Staff UX Designer

We are looking for a Staff User Experience Designer to join our User Experience team. This role is ideal for a seasoned UX professional who thrives on solving complex design challenges, mentoring others in design craft, and driving high-impact work across teams. You'll use research, data, and design thinking to create user-centric solutions that deliver measurable product outcomes and influence design execution across the organization.

Our Product Design team plays a critical role in shaping the design vision and execution for our products. We collaborate cross-functionally to ensure our solutions meet real customer needs while delivering business impact.

As a Staff User Experience Designer, your primary responsibility will be to drive high-quality, user-centered design solutions across multiple teams and product areas. Specifically, your focus will be to:

• Lead complex design projects that span multiple teams, domains, or platforms
• Mentor and guide other designers in UX craft and execution
• Partner with product and engineering leadership to shape priorities, ideas, and implementation
• Advocate for design excellence, ensuring consistency, usability, and scalability across the user experience

• Effective collaboration and communication across cross-functional teams
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and proactively define direction
• Strong time management and accountability in meeting deadlines
• Passion for learning, growth, and fostering an inclusive design culture

Functional / Role-Specific Skills

• 8-10 years of experience in UX, product, or visual design with a strong track record of leading initiatives
• Mastery of UX principles, interaction design, design systems, and design thinking
• Ability to translate complex problems into elegant, user-friendly experiences
• Proficiency in crafting wireframes, prototypes, journey maps, and final UI assets
• Experience delivering polished, production-ready designs in collaboration with engineering
• Strong storytelling skills to communicate design rationale
• Ability to influence product strategy beyond immediate responsibilities
• Willingness to travel occasionally for collaboration with global teams
• Cybersecurity knowledge is a plus, but ability to design for complex technical domains is essential

At Rapid7, our vision is to create a secure digital world for our customers, our industry, and our communities. We do this by harnessing our collective expertise and passion to challenge what's possible and drive extraordinary impact. We're building a dynamic and collaborative workplace where new ideas are welcome.