Remote Product Designer

Summary

Join Stack Overflow's User Experience team as a Product Designer and contribute to the design of community products like Stack Overflow and the Stack Exchange network. You will work closely with engineers, researchers, and product managers to create high-quality user-centered designs. This role requires 3+ years of product design experience in a responsive web setting, a deep understanding of user research, and excellent communication skills. Stack Overflow offers a remote-first work environment with flexible hours, competitive salary and benefits, including generous paid time off, parental leave, and professional development opportunities. As a generalist, you'll be involved in all stages of the design process, from research to high-fidelity mockups. The company values collaboration and provides a supportive team environment.

Requirements

• 3+ years of product design experience
• Applied experience of thoughtful, thorough design work in a responsive web setting
• A deep curiosity and ability to consider product strategy and vision. You don’t just care about how a feature should look, but you’re interested in why we’re designing it in the first place
• Experience in conducting, digesting, and applying user research
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• High levels of organization and ability to work independently

Responsibilities

• Follow our fast-moving product development process in close collaboration with your product team consisting of engineers, researchers, product managers, and other designers
• Identify when user research and experience design methods are necessary, and conduct or collaborate on that discovery work
• Partner closely with our research team, drawing insights from their work, partnering to run your own studies, and turning findings into tangible solutions
• Design high-quality visuals, interactions, workflows, and copy that are user-centered and consistent with our design language
• Use your design work appropriately in context with the overall product and business goals to impact and drive product strategy
• Work with our world-class product managers and engineers to deliver your product vision, including writing design specs and reviewing work before it is shipped to millions of users
• Contribute to a collaborative and inclusive team environment where design ideas and feedback are shared openly and with the best intentions

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working on a consumer facing product
• Experience with designing for developers or other technical audience
• Experience using (and/or contributing to) design systems

Benefits

• Competitive Base Salary
• Generous paid vacation
• Generous parental leave (16 weeks at 100% pay), family care leave, and unlimited sick days
• Equity for all employees at all levels
• Industry-leading health benefits that are applicable per country of residence for all our full-time employees
• Company-paid Life Insurance
• Home Internet stipend
• Professional allocation for your growth and development
• One-time allowance to assist with your home office setup
• Company-paid access to Calm, Bravely, LinkedIn Learning, MyAcademy and Overdrive