Product Designer

Who We Are

Float is the world’s leading software for teams to plan their time. Launched in 2012, we’ve grown every year since and remain proudly independent, self-funded, and profitable.

We’re a team of 50 working 100% remotely, and you’ll be partnering with team members based globally, including Australia, Mexico, Canada, Nigeria, and the USA. Read what our team thinks by browsing our blog or our Glassdoor reviews. Check out what our customers think from our G2 reviews.

We’re on a scale-up journey, seeking people who thrive in this building stage. You will be given the autonomy and opportunity to do the best work of your career.

Why We’re Hiring For This Role

At Float, we’re not just growing; we’re growing with purpose. Our Product Trio model ensures we design and build for our customers, with each discipline acting as a partner. A Product Trio at Float is made up of three key team members:

1. Designer: Focuses on user experience and interaction.
2. Product Manager: Concentrates on product strategy, market fit, and customer needs.
3. Engineer: Ensures technical feasibility and implementation.

Trios collaborate on insights into our customer needs and behaviors gained from UX research and data gathered across the organization.

You will have the opportunity to design a best-in-class experience that empowers teams to work better. Product Designers at Float work all the way from the initial idea to the full finished product release as our Product Trios collaboratively define and execute their roadmap informed by our company-wide OKRs. On our current journey from startup to scale-up, you’ll help shape our design team and influence the role of design in the wider company context.

As Float is scaling and growing, the capacity for design input and outputs working across the Product Trios is also growing. While supporting a Product Trio, you’ll join as a member of the Design Team headed up by Cam, our Director of Design. In addition to Cam, the current Design team includes two other Product Designers and a Visual Designer.

We’re looking for a proactive full-stack Product Designer excited about balancing user needs with business requirements. You will bring both creativity and strategic insight to your Product Trio. Along with experience taking projects from early-stage ideas right through to delivery, we’re looking for a Product Designer to complement our current team with the following strengths:

An Overview of the role from Cam, Director of Design

Cam explains the important role you will play at Float. Watch here.

With continual growth, a talented team, and strong data and process foundations, we’re excited by the impact a Product Designer will bring by joining us in the next stage of our scale-up journey.

What You’ll Be Responsible For

As a Product Designer, you will incrementally take ownership of the design function inside your dedicated Product Trio.

Early on, you will be supported to:

• Own and drive assigned product feature design from early idea to engineering handoff and VQA
• Contribute and maintain the Float design system
• Help evolve the Float design language and alignment with product+marketing design styles and systems
• Support the design team with flexibility where needed

Once you are more settled, we expect that you:

• Take ownership of the design function as part of a cross-functional trio
• Work with product and engineering to ideate and influence the product OKR’s and roadmap of trio projects
• Maintain, update, and develop new Float Design System and documentation processes
• With little oversight, deliver polished design solutions to engineering and see-through VQA process right through to successful project launch

What You’ll Bring

• A love for your craft and an eagerness to continue growing into the role
• The ability to make and communicate rational solutions across varied projects
• Product feature design experience with a solid balance of UX and visual design to work end-to-end from spec to wireframes to polished design
• Strong communication skills to effectively communicate the design rationale of solutions and tradeoffs in line with project requirements and key results
• Solid skills in prototyping and interaction design
• Experience translating and delivering design requirements in collaboration with product, research, and engineering
• Experience in design systems contribution, maintenance, and documentation (Supernova experience a plus)
• Motivated by feedback and thrives in the opportunity to learn new skills and advance in the role

As a fully remote team, we look for people comfortable with asynchronous communication as the default for all of our roles. This means you have previous remote experience and are comfortable using tools like Slack, Loom, and Linear to communicate as needed.

Don’t worry—you will have significant deep work time since we have few meetings.

Why Join Us

Pay for this role is US $125,339. Here’s a blog post with more information on how we determine our salaries.

You’ll be working with a smart, dedicated team from across the globe asynchronously, focusing on taking complex problems and creating solutions that feel simple and intuitive for our customers.

We’re a global async remote company with a diverse team of people from all over the world who share a common belief in living our best work life. We believe deeply in the idea of transparency and share our Float Handbook publicly so potential new team members can see firsthand our perks & benefits, and ways of working. If you feel like you can thrive at Float to do your best work, we would love to hear from you.

Hiring Process For This Role

You’ll find useful information about our interview process and what it’s like to join our global team on the Float careers page. The hiring process for this role looks like this:

• Initial First Meet (25 min): You'll meet with Mary, Talent Manager, to discuss your interest in the role and review your questions about working at Float
• Design Interview (45 min): You’ll meet with Cam, Director of Design, and Jill, Product Designer, to discuss your skill set and Design's role at Float
• Trio Interview (45 min): You’ll meet with Fabio, Front-End Designer, and Ryan, Product Manager, to dive deeper into your skills and experience and meet the members of the Trio you’ll be joining
• Founder Interview (30 min): You’ll meet with Glenn, Float’s CEO, to get to know you and see if you have the potential to be a great addition to the team

Our hiring process takes an average of 28 days from the first interview to a job offer (based on YTD 2023 data). Mary from our Talent team will be in touch each step of the way to ensure that you are well informed and aware of the next step in the process.

Note: Industry research shows that women and those in traditionally underrepresented groups generally don’t apply to jobs unless they check all the boxes for the role. If you feel strongly that you have what it takes for this role but don’t check 100% of the boxes—that’s okay—we encourage you to apply anyway and highlight what you can bring to the table.