Full Stack Product Designer (Salesforce Lightning)

Job Description

A leading organization is seeking a Full Stack Product Designer with deep experience designing and delivering user experiences within Salesforce Lightning environments. This position is focused on hands-on execution across research, design, and deployment activities, supporting the creation of intuitive, effective digital experiences.

The successful candidate will be comfortable working throughout the product design lifecycle, from discovery and user research through implementation and rollout, while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end user experiences within Salesforce Lightning environments.
• Conduct user research and gather insights to inform design decisions.
• Create wireframes, user flows, prototypes, and design specifications.
• Translate business requirements and user needs into practical design solutions.
• Collaborate with product, business, and technical teams throughout the design process.
• Support design implementation and deployment activities to ensure intended user experiences are delivered.
• Review and refine designs based on user feedback, testing results, and stakeholder input.
• Contribute to design consistency, usability, and overall user experience quality.
• Participate in solution planning and execution activities from concept through deployment.
• Help identify opportunities to improve workflows, user adoption, and overall product effectiveness.

Required Experience and Skills

• Experience as a Product Designer, UX Designer, or related design professional.
• Strong hands-on experience with Salesforce Lightning Design Experience.
• Experience executing research, design, and deployment activities across the full product lifecycle.
• Ability to create user-centered design solutions from concept through implementation.
• Experience working with cross-functional product and technology teams.
• Strong understanding of user experience design principles and design methodologies.
• Experience translating business requirements into clear design deliverables.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to operate in a highly execution-focused environment with minimal direction.

FAQ

1. What does a Full Stack Product Designer specializing in Salesforce Lightning do?

A Full Stack Product Designer designs end-to-end experiences for Salesforce-based products and workflows, combining UX research, interaction design, visual design, prototyping, and platform-aware design decisions. The role focuses on creating intuitive experiences within Salesforce Lightning while aligning user needs with business processes and platform capabilities.

2. What does “full stack” mean for a Salesforce Product Designer?

In this context, full stack design covers the broader product experience from discovery and user research through information architecture, interaction patterns, interface design, prototyping, testing, and implementation support. The designer considers both the visible user experience and how Salesforce functionality, workflows, and integrations affect that experience.

3. How is Salesforce Lightning Design System used in product design?

Salesforce Lightning Design System (SLDS) provides reusable design patterns, components, and guidelines for building consistent Salesforce experiences. A designer uses these patterns to create interfaces that fit naturally within the Salesforce ecosystem while maintaining usability, accessibility, and visual consistency.

4. What types of Salesforce experiences might this role design?

Projects may include custom Salesforce interfaces, service workflows, sales processes, dashboards, record pages, internal business tools, customer-facing experiences, and applications built around Salesforce functionality. The designer may work across multiple user roles and complex enterprise processes.

5. How does this role handle complex Salesforce workflows?

The designer maps user journeys, business processes, permissions, and task dependencies to identify opportunities for simplification. Prototypes and usability testing help validate workflows before implementation and ensure users can complete tasks efficiently.

6. How does a Product Designer collaborate with Salesforce developers and administrators?

The designer works with Salesforce developers, administrators, product managers, business analysts, architects, and stakeholders to understand platform constraints and implementation requirements. Collaboration helps ensure designs are feasible within Salesforce while preserving the intended user experience.

7. What role does accessibility play in Salesforce Lightning design?

Accessibility is considered through keyboard navigation, focus behavior, readable content, appropriate contrast, semantic structure, and accessible component usage. Designers need to ensure Salesforce experiences can be effectively used across different abilities and assistive technologies.