Senior Product Designer
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Oakland, CA · $174k–$218k a year · Posted November 7, 2026
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November 2026
- #2Cities with the most hybrid jobs34% · of 100
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- #11Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living$187k · of 94
Rankings about design jobs
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- Employers with the most design jobs #1 Amazon (176 roles)
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $196,190 a year. Across 77 open senior product designer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $162,500 to $197,500 and the median is $184,000. That is inside the middle half of those listings, 7% above the median.
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How AI is used in this kind of work
Among web and digital interface designers, AI is already used for some of the tasks. Measured exposure for web and digital interface designers: 25% (some).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
From Fivetran’s founding until now, our mission has remained the same: to make access to data as simple and reliable as electricity. With Fivetran, customer data arrives in their warehouses, canonical and ready to query, with no engineering or maintenance required. We’re proud that more organizations continue to leverage our technology every day to become truly data-driven.
About Us
Fivetran and dbt Labs are bringing together two industry-leading companies with a shared mission: helping organizations unlock the full value of their data. Together, we’re delivering the data infrastructure layer that helps organizations move, transform, and trust their data — from the moment data moves, through every transformation, to the context teams and AI systems rely on. Fivetran helps organizations automate data movement across the systems, clouds, engines, and tools they rely on. dbt Labs pioneered analytics engineering, helping teams transform data into reliable, governed insights. Together, we support thousands of organizations as they build a trusted foundation for analytics, AI, and better business decisions. As we bring our teams and technology together, we’re building on the strengths of both companies while continuing to deliver the products and experiences our customers know and trust. It’s an exciting time to join us: we’re creating a company with the scale, talent, and technology to help more organizations put their data to work with greater speed, confidence, and impact. During this transition period, you may see references to both Fivetran and dbt Labs throughout our recruiting process as we integrate our teams, systems, and career sites.
About the Role
We are looking for a Senior Product Designer to take our experience to the next level! You will shape the future of the Fivetran and dbt Labs for businesses and see your work drive real business and impact. You will be diving deep into the daily lives of our users and ensuring they are set up for success. You'll balance analytics and user research to identify user problems and opportunities. Taking the lead on solving complex user problems should excite you and get your creative juices flowing. We value those that hit the ground running, leading by example on projects and collaborating well cross-functionally. As you talk with our team, your portfolio should contain case studies that demonstrate strong storytelling skills, use of effective design methodologies, and clear results from your work. Fivetran and dbt Labs have a positive, diverse, and supportive culture. We appreciate designers who are curious, humble, think deeply, speak clearly, and thrive on collaboration and feedback. If this sounds like a good fit for you, send us a hello with links to your work and experience! This is a full-time position based out of our Oakland or Denver offices. Our hybrid work model offers a blend of remote flexibility and in-person collaboration, including two days in the office each week to connect and build as a team.
What You’ll Do
Own end-to-end design for your product areas, delivering impactful solutions and shaping direction with partners to align with business goals
Partner closely with product and engineering to shape direction and turn complex technical requirements into intuitive experiences
Design workflows for technical users that simplify complexity while preserving power and clarity
Use research and analytics to understand technical users, identify opportunities, and inform and validate design decisions
Create flows, interaction models, and prototypes to explore ideas and align teams
Connect design decisions to customer and business outcomes
Design AI-powered and AI-assisted experiences for complex workflows
Define patterns for AI features, including trust, transparency, control, feedback, and recovery
Use AI tools in your end-to-end design process to accelerate synthesis, exploration, prototyping, and iteration
Drive impactful design outcomes with urgency, proactively navigating ambiguity, unblocking challenges, and maintaining momentum
Champion user-centered design by confidently influencing product decisions and challenging partners when needed.
Skills We’re Looking For
5+ years of experience in end-to-end product design for complex SaaS, B2B, enterprise, or technical products (data, analytics, developer tools, infrastructure, or similarly technical domains are preferred).
Experience designing complex technical experiences with a strong ability to empathize with and deeply understand technical users.
Driven by a deep understanding of how products get used and experience leveraging UX research and analytics to inform and measure design decisions.
Ability to lead customer research, customer validation, concept design, usability testing, and other modern design practices.
Ability to drive and land UX strategy for complex design problems that span multiple teams.
Entrepreneurial and self-motivated with a bias toward action.
Ability to craft engaging presentations with engrossing stories that influence stakeholders and cross-functional peers.
Excitement for the chance to shape the design culture at a growing company and to inspire people with your unique perspective.
Fluency using AI in your design process.
Bonus Skills
Experience designing for observability, monitoring, or platform/infrastructure tooling.
Experience designing AI-powered product experiences such as copilots, intelligent recommendations, guided troubleshooting, summarization, or agent-like interactions.
A desire to have fun while building a great product!
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The compensation range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire compensation for the target position and level, and may include sales incentives or target bonuses depending on the role. Our compensation ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Our job titles may span more than one career level. Within the range, individual compensation is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, relevant education or training, business need, market demands. The compensation range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation range for your location during the hiring process.
Oakland Pay Range $174,391 — $217,989 USD
Perks and Benefits
100% employer-paid medical insurance *
Generous paid time away from work, including paid vacation or flexible/unlimited vacation depending on role and country, plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave, paid holidays, including a year-end Global Week of Rest, and volunteer days off.
RSU stock grants*
Professional development and training opportunities
Company virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team-building activities
Monthly cell phone stipend</l