What are the responsibilities and job description for the Founding Product Designer position at Govwell?
About GovWell
We the people (and the taxpayers) deserve efficient government - but the software powering government services is 20 years behind the private sector. GovWell builds software that helps government serve communities better. Founded in 2023, GovWell now powers critical services for municipalities and counties in 20 states serving 800,000 residents. GovWell has raised $5.5 million from Work-Bench and Bienville Capital. Read about us in TechCrunch.
Founding Story
Our mission is deeply personal for us. Ben Cohen, CTO and Co-Founder grew up helping his father - a general contractor - to apply for hundreds of construction permits. Ben's experiences navigating clunky government websites inspired him to build better solutions for the millions of tradespeople whose livelihoods depend on getting permits fast. Prior to founding GovWell, Ben worked for Uber and Amazon as a Software Engineer, and earned his AB in Computer Science summa cum laude from Princeton.
Troy LeCaire, CEO and Co-Founder, was previously the first employee and Chief of Staff to the CEO at RippleMatch, a software startup, helping it grow from $0 to $10M in annual revenue and a $200M valuation over 5 years. Before RippleMatch, he worked for two U.S. senators from his home state of Wisconsin. Troy earned his BA in Government magna cum laudefrom Cornell.Video : More about the Founding Product Designer role at GovWell.
Why GovWell?
Impact at scale
- Every design decision you make will help governments serve millions of people more efficiently. Whether it's making it easier for small businesses to get permits or streamlining affordable housing approvals, your work will have a tangible impact on communities.
A mission that matters
A front-row seat to a startup in hyper-growth
What You'll Be Designing
Click on the links for some sexy product demos : )Building a
workflow management system
that is powerful and easy to use,
but flexible enough to accommodate the unique processes of 80,000 government agencies in the United States (think : Salesforce for governments). Today, GovWell is used to process permit and license applications for everything from new affordable housing developments to small business licenses.Enabling a Figma-style
document review experience that helps governments easily collaborate to review, mark up, and approve technical documents such as building and development plans.Developing a flexible and powerful
document generation system to automatically generate official documents including permits and licenses for thousands of unique processes (think : Canva for documents).Creating a
payments experience
that makes it easy for citizens to pay billions in annual permit / license fees, property taxes, and utility bills online.Meet the Engineering Team!
Meet
Will Henderson-Frost , engineer #1 and owner of our backend service.
Meet
Eric Gratta , engineer #2 and owner of our frontend repository.
Meet
Nick Vollmar , engineer #3 and owner of everything DevOps and infrastructure.
Meet
Amy Wang , engineer #4 and owner of data engineering and data migrations.
Our Product Stack
Notion
for product roadmap managementMonday.com
for customer success managementIntercom
for collecting direct customer feedback and offering in-app supportResponsibilities & Primary Tasks
As GovWell's first product designer, you'll drive design across the entire platform. You will :
Create and own our design system
Required :
4 years of experience in product design
for B2B or enterprise SaaS applications.Strong UX and interaction design skills , with a track record of shipping well-crafted, intuitive experiences.Experience building and maintaining design systems
with scalable, reusable UI components.Proficiency in Figma , along with other design and prototyping tools.Comfort working in a fast-paced, startup environment , where you'll be balancing scrappiness with long-term design vision.Strong collaboration skills
Experience designing
workflow-heavy or form-based applications .Familiarity with
accessibility best practices
for enterprise applications.An interest in
government technology
and a desire to make civic processes more user-friendly.Salary and benefits
Compensation within the posted salary band will be commensurate with experience. All offers will include :
Competitive salary meaningful equityUp to 100% of premiums paid by GovWell for medical, dental, and vision insurance for yourself partnerUnlimited / flexible PTO401(k) program
GovWell is an Equal Opportunity Employer, meaning that we do not discriminate based upon race, religion, national origin, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, or any other protected class.
Salary : $10 - $200
