We’re not just building better tech. We’re rewriting how data moves and what the world can do with it. With Confluent, data doesn’t sit still. Our platform puts information in motion, streaming in near real-time so companies can react faster, build smarter, and deliver experiences as dynamic as the world around them.

It takes a certain kind of person to join this team. Those who ask hard questions, give honest feedback, and show up for each other. No egos, no solo acts. Just smart, curious humans pushing toward something bigger, together.

One Confluent. One Team. One Data Streaming Platform.

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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

Belonging isn’t a perk here. It’s the baseline. We work across time zones and backgrounds, knowing the best ideas come from different perspectives. And we make space for everyone to lead, grow, and challenge what’s possible.

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Employment decisions are based on 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 law.