Product Design Lead

• Shape the entire platform, your work will create the coherent vision that ties everything together
• Lead design as strategy, your design decisions will directly influence how developers understand and interact with supply chain security
• Partner with leadership, your voice will be essential in shaping what we build
• Design end-to-end experiences across Socket's product portfolio that make complex security concepts feel approachable and actionable for developers
• Work with the engineering team to develop interfaces that abstract away complexity while preserving the rigor and precision security demands
• Establish and evolve Socket's design system, creating patterns and components that let us move fast without compromising on craft or consistency
• Shape the visual and interaction language that developers associate with Socket, establishing a standard others follow
• Participate in customer conversations to understand how developers actually use our products and where clarity breaks down
• Help define the roadmap and prioritize design opportunities that will have the most impact on adoption and user success
• Be part of hiring and building a world-class design team as we grow.

• You've shipped products at a high bar and understand the difference between surface-level polish and systems-level clarity
• Deep experience designing for developers or technical audiences, you understand the contexts where clarity really matters
• Portfolio that demonstrates systems thinking: how you've defined design languages, built component systems, and maintained consistency across complex products
• Comfort working directly with engineering and product leadership, able to move fast and make decisions without excessive process
• Experience designing security or infrastructure tools is a plus, but not required, what matters is your ability to take complexity and make it clear
• You care about craft. The details matter to you, not because they're decorative but because they're functional. You understand that every pixel, every interaction, every word choice shapes how someone experiences a product.

Experience designing security or infrastructure tools is a plus

• Market competitive salary bands
• Meaningful equity program
• Comprehensive health benefits for you and your family
• Flexible time-off, holidays, and winter shutdown to rest & recharge
• Paid parental leave
• Remote-first, with quarterly team off-sites