The Staff UX Designer leads design initiatives, mentors teams, executes high-impact UX solutions, and collaborates across product and engineering to enhance user experiences.
Job Title
Staff User Experience Designer
Job Summary
We are looking for a Staff User Experience Designer to join our User Experience team. This role is ideal for a seasoned UX professional who thrives on solving complex design challenges, mentoring others in design craft, and driving high-impact work across teams. You'll use research, data, and design thinking to create user-centric solutions that deliver measurable product outcomes and influence design execution across the organization.
About the Team
Our User Experience team plays a critical role in shaping the design vision and execution for our products. We collaborate cross-functionally to ensure our solutions meet real customer needs while delivering business impact.
About the Role
As a Staff User Experience Designer, your primary responsibility will be to drive high-quality, user-centered design solutions across multiple teams and product areas. Specifically, your focus will be to:
The skills and qualities you'll bring include:
Core Skills:
Functional / Role-Specific Skills:
Core Value Embodiment
Embody our core values to foster a culture of excellence that drives meaningful impact and collective success.
We know that the best ideas and solutions come from multi-dimensional teams. That's because these teams reflect a variety of backgrounds and professional experiences. If you are excited about this role and feel your experience can make an impact, please don't be shy - apply today.
About Rapid7
At Rapid7, our vision is to create a secure digital world for our customers, our industry, and our communities. We do this by harnessing our collective expertise and passion to challenge what's possible and drive extraordinary impact. We're building a dynamic and collaborative workplace where new ideas are welcome.
Protecting 11,000+ customers against bad actors and threats means we're continuing to push the envelope - just like we've been doing for the past 20 years. If you're ready to solve some of the toughest challenges in cybersecurity, we're ready to help you take command of your career. Join us.
Staff User Experience Designer
Job Summary
We are looking for a Staff User Experience Designer to join our User Experience team. This role is ideal for a seasoned UX professional who thrives on solving complex design challenges, mentoring others in design craft, and driving high-impact work across teams. You'll use research, data, and design thinking to create user-centric solutions that deliver measurable product outcomes and influence design execution across the organization.
About the Team
Our User Experience team plays a critical role in shaping the design vision and execution for our products. We collaborate cross-functionally to ensure our solutions meet real customer needs while delivering business impact.
About the Role
As a Staff User Experience Designer, your primary responsibility will be to drive high-quality, user-centered design solutions across multiple teams and product areas. Specifically, your focus will be to:
- Lead complex design projects that span multiple teams, domains, or platforms
- Mentor and guide other designers in UX craft and execution
- Partner with product and engineering leadership to shape priorities, ideas, and implementation
- Advocate for design excellence, ensuring consistency, usability, and scalability across the user experience
The skills and qualities you'll bring include:
Core Skills:
- Effective collaboration and communication across cross-functional teams
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and proactively define direction
- Strong time management and accountability in meeting deadlines
- Passion for learning, growth, and fostering an inclusive design culture
Functional / Role-Specific Skills:
- 8-10 years of experience in UX, product, or visual design with a strong track record of leading initiatives
- Mastery of UX principles, interaction design, design systems, and design thinking
- Ability to translate complex problems into elegant, user-friendly experiences
- Proficiency in crafting wireframes, prototypes, journey maps, and final UI assets
- Experience delivering polished, production-ready designs in collaboration with engineering
- Strong storytelling skills to communicate design rationale
- Ability to influence product strategy beyond immediate responsibilities
- Willingness to travel occasionally for collaboration with global teams
- Cybersecurity knowledge is a plus, but ability to design for complex technical domains is essential
Core Value Embodiment
Embody our core values to foster a culture of excellence that drives meaningful impact and collective success.
We know that the best ideas and solutions come from multi-dimensional teams. That's because these teams reflect a variety of backgrounds and professional experiences. If you are excited about this role and feel your experience can make an impact, please don't be shy - apply today.
About Rapid7
At Rapid7, our vision is to create a secure digital world for our customers, our industry, and our communities. We do this by harnessing our collective expertise and passion to challenge what's possible and drive extraordinary impact. We're building a dynamic and collaborative workplace where new ideas are welcome.
Protecting 11,000+ customers against bad actors and threats means we're continuing to push the envelope - just like we've been doing for the past 20 years. If you're ready to solve some of the toughest challenges in cybersecurity, we're ready to help you take command of your career. Join us.
Top Skills
Design Systems
Design Thinking Methodologies
Ui/Ux Design Principles
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