Product Designer
Palantir · London, United Kingdom · Onsite
Palantir
Palantir Technologies is a data analytics and software company founded in 2003 by Peter Thiel, Alex Karp, and others, initially built around intelligence and defense work for agencies like the CIA. Its platforms—Gotham, Foundry, Apollo, and the newer AIP—help government and commercial clients integrate sprawling datasets into usable operational tools, competing with the likes of Palo Alto Networks, C3.ai, and traditional government IT contractors, while also encroaching on enterprise data territory held by Snowflake and Databricks. Since its Denver-based IPO in 2020, Palantir has pushed hard into commercial markets, expanding beyond defense and intelligence into healthcare, manufacturing, and supply chain operations.
Gig description
A World-Changing Company Palantir builds the world’s leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more. The Role The Palantir Design Team is responsible for the human experience of using our software. Our team is growing rapidly, but we're committed to creating a tight-knit team environment that fosters trust, integrity, empathy, and growth. We work together in realising a shared product vision, and regularly give feedback and critique to each other. Designing at Palantir is a varied experience. On a given day, you might be: leading a design sprint for your product team; designing a micro-interaction to make a complex analytical task feel simple; and/or advocating for UX consistency by creating flexible, reusable UI components. You consider things like API documentation, SDK functionality, and developer onboarding and can speak the language of a developer. You have familiarity with existing developer tooling and have strong understanding of developer workflows. Core Responsibilities • Interaction and visual design. As a product designer, you'll be involved at every stage of design work. You'll help define early product concepts, flesh out the high-level workflow and micro-interactions of a feature, and execute on a crisp and effective visual design. You should have experience with mockup and prototyping tools. • User research. We frequently do informal user research, and value people who can be flexible with research processes and methodologies to achieve the right outcome. • Prototyping. You will prototype, both to communicate your designs and validate your decisions. • Partnering with engineers. We work closely with product and forward deployed engineers to realize our design ideas. You'll treat engineers as partners and collaborate with them to prototype and build out products. • Awareness of how software interfaces are built. Familiarity with HTML, CSS, Javascript, and Typescript is appreciated. You don't need to be an expert—just fluent enough to collaborate with engineers, and know what's possible with frontend technologies. Resources and mentorship are available to designers who want to learn more. Designers at Palantir have great autonomy over their work, so a wide skill set is necessary. However, many designers on the team are also passionate experts in one area. You might be the kind of designer who ships code every week, or the kind of designer who shares detailed user research findings with your team.
Requirements to meet
Disclaimer
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Skills required
TypeScript (required)
GapCourses that may help you meet this requirement:
Modern Web Development with TypeScript Specialization
Coursera · beginner · $49/mo · 60h · ★ 4.7
This course directly covers TypeScript, which appears as a requirement in the AI UX Designer posting at a beginner level and can be completed in approximately 60 hours.
Introduction to Angular
Coursera · beginner · $49/mo · 5h
This course directly covers TypeScript, which appears as a requirement in the AI UX Designer posting at a beginner level and can be completed in approximately 5 hours.
Learn Typescript
Coursera · intermediate · $49/mo · 5h · ★ 4.5
This course directly covers TypeScript, which appears as a requirement in the AI UX Designer posting at an intermediate level and can be completed in approximately 5 hours.
JavaScript (required)
GapCourses that may help you meet this requirement:
Get started with web development using Visual Studio Code
Microsoft Learn · beginner · Free · 44m · ★ 4.8
This beginner course directly covers JavaScript, helping close the JavaScript skill gap identified for the AI UX Designer role.
Meta Front-End Developer Professional Certificate
Coursera · beginner · $49/mo · 229h · ★ 4.7
This course covers JavaScript, which appears as a requirement in the AI UX Designer posting at a beginner level and can be completed in approximately 229 hours.
Programming with JavaScript
Coursera · beginner · $49/mo · 47h · ★ 4.7
This course directly covers JavaScript, which appears as a requirement in the AI UX Designer posting at a beginner level and can be completed in approximately 47 hours.
User Research (required)
GapCourses that may help you meet this requirement:
Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts
Coursera · beginner · $49/mo · 14h · ★ 4.8
This course directly covers User Research, which appears as a requirement in the AI UX Designer posting at a beginner level and can be completed in approximately 14 hours.
Analyze User Research Data with Microsoft Forms
Coursera · beginner · Price on site · 1.5h · ★ 4.6
This course directly covers User Research, which appears as a requirement in the AI UX Designer posting at a beginner level and can be completed in approximately 2 hours.
User Research and Design
Coursera · $49/mo · 10h · ★ 4.6
This course directly covers User Research, which appears as a requirement in the AI UX Designer posting and can be completed in approximately 10 hours.
Prototyping (required)
GapCourses that may help you meet this requirement:
Build Wireframes and Low-Fidelity Prototypes
Coursera · beginner · $49/mo · 12h · ★ 4.9
This course covers Prototyping, which appears as a requirement in the AI UX Designer posting at a beginner level and can be completed in approximately 12 hours.
Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts
Coursera · beginner · $49/mo · 14h · ★ 4.8
This course covers Prototyping, which appears as a requirement in the AI UX Designer posting at a beginner level and can be completed in approximately 14 hours.
Figma Mastery: From Wireframes to Prototypes Specialization
Coursera · intermediate · $49/mo · 40h · ★ 4.4
This course directly covers Prototyping, which appears as a requirement in the AI UX Designer posting at an intermediate level and can be completed in approximately 40 hours.
Supply Chain (required)
GapCourses that may help you meet this requirement:
Supply Chain Management and Analytics
Coursera · beginner · $49/mo · 30h · ★ 4.8
This course directly covers Supply Chain, which appears as a requirement in the AI UX Designer posting at a beginner level and can be completed in approximately 30 hours.
Supply Chain Logistics
Coursera · beginner · $49/mo · 11h · ★ 4.7
This course directly covers Supply Chain, which appears as a requirement in the AI UX Designer posting at a beginner level and can be completed in approximately 11 hours.
Operations Management: Organization and Analysis
Coursera · intermediate · $49/mo · 13h · ★ 4.7
This course covers Supply Chain, which appears as a requirement in the AI UX Designer posting at an intermediate level and can be completed in approximately 13 hours.