About Dash0
Join Dash0 and help us define the future of observability. We are OpenTelemetry-native, building a delightful, simple, and AI-centric platform that eliminates vendor lock-in and meaningless toil. Shape a product that developers love—all with transparent pricing and cost-control built in.
Dash0 is looking for a Head of Design to lead our design team and define how developers and SREs experience observability. Reporting to the VP of Product, you'll own the design function end-to-end: setting the vision, building the team, and ensuring we ship world-class experiences across the platform.
Duties and Responsibilities
Ready to shape how developers experience observability? This is your chance to be a key contributor to Dash0's growth and have a major impact on how the world learns, adopts, and thrives with OpenTelemetry.
Join Dash0 and help us define the future of observability. We are OpenTelemetry-native, building a delightful, simple, and AI-centric platform that eliminates vendor lock-in and meaningless toil. Shape a product that developers love—all with transparent pricing and cost-control built in.
Dash0 is looking for a Head of Design to lead our design team and define how developers and SREs experience observability. Reporting to the VP of Product, you'll own the design function end-to-end: setting the vision, building the team, and ensuring we ship world-class experiences across the platform.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Lead and grow the design team, setting high standards for craft, process, and output.
- Define and drive the design vision across the product, ensuring coherence as the platform scales.
- Partner with Product Management and Engineering leadership to shape product strategy and roadmap priorities.
- Establish and evolve design practices, processes, and rituals that help the team do their best work.
- Stay hands-on where it matters. Jump into critical design challenges and set the bar for quality.
- Build a culture of frequent customer interaction, ensuring the team's work is grounded in real user workflows and pain points.
- Recruit, mentor, and develop designers as the team scales with the company.
- 8+ years of product design experience, with 3+ years leading and managing design teams.
- Proven experience designing and leading design for complex, data-dense interfaces for technically sophisticated users.
- Track record of building strong partnerships with Product and Engineering leadership.
- Ability to operate at both strategic and tactical levels. Comfortable setting vision and rolling up your sleeves.
- Experience scaling a design team in a high-growth environment.
- Based in or willing to work CET timezone hours
- First-hand experience and/or deep understanding of the craft of operating software.
- Experience in observability, monitoring, or developer tools.
- Experience building design systems from the ground up.
- Competitive salary
- Equity participation
- Flexible, remote-first work environment
- Collaborative and highly supportive team culture
Ready to shape how developers experience observability? This is your chance to be a key contributor to Dash0's growth and have a major impact on how the world learns, adopts, and thrives with OpenTelemetry.