Who you are

• 10+ years experience in product or service design
• OR Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, or related field AND 8+ years experience in product or service design
• OR Master's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, or related field AND 6+ years experience in product or service design
• OR Doctorate in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, or related field AND 4+ years experience in product or service design
• OR equivalent experience
• Experience designing complex, multi‑workflow SaaS products
• Experience with WCAG compliance and/or implementing accessibility best practices
• A portfolio demonstrating high-craft, hands-on experience designing dev tools or SaaS products and interactions—especially if it includes AI-driven products
• Experience designing for Large Language Models and AI
• Experience contributing to or using an established design system
• Experience using open source design systems

What the job involves

• At GitHub, we are passionate about creating innovative solutions that enhance the developer experience for millions of people worldwide
• As a Staff Product Designer, you’ll work closely with designers, product managers, and engineers to shape the next generation of developer tools, including pivotal design system advancements and the exploration and implementation of AI-ready UX patterns
• Join us at this exciting time in our company’s journey, where your contributions will be essential in elevating our core experiences and driving GitHub toward a bold future!
• As a Staff Product Designer at GitHub, you’re a visionary, tastemaker, and visual designer who dreams, sleeps, and breathes design—always thinking big and forward, yet grounding the team in what matters now
• You sweat every pixel, bring impeccable quality and craft, and thrive at innovating new styles and exploring bold concepts
• Your creativity excites and rallies those around you, and your passion for both product and brand is unmistakable
• While this is a product design role, you’ll work extensively on design system initiatives and collaborate on platform-wide and AI-driven UX solutions, partnering across disciplines to champion high standards, inspire transformative solutions, and continually expand your expertise at the intersection of vision and detail
• Staff Product Designers at GitHub are expert individual contributors; they're given a lot of autonomy and trust to work on our most impactful design projects
• For this specific role, you will report directly to the Senior Director, Core UX Design
• Shaping: Define great products and developer experiences with a clear point of view—making intentional choices about what’s included and excluded
• Systems Thinking: Design systematically, advancing the design system while considering information architecture and evolving UI and AI-ready UX patterns.Tastemaking & Boundary-Pushing: Be a tastemaker who explores new styles, sets trends, and pushes the limits of what's possible
• Curiosity: Stay adaptable and curious, especially in fast-paced areas like AI and LLMs, to uncover new opportunities and pattern innovations
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with designers and teams, especially across systems, AI/ML, and engineering, to test ideas, generate solutions, and synthesize user and business insights
• Prototyping & Implementation: Create interactive prototypes and collaborate with engineering for robust implementation and quality assurance
• Storytelling: Exceptional written and verbal storytelling skills—you design not just the interface or building blocks, but the way people understand and connect with GitHub products
• High-Quality Design Production: Deliver high-quality, accessible visual and interaction designs, advocating for brand adherence and inclusivity
• Brand Alignment: Develop experiences that reflect GitHub’s brand vision and work closely with Engineering for successful outcomes

Benefits

• Flexible time away to support balance in your work and life
• Clear diversity, inclusion, and anti-discrimination policies backed by business practices and company culture
• 100% of medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums covered by GitHub for you + your dependents. (Includes gender-affirming benefits)
• Five months of paid family leave to all new parents with the option to use it all at once or throughout the child’s first year
• Family forming benefits that cover fertility, infertility, adoption, and surrogacy costs and support
• Mental health benefits that offer resources and support and cover therapy and coaching sessions for you and your dependents
• Generous 401(k) matching with 50% match up to the IRS 402(g) limit (US; competitive non-US pension options internationally)
• Employee stock purchase plan that lets you purchase Microsoft stock at a discount. (Microsoft is our parent company.)