Senior Product Designer

Apollo GraphQL

. Own design for defined workflows in Apollo's developer tools from discovery through shipped experience .

Posted 10/22/2026full-timeRemote • United States, CanadaSenior💰 $174,000 - $204,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in product and UX design with a strong focus on developer tools and complex products. Proficient in creating reusable design patterns and components while leveraging AI tools for rapid prototyping and usability testing.

Highest-signal resume keywords

5+ Years Designing SoftwareStrong Visual Design SkillsExperience Designing Developer ToolsTrack Record of Owning Features End to EndExperience Contributing to a Design System

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Hard Skills

Product DesignUX DesignInteraction DesignVisual DesignPrototypingUsability TestingDesign SystemsAPI ToolingComplex Product DesignDeveloper Experience Design

Soft Skills

CollaborationCuriosityComfort with Ambiguity

Tools & Technologies

AI ToolsDesign Tools

Industry Keywords

Developer ToolsInfrastructureDataSecurityIdentityAPIsAgent Experiences

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Apollo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own design for defined workflows in Apollo's developer tools from discovery through shipped experience
Partner daily with engineers and product managers to shape scope and trade-offs
Scope v1 experiences that deliver value quickly and iterate based on usage and feedback
Design states, edge cases, errors, and permissions that make technical products trustworthy
Contribute reusable patterns and components to the design system
Help migrate product surfaces onto the design system
Use AI tools to prototype and test ideas quickly
Run lightweight usability tests when the cost of being wrong is high
Tie design work to outcomes such as task completion, developer activation, and fewer support tickets
Work alongside the Head of Design on high-leverage problems including developer onboarding, core product interfaces, design systems, and emerging agentic products

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years designing software, with a focus on product or UX design
A portfolio of shipped work
Experience designing complex products, ideally for technical users: developer tools, infrastructure, data, security, identity, or APIs
Track record of owning features or workflows end to end, from discovery through shipping
Strong visual design, interaction, and craft skills
Comfortable working through ambiguity within a defined problem area
Preferred: shipped developer-focused experiences, API tooling, or agent experiences
Preferred: experience contributing to a design system
Preferred: use of AI tools to prototype and explore ideas faster
Preferred: engineering background or comfort working in code
Preferred: curiosity about developer tools and AI agents
San Francisco Bay Area preferred
Must work PST or CST hours
Must be authorized to work in the U.S.; application asks whether employment visa sponsorship is required

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity
Choice of 3 Anthem Blue Cross medical plans for U.S. employees
Additional Kaiser medical plans for California residents
Dental benefits provided by Sun Life Financial
Vision benefits provided by Sun Life Financial
Remote work from anywhere in the US or Canada
PST or CST working hours