Product Designer, Design System (Accessibility)

We are the developers, designers, content designers, researchers and product managers behind Atlassian's mission to ensure that the design system is the cornerstone of creating quality interfaces at scale. Our work enables teams to create simple, intuitive, beautiful and harmonious experiences from our self service guidelines, reusable components and platform capabilities. Our design language allows designers and developers to create experiences and our customers to use familiar components across every product touchpoint.
As a Product Designer within the Accessibility team of our Atlassian Design System, you will report to the Design Manager and collaborate with cross-functional peers. Your primary focus will in the delivery of our roadmap and developing solutions that empower the Atlassian Design System to achieve our accessibility goals.
Working at Atlassian
Atlassians can choose where they work - whether in an office, from home, or a combination of the two. That way, Atlassians have more control over supporting their family, personal goals, and other priorities. We can hire people in any country where we have a legal entity. Interviews and onboarding are conducted virtually, a part of being a distributed-first company.

• Collaborate with the Atlassian Design System team-including Engineers, Product Managers, and Designers-on the Accessibility program to scale accessible front-end experiences across products.
• Design and prototype accessible improvements for Design System components and patterns, creating clear and impactful demonstrations.
• Enhance resources and educational materials to support accessible design practices across the Atlassian Design department.
• Participate in vision-setting, roadmapping, design critiques, sprint planning, and other team rituals.
• Partner with Atlassian designers to test and refine the maker experience, boosting engagement and adoption of the design system.

Your background

• 2+ years of product design experience, bringing ideas to life in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• A basic understanding of accessibility principles, with a desire grow your knowledge in accessibility.
• Hands-on experience working with design systems or applying systems-thinking to create scalable and cohesive designs.
• Experience designing software that's shipped to users, working with Product and Engineering to bring features to life.
• A portfolio showcasing your experiences in typography, interaction and visual design, creating improved experiences, and idea generation.
• Comfortable using data to guide decisions, testing and iterating designs, and tracking success through measurable goals.
• Proficiency in Figma for creating design mockups, prototypes, and collaborative workflows.
• Experience collaborating with diverse teams in dynamic delivery.
• Storytelling skills to explain your ideas and the "why" behind your designs.
• Empathy for customers and teammates, with the ability to take feedback, iterate, and keep moving forward.

Desirable If You Have

• Certification from the International Association of Accessibility Professionals (AAP) or local equivalent.
• Familiarity with accessibility standards like WCAG, Accessibility testing tools and assistive technology like screen readers.
• Previous experience conducting user research or usability testing, with a focus on accessibility needs.
• Experience as part of a remote team, ensuring seamless collaboration across time zones.

Our perks & benefits
Atlassian offers a variety of perks and benefits to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health coverage, paid volunteer days, wellness resources, and so much more. Visit go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefits to learn more.
About Atlassian
At Atlassian, we're motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team. Our software products help teams all over the planet and our solutions are designed for all types of work. Team collaboration through our tools makes what may be impossible alone, possible together.
We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
To provide you the best experience, we can support with accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team during your conversation with them.
To learn more about our culture and hiring process, visit go.atlassian.com/crh .