Buildkite’s CI platform is trusted by the world’s leading engineering teams, shipping software to over 1,000,000,000 daily users.
We're looking for a Senior Brand Designer to help define and evolve how Buildkite's visual identity is perceived.
This is a rare "drive the whole surface" role, sitting in a centralised Brand & Design team that owns branding, product design, and developer experience. You'll be a steward of the brand—but not in a gatekeeper way. But in a make-it-real, make-it-better, make-it-scale way.
Buildkite has the stability of a 13-year-old company but the appetite to take real creative risks. We don't have brand fundamentals properly in place yet.. that's never been a priority. Now, it is.
The person in this role won't just set the foundations; they'll do the analytical work to determine whether we refresh the brand as part of future potential initiatives. If we do, you're in the seat driving that.
Our customers are platform engineers at companies like Shopify, Uber, and Canva—teams responsible for software delivery at some of the biggest engineering organisations on the planet. They're a skeptical, technically sophisticated audience. The brand needs to earn credibility with that crowd while standing out in an increasingly homogenised market.
What You Bring
• Pursuit of world-class visual craft with obsessive attention to detail
• Proven experience designing across mediums: digital, physical, print
• Care about sustainability, accessibility, and inclusivity as part of great design, not as an afterthought
• Proven ability to openly tackle problem-solving, together or individually
• Proven ability to give and receive constructive feedback and critique in an open, candid environment
• Comfortable juggling multiple projects, stakeholders, and timelines without dropping execution quality
• High empathy and effective communication skills. As a remote-first team, we value deep work, try to minimise tool distraction, and collaborate constantly as a high-trust small team
• Ability to work across Figma and Adobe, translating onscreen RGB to physical CMYK/spots and back again
Additional Experience That's a Plus
• Motion and/or video capabilities
• Knowledge of CI and devtools (not a dealbreaker)
• Use of AI in tackling process problems isn't mandated, though we'll ask about it to understand your PoV
