Staff Product Designer, Knowledge Graph

About GitLab

GitLab is an open-core software company dedicated to developing the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps Platform, trusted by over 100,000 organizations. Our core mission is to empower everyone to contribute to and co-create the software that drives our world. By enabling widespread contribution, we transform consumers into contributors, significantly accelerating human progress. The GitLab platform seamlessly unites teams and organizations, breaking down traditional barriers and redefining the possibilities within software development. Through innovative products like Duo Enterprise and Duo Agent Platform, our customers benefit from AI at every stage of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

The same principles that underpin our products are deeply embedded in our team's workflow: we champion AI as a fundamental productivity multiplier. All team members are expected to integrate AI into their daily tasks to enhance efficiency, foster innovation, and maximize impact. GitLab is a place where careers thrive, innovation flourishes, and every voice is respected. Our high-performance culture is fueled by our core values and continuous knowledge exchange, empowering our team members to achieve their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to tackle complex challenges. Join us in co-creating the future as we build technology that revolutionizes how the world develops software.

About The Role

As a Staff Product Designer, Knowledge Graph at GitLab, you will be instrumental in leading the design for cross-cutting platform experiences – the foundational elements that touch every workflow across all stages of our product. This role demands deep collaboration, as every design decision creates ripples throughout the entire platform. You will work in close partnership with Product Management, Engineering, and designers across various stages, translating ambiguity into clear direction, defining innovative solutions, and delivering impactful work that significantly enhances the experience for developers and DevSecOps teams.

Your initial focus will be on leading the design for the Knowledge Graph – a foundational capability designed to connect information across the GitLab platform, enabling smarter, more context-aware user experiences. This critical work requires profound systems thinking, a keen understanding of how data relationships manifest throughout the product, and the ability to define robust patterns that other teams can build upon and extend.

This role is project-based, centered on solving persistent problems that transcend organizational boundaries and necessitate a holistic view of the entire product. Throughout your journey, you will actively share knowledge, contribute to our Pajamas Design System, and mentor other designers. Staff Product Designers are pivotal culture carriers, modeling exemplary collaboration and iterative ways of working while continuously elevating the bar for design craft.

What You’ll Do

• Lead design on platform experience – Drive the end-to-end design process for cross-cutting features and workflows that impact users across the product. Define both tactical deliverables that solve immediate user problems and strategic outputs that connect to the longer-term platform vision.
• Partner cross-functionally – Coordinate across multiple groups to align on platform-level experiences. Work closely with Product Managers and Engineering Managers to shape priorities, scope Minimum Viable Changes (MVCs), and ensure design intent is maintained throughout the development lifecycle.
• Elevate craft and quality – Demonstrate excellence in interaction design, visual design, and systems thinking. Raise the quality bar through thoughtful feedback in design reviews and by modeling high standards in your own work.
• Contribute to the design system – Actively contribute to Pajamas by identifying reusable patterns, proposing new components, and ensuring your group’s work extends and adheres to system standards.
• Mentor and support others – Coach Product Designers and Senior Product Designers through pairing sessions, design critiques, and knowledge sharing. Help onboard new team members and contribute to a collective team culture.
• Ground work in research – Conduct usability studies, competitor evaluations, and formative research. Collaborate with UX Research on problem validation and incorporate insights to fulfill both user and business needs.

What You’ll Bring

• Demonstrated ability to lead design on complex, ambiguous projects that require significant cross-functional collaboration.
• Strong portfolio showcasing end-to-end product design work, from problem framing through shipped solutions.
• Experience mentoring designers and elevating team craft.
• Proficiency with Figma and prototyping tools.
• Excellent communication skills – ability to present work, articulate rationale, and facilitate alignment.
• Experience collaborating closely with Product Management and Engineering.
• Systems thinking and experience contributing to or working with design systems.
• Familiarity with developer tools, DevSecOps, or technical B2B products is a significant plus.
• Experience working in remote, distributed teams.

Compensation and Benefits

The base salary range for this role’s listed level is currently for residents of the United States only. This range is intended to reflect the role's base salary rate in locations throughout the US. Grade level and salary ranges are determined through interviews and a review of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant, equity with other team members, alignment with market data, and geographic location. The base salary range does not include any bonuses, equity, or benefits. Sales roles are also eligible for incentive pay targeted at up to 100% of the offered base salary.

United States Salary Range: $160,000—$250,000 USD

How GitLab Will Support You:

• Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being.
• Flexible Paid Time Off.
• Team Member Resource Groups.
• Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Growth and Development Fund.
• Parental leave.
• Home office support.

GitLab is an all-remote company that hires new team members in countries around the world. While this role is remote, certain location-based eligibility requirements may apply. Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally, studies have shown that people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application.

GitLab is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know during the recruiting process.

Key skills/competency

• Product Design
• Knowledge Graph
• DevSecOps Platform
• Systems Thinking
• Figma
• Prototyping
• Cross-functional Collaboration
• User Research
• Design Systems
• Mentorship