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Cortex

Head of Design

Full-timeHead of design$245,100-$296,400*
Remote
Home office stipend
Employee discount programs
Parental leave
Company-wide events and team-building activities
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🧠 About Cortex

Cortex helps engineering teams build reliable and innovative software at scale, by making it easy for engineering organizations to gain visibility into their services and deliver high quality software.

 

See Cortex in Action: Demo Video 

 

Our goal is to help Engineering teams foster a culture of reliability and ownership, while letting them focus on building software for the business. Companies like Sofi, Opendoor, Loom, StockX, Brex, Palo Alto Networks, and so many more have trusted Cortex as a part of their Engineering team.

 

🎨 About the role

We’re looking for a talented Head of Design to join our early team. You will be our first Product Designer and have a major impact on our product direction and company culture.

 

As our first product designer, your core responsibilities will include:

  • Ownership. You’ll be responsible for product design from conception to release. You’ll drive user research and prototyping, as well as graphics and production-quality assets.

  • Culture. You are starting the design team. You’ll influence our design culture, processes, and the product we build. As we grow, you’ll help hire and mentor other designers we bring onboard.

  • Collaboration. You’ll work with engineering, product, leadership, sales, and our customers to ensure our designs are technically feasible and create great user experiences.

  • Flexibility. You’ll have the opportunity to flex beyond the typical scope of a product designer by contributing to our website, marketing materials, and front-end web development.

 

📍 Location

We’re remote-first and welcome candidates from anywhere in the US! We have quarterly team retreat where we fly the whole team out to a new location so we can meet in person, get to know each other better, kick off important projects, and have fun!

 

The team: 

We’re a small but mighty group of passionate individuals, excited about building a product that developers love. We recently raised $15M in series A funding, co-led by Tiger Global and Sequoia Capital. You can read more about it here. We are passionate about building a product customers love and a diverse and inclusive culture we can be proud of. 

 

If all of this resonates with you, this role might be for you! Come join us and help us transform the way software is built. 

 

Qualifications 

You might be a good fit for us if you have:

  • 5+ years of experience owning design projects end-to-end, shipping high-quality work quickly.

  • Have experience designing technically complex business products.

  • A bias for action and self-directed prioritization in ambiguous situations.

  • A growth mindset and want to help our team and processes evolve.

  • Ability to balance the need for excellent design with the need to move and iterate quickly.

 

It'd be nice if you have:

  • Familiarity with Engineering best practices and microservices.

  • Prior experience designing B2B products.

  • Experience designing developer tools and technical products is a plus.

  • Experience with communication design, willingness to help with marketing materials and other assets.

  • Familiarity with user research and user research methodologies.

🌴 Perks & Benefits:

  • Competitive salary and equity/stock options

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits 

  • Home office stipend 

  • Monthly health & wellnessstipend 

  • Retirement plans 

  • Flexible time-off 

  • Parental leave 

  • Quarterly team retreats


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    The contract for this position is a Full-time contract
  • What's the salary range for the Head of Design position?
    The suggested salary for this position is $245,100-$296,400*
  • Is telecommuting possible for this position?
    Yes, telecommuting is possible for this position
About Cortex
Cortex makes it easy for engineering organizations to gain visibility into their services and deliver high quality software.
Website
Founded
2019
Size
11-50 employees

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