Senior Design Engineer

Skills
Design ToolsEngineeringHTMLMarketingMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft SurfaceSketch App
Role

What the job involves

The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of relevant experience with product and engineering teams
  • Mastery of design tools such as Figma Sketch or Rive
  • Mastery of frontend programming in React and vanilla HTML CSS JS
  • A portfolio showing work you directly designed and developed
  • Proven ability to thrive in remote teams
  • Ability to turn ambiguous problems into clear elegant solutions
  • Strong attention to user feedback and product quality
  • Ability to explain work process and decisions and seek feedback
  • Ability to surface pivotal decisions and coordinate proactively

Nice to have

  • Privacy-tech experience
  • Startup experience
  • Personal interest in digital privacy

Day to day

  • Design new features and experiences for Obscura VPN
  • Write robust and maintainable frontend code and help build polished product experiences
  • Drive product initiatives from ideation through design and implementation while collaborating with the founder marketing and engineering teams
  • Manage and prioritize work across multiple projects and shape the product roadmap
  • Consider copy animation and business impact when crafting intuitive accessible experiences

Hiring process

  • Initial interview with our Founder (45 mins)
  • 2x interview with key team members (45 mins each)
  • Final interview with our Founder (45 mins)