Head of Design Job at Coinbase Developer Platform in California

About Coinbase Design - We are a tight knit team of designers and researchers. We value low-ego collaboration and balancing rigorous product thinking with thoughtfully crafted experiences. As a close partner to Product and Engineering, Coinbase Design team plays a critical role in executing on the company vision. We take on hard user experience problems to deliver delightful and easy-to-use products from very complex technical challenges. You'll help design our flagship products for the largest user base in crypto and define user experiences for entirely new features that the ecosystem has not seen before.You will lead the design team for the Coinbase Developer Platform . Our vision is to be the best onchain developer platform allowing millions of developers to easily and securely build blockchain applications, and serve them to billions of users. Our customers range from financial institutions joining crypto for the first time to onchain native startups building the next world changing app. Whether you want wallets, blockspace, data infrastructure, or testing resources, we provide them all, all backed by the same infrastructure that powers Coinbase. We’re a small team and move at the pace of a startup.What you’ll be doing (ie. job duties) : Lead and manage a team of 3-5 Product Designers building great developer experiencesProactively identify blockers, opportunities and improvements to the team's product area.Be involved in all decision-making at all project phases for your product area (including planning, strategic, tactical, QA, analysis, decision, shipping and retro)Collaborate cross functionally to drive and shape product vision and strategyDirect the allocation of resources for the team in the current and following quarterHelp others grow, including mentoring other designersDesign working processes for your teamOrganize and document multiple projects and the team's working in writingWhat we look for in you (ie. job requirements) : 3 years of professional experience leading a team of designersHave experience designing for developers (eg. developer tools)Have experience recruiting and managing designers focused on developer audiencesStrong mentorship and technical skillsExperience setting creative direction for consumer-facing products for web and mobileExcellence in UX thinking, visual design, and written communicationExperience working in a collaborative environment with other designers, engineers, user researchers, and product teamsFluency in Figma and prototyping toolsExperience driving user research studiesYou are low ego, collaborative, and open mindedYou love transforming complexity into simplicity, and creating order from uncertaintyPassion for cryptoNice to haves : Familiarity with the web3 ecosystemTechnical degree (Computer science or computer engineering)Previous programming experienceID : GDPDM07US#J-18808-Ljbffr