Jordan Walz
Senior Product Designer | Developer Platforms & Tooling
Professional Summary
Senior Product Designer Senior Product Designer with deep experience leading design for developer-facing and enterprise SaaS platforms. Specializes in complex, configuration-heavy systems where trust, accessibility, and predictability are critical. Known for designing scalable workflows, design systems, and interaction frameworks in close partnership with engineering. Has led 0→1 initiatives and high-impact redesigns for products used by thousands of developers, delivering measurable improvements in adoption, usability, and decision-making.
Recent Highlights
GTM Design Lead: Sonatype Guide
2025Led design for Sonatype Guide, a new developer-facing platform, shaping the core experience from early discovery through go-to-market. Designed across web, CLI, and system-level workflows to support confident decision-making in AI-assisted software development.
- Served as design lead partnering directly with the Director of Design, Chief Product Development Officer, and product and engineering leadership
- Built the Guide UX Lab, a fully functioning, code-first prototype used to validate real workflows, edge cases, and feasibility before full engineering investment
- Designed end-to-end workflows including configuration, targeting logic, governance, and free-to-paid journeys
- Established a migratable design system with reusable components, tokens, and interaction patterns
- Delivered 64 production-aligned UI components with WCAG AA accessibility baselines using React, Next.js, and TypeScript
- Introduced a code-first, AI-assisted design workflow that reduced handoff friction and accelerated GTM alignment
- Invited to contribute directly to production engineering efforts following UX Lab success
Design Lead: Sonatype Developer
2024Led design for Sonatype Developer, a developer-centric product that brings prioritized, actionable open source component quality insights directly into developer workflows. Designed experiences that reduced remediation friction, surfaced priority risk guidance, and improved developer confidence in decision-making across CI/CD, SCM, and IDE integrations.
- Partnered with PM and engineering to define and streamline key workflows for the Sonatype Developer dashboard, including risk prioritization, actionable insights, and remediation timelines across CI/CD and source control integrations
- Designed user flows and visual systems that helped developers configure, surface, and act on prioritized OSS quality issues earlier in the SDLC
- Translated dense technical concepts like reachability analysis, priority scoring, and trend insights into clear, predictable, and usable experiences for developers working in familiar tools
- Collaborated closely with engineering to align UI/UX with API data models, plugin behavior, and multi-tool integration patterns (including IDE and CI/CD feedback surfaces)
- Helped the team evolve shared interaction patterns and UI components that scaled across dashboards, insights views, and cross-surface workflows
Career Timeline
Senior Product Designer
Sonatype
Progressed from Product Designer I to Senior Product Designer while leading design for developer-facing, configuration-heavy SaaS platforms. Owned end-to-end design across multiple product lines, partnering closely with product, engineering, and executive leadership to modernize complex systems without breaking user trust.
- Owned design architecture across numerous feature areas spanning policy management, governance, and developer tooling
- Designed scalable interaction frameworks and information architecture for state-heavy, multi-environment workflows
- Increased policy and feature adoption by 30-40% through persona-driven workflow simplification
- Led discovery, concepting, prototyping, validation, and implementation for complex systems used across CI/CD pipelines
- Worked directly with engineering to understand APIs, SDK behavior, and data models, influencing implementation early
- Contributed to UX strategy and roadmap discussions, influencing product and executive decision-making
- Mentored junior designers on design systems, accessibility, and system-level UX thinking
Art Director
SPIRE+
Led creative and digital execution at Spire+, a full-service marketing and advertising division launched by Spire Holdings to serve the automotive industry. Delivered strategy-forward campaigns and digital experiences that paired strong visual craft with practical performance goals across brand, content, and customer-facing touchpoints.
- Led visual direction and hands-on design for integrated marketing work spanning web, digital campaigns, and content systems for automotive-focused clients
- Built and maintained brand-aligned creative systems to ensure consistency across fast-moving deliverables and partner needs
- Collaborated with strategists, marketing leads, and cross-functional stakeholders to translate business goals into clear creative direction and polished execution
- Supported a high-velocity agency environment with strong attention to quality, clarity, and stakeholder communication, balancing speed with craft
Digital Designer
Mindgrub Technologies
Designed web and mobile applications for government, technology, and healthcare clients in fast-moving, agency environments.
- Created wireframes, mockups, and interactive prototypes for client products
- Collaborated with developers to implement responsive, accessible designs
- Participated in client presentations, critiques, and iterative delivery cycles
Digital Production Designer
Marriner Marketing Communications
Built a foundation in digital design and front-end thinking through hands-on work across marketing and campaign experiences.
- Designed digital marketing assets including websites, emails, and social media graphics
- Supported brand development and campaign execution across teams
- Learned fundamentals of HTML, CSS, responsive design, and client communication
Education
Bachelor of Science: Design & Merchandising
Drexel University