Headquarters: Australia
URL: https://buildkite.com/

• Pairing with a product engineer on Zoom to talk through a new feature being worked on, and working on improvements to UI, copy, and user flows.
• Mocking up user interface ideas in Sketch or Figma, and posting them to Basecamp, to help clarify discussions between everyone on the team.
• Collaborating on a scope doc for a new feature, and helping to explore the possible solutions and tradeoffs.
• Helping polish a new UI animation, pairing with a frontend engineer over Zoom.
• Writing a post to the team on Basecamp with some design strategies and ideas, and getting feedback from a range of perspectives on the team.
• Giving feedback on and helping to iterate our UI component libraries, helping to empower the rest of the team with great design tools.
• Creating polished design assets for product launches, and designing changes to the Buildkite marketing site.
• Joining in the weekly design catchup over Zoom, giving feedback on a commissioned illustration project for a new conference sticker, contributing to a sponsorship booth design idea, and demonstrating designs you’ve been working on.
• Pairing on support to answer customer questions, and venturing into the far corners of Buildkite’s product, tools and documentation to understand how things are working in practice.

• An eye for detail, and feel comfortable advocating for the user through the lens of great design.
• The ability to navigate ambiguity, create clarity through design, and lead by example.
• Experience working closely with frontend and backend engineers, and enjoy participating in the process of bringing your design ideas to life.
• An interest in working in remote, cross-functional teams.
• Worked on an existing product, helping to iterate it towards an overarching vision.
• Confidence to seek critical feedback, ask questions, and participate in decision making.
• Experience with leading discussions about tradeoffs in the product development process, and helping to ensure a cohesive product experience in the face of challenges.
• An interest in helping build a small company with big impact, and influencing many aspects of the business with great design.
• Proficiency in Sketch, Figma, Illustrator, or other design tools.
• Basic proficiency in HTML and CSS.
• Basic proficiency working with Ruby on Rails or similar web app framework.

• Salary of AUD$130K-$160K (US$90-$110K, €80-100K) depending on experience, plus benefits, for 38 hours per week (pro-rata for part-time). Salary amount excludes superannuation / 401k.
• Equity and profit share.
• 6 weeks paid annual leave.
• 6 months paid parental leave for primary caregivers, and 3 months paid parental leave for secondary carers with superannuation/401k and continuation of all benefits.
• Comprehensive hardware and phone budget every 24 months.
• Training and conference budget.
• Wellness budget.
• Private healthcare.
• Green commuting budget.
• Expense card.
• Home office expenses, and co-working budget.

About us

To apply: https://buildkite.com/careers/senior-product-designer?utm_source=weworkremotely