Databricks is redesigning the Databricks Assistant experience inside the Data Intelligence Platform to improve discoverability, trust, and task completion for data analysts and data engineers. You are the UX/UI Designer embedded on a cross-functional team of 10 people: 1 PM, 1 designer (you), 5 engineers, 1 UX researcher, 1 data scientist, and 1 content designer. The team has an 8-week timeline to ship the redesign before the start of the annual customer conference, where the feature will be demoed to enterprise customers.
Midway through the project, product leadership changes strategy: instead of a broad visual refresh across Assistant entry points in SQL Editor, Notebook, and the left navigation, the team must prioritize a narrower launch focused on Notebook and a new onboarding flow for first-time Assistant users. The original roadmap is no longer feasible as planned.
The Group Product Manager wants a conference-ready launch with a clear story. Engineering wants to avoid rework because two engineers are already committed 30% to production support. Research wants to preserve usability validation on high-risk flows. Marketing and field teams want polished demo paths, while the design systems team is concerned about introducing exceptions to the existing Databricks component library.