Job Description
Ovii's Interpretation of the Role
Plane is looking for a senior product designer to own the end‑to‑end design of core workflow surfaces across its cloud and self‑hosted platforms. The role works closely with product managers, engineers, and researchers in a distributed team, delivering high‑fidelity specs and design system decisions that ship quickly to public users.
Role Snapshot
- Senior product designer
- End‑to‑end UI/UX ownership
- Design system stewardship
- Data‑heavy interface expertise
- Cross‑team collaboration
Must-Have Requirements
- End‑to‑end product design experience
- Fluent in Figma
- Design system creation or contribution
- Design of dense, data‑heavy interfaces
- Ability to produce developer‑ready specs
- Clear written communication for design rationale
- end‑to‑end product design
- dense data‑heavy UI work
- design system ownership
Nice-to-Have Signals
- Usability testing or independent user research
- Design for developer/technical audiences
- Experience at a fast‑paced B2B SaaS startup
- usability testing
- design for technical audiences
- B2B SaaS startup pace
Work Setup
- Location: United States
- Employment type: Full-Time
Not Specified in JD
- Salary range
- Visa sponsorship
- Remote eligibility
- Relocation
- Travel
- Security clearance
- Coding test
- Portfolio
- GitHub
- Writing sample
- Cover letter
What You'll Likely Work On
- Own design of core workflow surfaces (issues, cycles, views) from problem framing to high‑fidelity specs
- Define where the design system can be extended or must stay consistent, creating new patterns as needed
- Run usability tests, translate friction points into design problems, and reprioritize the roadmap accordingly
- Design for both cloud customers and self‑hosted deployments across varied screen sizes and environments
- Collaborate daily with engineers and product managers across San Francisco and Hyderabad, with public design reviews in GitHub
- Defend design decisions in writing when trade‑offs arise, without relying on additional research studies
Good Fit If You Have
- Enjoys public, transparent design reviews and rapid iteration
- Thrives in fast‑paced B2B SaaS environments
- Comfortable articulating rationale to engineers and stakeholders
Skills
- Product design (end‑to‑end)
- Figma
- Design system development
- Complex UI / data‑heavy interface design
- Developer‑ready specifications
- Clear written communication
- Usability testing (preferred)
- Design for developer audiences (preferred)
- B2B SaaS startup experience (preferred)