User Experience Designer

Are you ready to design products that make a real impact for global users?

Are you excited to promote user-centered design across our culture?

Join our team

Akamai is seeking a User Experience Designer to design enterprise and developer-facing products, including next-generation AI infrastructure. This role focuses on creating intuitive, scalable experiences for complex systems, from early concept through launch in close collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Partner with the best

You will play a key role in designing major products and features, working closely with product owners from concept through launch. You will have a proven track record of shipping products that users love.

As an User Experience Designer, you will be responsible for:

• Owning end-to-end design and rapid prototyping for features from concept to delivery in close collaboration with your team.
• Translating complex cloud, security, and AI systems into intuitive experiences across UI, API, CLI, and IaC.
• Creating cohesive, scalable experiences that connect developer workflows and platform capabilities.
• Collaborating cross-functionally, participating in design critiques and reviews to align stakeholders on solutions.
• Using research and data to inform and validate user-centered design decisions.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have UX/UI design experience in product or B2B SaaS
• Have experience designing developer workflows (APIs, infrastructure).
• Be familiar with AI/ML workflows such as model deployment and inference.
• Have the ability to simplify complex systems into intuitive, scalable experiences.
• Have experience working in ambiguous or early-stage product environments, iterating quickly and delivering clarity through design.
• Be proficient in prototyping and iterative design, using research and analytics to guide design decisions

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.