Cursor) to accelerate wire-up or code hand-off Experience visualizing “health” or “status” states in analytics / monitoring products Sample Mini-Projects You Might Tackle Scenario: Convert modal → full-screen Take an existing “Create Metric” modal and redesign it as a full-screen wizard that feels native to the app shell Scenario: Metric health-check widget Craft a compact UI that instantly shows whether all metric requirements are met (green/amber/red + tooltip drill-downs) Show more Show less