Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This Product Designer role stands out in the SaaS ecosystem because it sits at the intersection of product strategy and day to day experience design for a mature, widely adopted software platform. The remit spans discovery through delivery and emphasizes design systems, patterns, and cross platform coherence, all core concerns when a SaaS product must stay consistent while expanding into new use cases and surfaces.
From a SaaS career perspective, the work builds durable leverage. Leading UX frameworks and quality standards develops the kind of product judgment that transfers across subscription businesses where retention, expansion, and usability compound over time. The role also signals meaningful exposure to cross functional operating rhythms with product, engineering, and research, plus hands on prototyping and validation, which are increasingly central to modern SaaS iteration cycles.
This position is best suited to an experienced individual contributor who prefers influence through craft, feedback, and partnership rather than formal people management. It will fit someone comfortable translating ambiguity into clear interaction models, and someone motivated by raising consistency and usability across a large product area. Interest in mentoring peers and communicating design decisions to mixed audiences is a strong alignment signal.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
Join Airtable as a Product Designer and help shape the future of our product experience. You'll drive the end-to-end design process across key product areas, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to define and execute on our product strategy. This is a unique opportunity to raise the bar on design quality, mentor and influence a team of designers, and deliver work that drives meaningful business impact as we scale.
What you'll do
- Partner with product managers, engineers, researchers, and other stakeholders throughout the design process, from discovery to delivery
- Drive the UX framework, design standards, and quality bar across your product area
- Deliver high-quality, detail-oriented designs that elevate the user experience and drive business outcomes
- Lead and influence other designers through collaboration, feedback, and mentorship, setting the standard for craft on the team
- Develop and champion scalable design patterns and frameworks that work across platforms
- Prototype and validate new ideas in close collaboration with engineering and research
- Contribute to the broader design team's culture, processes, and shared practices
Who you are
- 8+ years of product design experience, ideally at a SaaS company
- Portfolio showcasing thoughtful, impactful work and end-to-end user experiences
- Proven track record of cross-functional collaboration with product management, engineering, and research partners
- Experience leading and mentoring other designers in a senior IC capacity — elevating the work of those around you
- Strong presentation skills and ability to communicate design concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences
- Exceptional craft, attention to detail, and ability to deliver polished, high-quality designs
- Experience using AI-powered design and prototyping tools (e.g., Figma Make, Claude Code, Cursor) to rapidly explore ideas, build functional prototypes, and bridge the gap between design and engineering
- Comfort navigating ambiguity and driving clarity in complex problem spaces
Airtable is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and strive to create a workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any characteristic protected by applicable federal and state laws, regulations and ordinances. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.
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