Senior User Experience Designer

Job Description

Are you a UX designer driven by curiosity and purpose?

Do you love designing next-gen enterprise product experiences?

Join the Akamai API Security UX team!

Akamai's industry-leading API Security platform (formerly Noname) is transforming how APIs are protected and monitored and we want you to help lead the charge.

Great design can transform businesses

We're seeking a UX Designer to lead end-to-end design from concept to launch. If you're passionate about UX, love tackling technical challenges, and want to design for a platform trusted by the world's top organizations this role is for you.

As a Senior UX Designer, You Will

• Acting as a strategic partner who represents users and ensures their needs and feedback drive design decisions.
• Making complex systems simple, clear, and navigable
• Designing intuitive, visually polished interfaces that elevate the product
• Conducting evaluative user research and making data-driven design decisions.
• Contributing to our design system and our team's shared knowledge of design and research best practices.
  
  

Do What You Love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have excellent UX design skills with a deep understanding of technical personas (e.g., developers, App Sec teams) and scalable design for complex systems.
• Have 5+ years of UX design experience, with work examples or a portfolio demonstrating design for complex products.
• Demonstrate deep visual design abilities with up-to-date knowledge of UI trends and industry best practices
• Have hands-on experience with Figma, design systems, and component libraries, and an understanding of engineering constraints.
• Have a keen eye for detail and the ability to connect content, terminology, and product flows across technical domains.
  
  

Build your career at Akamai

Our ability to shape digital life today relies on developing exceptional people like you. The kind that can turn impossible into possible. We’re doing everything we can to make Akamai a great place to work. A place where you can learn, grow and have a meaningful impact.

With our company moving so fast, it’s important that you’re able to build new skills, explore new roles, and try out different opportunities. There are so many different ways to build your career at Akamai, and we want to support you as much as possible. We have all kinds of development opportunities available, from programs such as GROW and Mentoring, to internal events like the APEX Expo and tools such as Linkedin Learning, all to help you expand your knowledge and experience here.

Learn more

Not sure if this job is the right match for you or want to learn more about the job before you apply? Schedule a 15-minute exploratory call with the Recruiter and they would be happy to share more details.