What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Designer IC3 position at Promote Project?

47500 - 77500 a year (US Dollars)

Description

Location

While we are an all-remote company and hire almost anywhere in the world, we have a preference for someone to reside in the following locations for this role. However, if you feel qualified, we welcome you to apply regardless of location. No matter what, working hours must overlap with EST for at least 4 hours / week.

Preferred locations :

Remote - EST timezone

Why this job is exciting

The product design team bridges the intersection of user desirability, technical feasibility, and business viability. We craft solutions for Sourcegraph’s Cody AI assistant and code search functionality that make developers more productive and help anyone code. Our efforts are actively transforming how teams around the world discover, navigate, understand, and write code. You’ll have the chance to collaborate with teammates to define the future of AI in developer tools.

Our leadership and internal developers are customer-focused and understand and respect the power of good design. Our customers love our product and rely on it daily to ship and deploy better software. You’ll be buoyed and challenged by their constant stream of thoughtful feedback and engage with them to help solve their toughest problems.

Within one month, you will…

complete your onboarding tasks and get to know your teammates

learn about our business, product, vision, and team, and gain an understanding of how your role fits into Sourcegraph’s broader organization

get to know the processes, tools, and systems the design team uses

learn and understand our development process for feature releases and inter-team communication

begin to learn the features the Cody and search teams develop and maintain

improve the designer onboarding process by contributing to Sourcegraph’s handbook

contribute to a Product Requirements Document

ship meaningful changes to the product

Within three months, you will…

join a feature team and take on a large project

learn about our users through our existing research and by conducting new research

become familiar with basic Sourcegraph functionality

develop an understanding of how Cody and code search solve our customer’s use cases

write code to better understand how developers use code search and Cody, our AI assistant

take active involvement in strategic (the “why”), not just tactical (the “how”) realities of the design decisions you make

work with the design team to improve its processes, contribute to design critiques, and build team cohesion

Within six months, you will…

become proficient in search and Cody functionality

identify and define a change that will improve the product (including the metrics you will measure), shepherd your solution through the design and development process, analyze the results, and share your progress with the company

attend an offsite or virtual offsite

host a design workshop that engages your peers

co-lead a product feature with your triad

leverage design thinking to contribute to Sourcegraph’s competitive strategy

About you

You are a talented and technically-minded Product Designer who is also comfortable reading and writing basic code such as javascript, typescript, or python. This gives you the skills to work with technical teams on complex problems related to the future of AI-powered dev tools, code search, and developer productivity. You are strongly aligned with our values, inspired by our mission to make it so that everyone can code, and motivated to do your best work at Sourcegraph.

You have 5 to 8 years of experience designing complex B2B or B2C web applications as demonstrated in a strong portfolio

Have experience designing intricate desktop applications similar to IDEs, design tools like Figma, and 3D applications

You have the ability to create user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and other design artifacts to communicate complex concepts, and explain the reasoning behind your designs

You have experience with user research and usability testing and are leading research calls with customers

You have excellent written and verbal communication skills

You have 3 years of experience writing and shipping javascript, typescript, python, or similar code to solve user needs

You have the ability to adapt your tools and processes for the velocity of a fast-paced startup where projects have varying requirement levels

Nice to haves :

Experience designing for emerging technologies

Experience designing for developer tools

Experience managing a design system

A portfolio showcasing strong marketing design and illustration

Experience working with distributed or remote teams

Experience in designing search functionality for eCommerce, B2B, or other complex applications

Level

This job is an IC3. You can read more about our job leveling philosophy in our Handbook.

Compensation

We pay you an above-average salary because we want to hire the best people who are fully focused on helping Sourcegraph succeed, not worried about paying bills. As an open and transparent company that values competitive compensation, our compensation ranges are visible to every single Sourcegraph teammate.

To determine your salary, we use a number of market and data-driven salary sources, along with your location zone, and target the high-end of the range to ensure we’re always paying above market regardless of where you live in the world. Both U.S. and international locations are divided into one of four zones, determined by the cost of labor index for each area. The starting salary for a successful candidate will be based on level, job-related skills, experience, qualifications, and location zone. Please note that these salary ranges may be adjusted in the future.

The target compensation for this role is $64,000 - $128,000 USD base.

Zone 2 : $128,000 USD

Zone 3 : $96,000 USD

Zone 4 : $64,000 USD

Please speak with a recruiter for additional information regarding zone locations.

In addition to our cash compensation, we offer equity (because when we succeed as a company, we want you to succeed, too) and generous perks & benefits.

Interview process

Below is the interview process you can expect for this role (you can read more about the types of interviews in our Handbook). It may look like a lot of steps, but rest assured that we move quickly and the steps are designed to help you get the information needed to determine if we’re the right fit for you… Interviewing is a two-way street, after all!

We expect the interview process to take 5.5 hours in total.

Introduction Stage - we have initial conversations to get to know you better…

30m] Recruiter Screen

60m] Hiring Manager Screen / Resume Deep Dive

Team Interview Stage - we then delve into your experience in more depth and introduce you to members of the team…

30m] Peer Interview

60m] Portfolio Review

90m] Design Working Session

Final Interview Stage - we move you to our final round, where you meet cross-functional partners and gain a better understanding of our business and values holistically…

30m] Values Interview

30m] Leadership Interview with a co-founder

We check references and conduct your background check

Please note - you are welcome to request additional conversations with anyone you would like to meet, but didn’t get to meet during the interview process.

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