Staff Product Designer

Deno makes programming easy. We make it possible to use JavaScript outside of the browser to build all types of software. Our free open source runtime is one of the most popular projects on Github. Our business is hosting JavaScript servers at the edge with the Deno Deploy serverless runtime. Try it out — you ought to be able to deploy a server world-wide in less than 5 minutes.

About the company

Deno is founded by the same engineers who built Node.js, the JavaScript runtime used by millions of developers and used by nearly all websites in one form or another. Deno is a continuation of the ideas in Node; a modern take on server-side JavaScript development. The open source project has already secured itself among the ranks of the most popular projects on GitHub.

Our commercial product is cloud service for hosting JavaScript servers. It is one of just a handful of implementations of serverless at edge in existence. By repurposing web browser technology for server software, we aim to accelerate a new generation of extreme low-latency edge applications.

The Deno company grew out of our open source project during the pandemic. As a result, we're 100% remote with employees all over the world. Don't assume this means we're not a real company; our investors include Sequoia Capital, Nat Friedman, Guillermo Rauch, Dylan Field, Netlify, and Wordpress.

About the role

We are seeking a Staff Product Designer with a passion for finding solutions that allow customers to intuitively use our products. The ideal candidate will be skilled at each stage of the design process but always focused on the needs of the customer.

Responsibilities

• Drive the discovery and design phases of the product delivery process and help establish our user-centered design practice

• Identify new product improvement opportunities

• Analyze how a new product satisfies market needs and consumer preferences

• Modify and revise existing designs to meet changing customer preferences

• Work closely with product engineers to suggest improvements for existing products and processes

• Present product design ideas to cross-functional teams and senior leadership

• Refine our understanding of major user journeys and customer segments, with the goal of optimizing product design 

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience

• Excellent visual, UI, and interaction skills with experience designing products for highly technical audiences / software developers 

• Passion to deliver extraordinary delightful user experiences

• Comfort with executing qualitative and quantitative analysis to evaluate the performance of designs, including leading customer interviews 

• Experience developing design systems

• Nice to have: Experience with JavaScript, React, and HTML/CSS

We Offer

• A competitive full-time salary and early-stage stock options

• 100% remote work from anywhere in the world

• Autonomous work - we work collaboratively on projects, but you set your own pace

• Flexible vacation time

• Hardware and office allowances

• Company off-sites three times a year

Process

• Once you've submitted your application, the team will review your submission and reach out for a screening interview over video call. If you pass this screen, you will be invited to up to four follow up interviews. These calls usually take between 30-60 minutes each depending on the interviewer. Once the interviews are over, our hiring team will meet to discuss several roles and candidates. We may ask one or two follow-up questions over email or a quick call before making an offer.