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.
About the Role:
Here at Confluent, we’re building a streaming platform that’s changing the way people access and use data in real-time. What we’re making is already at the heart of thousands of companies and has led to a whole new generation of incredibly smart software that’s integrated into many aspects of our lives including banking, entertainment, transportation, health care, and more.
We’re seeking a versatile, strong design leader who loves problem solving, has a great eye for design, and is excited to lead strategic design efforts.
What You Will Do:
Guide, mentor and grow our team of designers in India
Use design to make our data streaming technology easy to understand and use.
Contribute to our product strategy with a keen understanding of customer goals, business goals, and our platform capabilities.
Take broad, conceptual ideas and turn them into simple, useful, elegant solutions for our customers.
Partner with functional groups and collaborate with designers to bring new product experiences to market, track our success, and iterate.
Give and solicit feedback from customers and internal stakeholders.
Continuously raise our bar for quality and polish.
What You Will Bring:
Skilled at managing multiple product areas and guiding designers to strategically lead and support project work.
Work closely with product managers, engineers in order to deliver customer value.
Ability to innovate like crazy and guide designers through the toughest problems.
Enjoys formulating strategies and building awareness and support for these strategies.
Experienced working closely with engineers. Have a strong understanding and appreciation for technical details.
Extreme attention to detail when it comes to the construction of UI, systematic solutions, and workflows.
Thrives off giving and receiving feedback.
Experience designing for technical products is a plus.
A portfolio or link to examples showing your process, eye for aesthetics, and depth of design work along with your role in specific projects
10+ years working as a Product Designer and at least minimum of 5+ years experience managing design teams
Ready to build what's next? Let’s get in motion.
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.