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# Principal User Experience Designer

- **Company:** Akamai Technologies
- **Location:** Augusta, ME, United States
- **Salary:** $139,300 - $250,700
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Cloud Computing, Interaction Design, Akamai, Enterprise Software Applications
- **Published:** November 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/A8FDEBB1EFB24622AD2E5649EF8EBAA7/job/

## About the Role

Akamai is looking for a Principal UX Designer to shape the end-to-end experience of Akamai Cloud. You will bring a proven track record of turning complex problems into intuitive products that improve customer outcomes and drive business results., * Have 12 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in UX/UI design or a related field

 * Possess a portfolio of work that translates complex problems into intuitive, cohesive experiences for enterprise software
 * Demonstrate solid hands-on skills in interaction design, visual design, and prototyping
 * Demonstrate experience setting design direction, aligning cross-functional teams, and communicating design decisions clearly
 * Have experience designing for technical users, such as developers or cloud and infrastructure teams

## Description

As a Principal UX Designer, you will set design direction for major products and workflows while staying hands-on throughout delivery. Our customers move between the console, APIs, CLI, and documentation. You will make that journey coherent, efficient, and easy to navigate while partnering across multidisciplinary teams.

As a Principal User Experience Designer, you will be responsible for:

 * Setting a clear experience vision and strategic direction for major product initiatives
 * Leading design from exploration through launch while delivering implementation-ready interfaces and shaping documentation experiences
 * Simplifying complex workflows and resolving cross-product friction that slows customer progress and adoption
 * Partnering with product and engineering leaders to prioritize design work, navigate tradeoffs, and align dependencies
 * Using generative and evaluative research, product analytics, and customer insights to guide and validate design decisions