Staff Design Engineer - Cloud Networking UX

About the role

Canonical is hiring a Staff Design Engineer focused on cloud networking UX in Kampala. The role defines and drives the UX strategy for cloud networking products across Canonical's portfolio, creating intuitive interfaces for complex networking concepts such as VPCs, subnets, routing tables, security groups, load balancers and network observability.

Key responsibilities

• Create and evolve design systems and patterns that scale across multiple products and platforms
• Conduct user research with DevOps engineers, network administrators, SREs and cloud architects to understand their workflows, pain points and mental models
• Build prototypes and high-fidelity designs using Figma or similar tools
• Create experiences for network troubleshooting, monitoring and observability, covering both GUI and terminal-based (CLI) user experiences
• Mentor designers and contribute to design culture across Canonical
• Own one of the working groups that enables Canonical design's horizontal efforts

Required profile

• Exceptional academic track record from high school and university; Bachelor's degree or equivalent in User Experience, Design or STEM, or a compelling alternative path
• 8+ years of experience in product, UX or interaction design with a strong portfolio of B2B/enterprise products
• Solid understanding of cloud computing and networking fundamentals, and experience designing for developers and operations teams
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events, up to two weeks long

Required skills

• Strong information architecture skills
• User research methodologies
• Excellent communication skills, able to explain design rationale to technical and non-technical audiences
• Comfortable working in a distributed, remote-first environment