Esper is experiencing hyper growth! We’re the industry’s first DevOps SaaS platform designed to provide a simple, safe, and secure way for engineering and DevOps teams to release applications and manage smart Android devices. Our device infrastructure enables developer, mid-market orgs, and enterprise fleets of 100,000+ devices to deliver their software as a service. Esper has rapidly-growing global customer adoption among some of the world’s most innovative major brands in retail, hospitality, logistics, and healthcare.
We are looking for a Staff Product Designer to bring leadership, systems thinking, and deep UX expertise to our product team. As our product is complex (enterprise mobility, device management, and infrastructure at scale), we need someone who can operate at both strategic and execution levels — setting design direction, mentoring designers, and ensuring high-quality user experiences.
This is not a pure visual design role. You will drive end-to-end UX thinking, create alignment across product and engineering, and elevate the design function from being execution-driven to research- and rationale-driven decision making.
What You’ll Do
- Lead UX strategy & explorations for key product initiatives, ensuring design decisions are backed by research, principles, and systems thinking.
- Mentor and coach junior designers, helping them move faster and with higher quality.
- Partner with product managers and engineers to align on problems, constraints, and solutions.
- Bring a strong point of view and challenge assumptions where necessary, ensuring we ship the best possible experiences.
- Establish scalable design practices and methodologies that work in a fast-moving startup environment.
- Contribute to building a design system and shared UX patterns to improve consistency and speed.
- Ramp quickly into our MDM and enterprise tech domain — ideally drawing from prior experience, but at minimum showing the ability to learn and adapt fast.
What We’re Looking For
- 7–10+ years of product design experience, with a portfolio demonstrating complex product design (B2B SaaS, infra tools, enterprise platforms).
- Proven ability to work independently at a senior/staff level, leading design from exploration through delivery.
- Strong grasp of UX principles, research, and systems thinking.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills — able to drive alignment across teams.
- Experience mentoring designers and raising the overall design bar for the team.
- Startup-ready: comfortable with ambiguity, fast iteration, and wearing multiple hats.
- Bonus: Background in MDM, IOT, mobility, or enterprise IT domains
What we think makes us special
Esper is a fast-growing, well-funded company where everyone matters and you can see your impact daily. We trust our teammates and offer intense ownership and therefore accountability. We’re inventing the future and building something special. The team really enjoys what we do and cares about your input. We don’t hire just to fill a spot, we want you to make a difference.