Mechanical Orchard is hiring a
Staff Product Designer in Worldwide

Summary

The job is for a Designer at Mechanical Orchard, a fast-growing startup that focuses on modernizing software systems for large companies. The designer will conduct user research, design new software, balance tradeoffs, maintain feedback loops, establish customer relationships, contribute to continuous improvement, and work remotely with occasional travel.

Requirements

• Conducting user research to understand the usage of existing legacy systems and validate that replacement systems are equivalent
• Designing screens in Figma, sharing for feedback, and incorporating feedback from users, customers, and teammates (engineers and product managers)
• Facilitating collaborative design workshops in all-remote, hybrid, and in-person settings
• Working alongside engineers, as needed, to implement designs
• Communicating with internal and external stakeholders about design strategy, risks, and techniques for modernization efficiently
• Developing novel processes and tools for testing that modernized software is equivalent to its legacy counterpart and meets all performance requirements
• Attending and facilitating agile team ceremonies such as daily standup, weekly planning, and weekly retrospectives

Responsibilities

• Owning and running user research activities for their teams
• Designing modern software from the ground up while taking into account the need for minimal changes from the legacy system
• Understanding and balancing tradeoffs between business needs, user needs, technical limitations, and security constraints while maintaining sustainable pace
• Using user-centered design principles to de-risk modernization work and craft great experiences as part of a balanced team
• Maintaining tight feedback loops within the project team, with internal stakeholders, and with customer stakeholders
• Establishing and maintaining excellent customer relationships, with alignment on priorities and progress
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of our software delivery practice across the entire product lifecycle by applying and advocating for modern agile and design practices

Preferred Qualifications

Contributing to front-end development, especially making and refining templates and components using HTML and Tailwind CSS (not required, but nice to have)

Benefits

• Remote work
• Occasional travel to Mechanical Orchard company meetings (1-2 times per year) and to client sites for in-person collaboration (1–2 times per year)