About this role
ABOUT DOCKER
Docker has been one of the most loved brands in developer tooling, trusted by more than 20 million monthly users and over 20 billion container image pulls. From solo founders to the world's largest companies, developers rely on Docker to build, share, and run their applications across our suite of products including Docker Desktop, Docker Hub, and Docker Scout.
We are a globally distributed, remote-first team building the tools that define how software gets built and delivered. As AI agents redefine software development, Docker is at the center of that shift, providing the sandboxed environments, verified images, and secure infrastructure that make autonomous workflows trustworthy by default.
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ABOUT DOCKER
Docker gives developers the tools to build, ship, and run software. Millions of developers use Docker every day, and we are now building the platform layer for AI agents on top of the container workflow they already know.
We are a small design team that works close to engineering and holds a high bar for craft.
ABOUT THE ROLE
We're looking for a Director of Product Design to lead the team behind existing and new products in the Docker portfolio, spanning our GUIs and the CLI. You'll manage the designers and raise the quality of what they ship, and you'll stay close enough to the work to build and critique it yourself, from the first prototype to the details of spacing, states, and copy.
You'll work alongside our principal designers, our Director of UX Research, design engineers, engineering leaders, and product leaders to turn technically complex systems into experiences that feel clear to the person using them.
You will report to the SVP of Design. This role is remote, with working hours that overlap US and Europe time zones.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
- Lead and grow the product design team.
- Set the craft bar expected at each level and hold it through critique and your own work.
- Partner with engineering and product from the start of a project, so design and engineering ship together.
- Give designers ownership of important problems, with the context and trust to make good calls.
- Shape how the team works with AI tools: human judgment leads, and the tools speed up the work.
- Work with design engineering and the design system team so the shared system helps teams move faster without limiting new ideas.
ABOUT YOU
You lead people:
- You have led a product design team of comparable size through change, and you have grown designers from mid-level through senior and staff.
- You have partnered closely with design engineers and engineering leaders, and you can engage with the technical decisions that shape the experience.
- You state a clear point of view to engineering and product leaders and stay open to challenge and better ideas.
You build:
- You still make things. You can prototype, critique a flow at the level of s