Job Overview
Location
Austin, Texas; Boston, Massachusetts; Denver, Colorado; New York, New York; Palo Alto, California
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Software Engineering
Date Posted
June 3, 2026
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • Lead end-to-end design direction for Workato’s most technically sophisticated product areas, including API management, data orchestration, and MCP, ensuring complex infrastructure capabilities are intuitive for enterprise users.
- • Stay hands-on with design work by directly tackling complex design problems, setting the quality bar, and modeling excellence for your team of designers.
- • Own and evolve the design system, enforcing consistency in spacing, typography, copy tone, and interaction patterns while knowing when to extend or hold the line on established standards.
- • Conduct rigorous design reviews and critiques that elevate team craft, sharpen product quality, and establish shared design standards across the organization.
- • Partner closely with product managers and engineering leaders to shape product roadmaps—not just execute on defined requirements, but influence what gets built and why.
- • Represent design in executive reviews and cross-functional strategy sessions, communicating design rationale clearly and persuasively to non-design stakeholders.
- • Advocate for users and design quality when priorities conflict, making data-informed, conviction-driven decisions and knowing when to push back or adapt.
- • Collaborate with user researchers to frame key questions, integrate user insights into the design process, and validate design decisions with appropriate rigor.
- • Thoughtfully incorporate AI-assisted capabilities into products, ensuring automation intelligence enhances usability and delivers genuine value to enterprise users.
- • Manage, mentor, and grow a small team of designers through clear expectations, regular feedback, and intentional investment in their professional development.
- • Build a team culture rooted in rigor, low ego, and a shared commitment to delivering high-quality, user-centered design solutions.
- • Pair designers with projects based on their strengths and growth opportunities, stepping in personally when your seniority and expertise can add maximum leverage.
- • Navigate ambiguity without freezing, delegate effectively without abdicating ownership, and maintain hands-on involvement without micromanaging.
- • Demonstrate deep technical fluency by engaging confidently with engineers on implementation tradeoffs involving data transformations, API configurations, schema mapping, and automation logic.
- • Deliver a portfolio that showcases ownership of complex, end-to-end design problems, particularly in enterprise SaaS, developer tools, or workflow automation domains.
🎯 Requirements
- • 7+ years of product design experience, with at least 2 years in a formal or informal leadership capacity managing designers or owning major product areas end-to-end
- • A portfolio demonstrating ownership of complex, end-to-end design problems, preferably in enterprise SaaS, developer tools, workflow automation, or technically complex domains
- • Deep technical fluency in concepts such as data transformations, API configurations, schema mapping, and automation logic, with ability to collaborate effectively with engineering teams
- • Proven ability to lead and grow designers through substantive feedback, hard conversations, and development support
- • Proficiency in Figma and strong command of design systems, including when to extend them versus enforce consistency
- • Proven ability to thrive in a fast-moving environment, managing ambiguity without freezing, delegating without abdicating, and staying hands-on without micromanaging
🏖️ Benefits
- • Flexible, trust-oriented culture that empowers employees to take full ownership of their roles
- • Emphasis on balancing productivity with self-care
- • Vibrant and dynamic work environment
- • Comprehensive benefits package available inside and outside of work
Skills & Technologies
About Workato, Inc.
Workato provides low-code/no-code enterprise automation and integration software that connects applications, data, and business processes across cloud and on-premises systems. Its platform offers pre-built connectors, recipes, and AI-powered workflow orchestration for finance, HR, IT, sales, support, and marketing functions. The company enables organizations to automate tasks without extensive coding, reducing manual effort and accelerating digital transformation initiatives. Workato serves mid-market to large enterprises worldwide through a subscription-based SaaS model, emphasizing security, governance, and scalability for complex integrations.
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