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Prototype Design Engineer
Location
United States
Posted
150 days ago
Salary
$170K - $210K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Prototype Design Engineer
Kentik
• Gather and review requirements from Product Managers and customers, identifying pain points and designing solutions. • Use prototypes as communication tools to align design, research, and engineering teams around shared understanding and direction. • Take a holistic approach to improve Kentik's UX, contributing to its overall accessibility and usability. • Effectively present and articulate design choices to various stakeholders, including Product Management, Engineering Management, customers, and executives. • Collaborate with other Product Designers to drive strategic UX initiatives across the entire product and enhance the overall Kentik experience by making it more accessible to novice users. • Produce UI artifacts using appropriate tools based on the design exercise, such as high-to-low-resolution mockups, and visual designs.
Job Requirements
- Demonstrated curiosity and/or experience in observability/infrastructure analytics or monitoring, with a willingness to learn complex technical concepts and present them with simple UX.
- Strong prototyping skills, capable of quickly iterating and adjusting designs to achieve consensus.
- Analytical and structured mindset, capable of asking the right questions, digging into user data, talking to customers, and making design choices that benefit our user base.
- Passion for enterprise SaaS offerings, particularly data-heavy products with complex visualizations, and the ability to evaluate competitors in the market.
- Proven ability to work across design and engineering, comfortably navigating both conceptual and technical discussions
- Demonstrated experience with LLMs and prompt engineering (through work, research, or significant personal projects).
- 4+ years of software engineering experience with Python or similar languages.
- Background in human-computer interaction, UX, or instructional design
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and prioritize effectively.
- Experience with version control, CI/CD, and modern software development practices.
Benefits
- 100% of premiums are paid by company for health, vision and dental coverage for you and your dependents
- Additionally, an annual Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) of $3,000 for an individual or $4,500 for a family
- Paid family & medical leave
- Open PTO, a quarterly Wellness Day, and a minimum of 10 paid holidays
- 401(k) retirement account
- Home office reimbursement
- Stock options
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