Senior Design Engineer
At Obscura we are building the next generation of VPN services - ones that are actually private and seamless. We fight to make the Internet open and private by default. We obsessively design and build delightful products that help our customers secure and free their internet access.
We’re seeking a Design Engineer passionate about crafting/building exceptional experiences and shaping the future of privacy-tech products. You'll collaborate with the founder and our top-tier engineers to code up (re)imagined product experiences, realize marketing efforts, and shape our product strategy.
Your goal: make Obscura's products intuitive, accessible, and distinguished - simplifying open and private Internet access for our users.
Obscura is growing quickly and is funded by prominent Angels and investors.
What you will be doing
Designing new features and experiences for Obscura VPN
Writing robust and maintainable frontend code
Driving product initiatives from ideation to design and implementation
Collaborating with the founder, marketing, and engineering teams
Managing and prioritizing your workload across multiple focus areas and projects
Contributing to the strategy, planning, and execution of the product roadmap
Considering all parts when crafting experiences: from copy to animation to business impact
What we look for in you
4+ years of relevant experience working with product and engineering teams
Mastery of relevant design tools (e.g. Figma, Sketch, Rive, etc.)
Mastery of frontend programming in React and vanilla HTML/CSS/JS
A portfolio that shows work you were directly responsible for designing and developing
Proven ability to thrive and excel in remote teams
You can take ambiguous problem spaces and shape them into clear and elegant solutions
Deep care and attention to user feedback to arrive at well-crafted solutions
Discriminatingly borrow from existing design patterns or rethink them where appropriate for the problem at hand
The ability to learn new skills and rapidly iterate to drive product initiatives forward
A desire to strive for excellence in your work until all details are attended to
The ability to explain your work, process, and decisions and proactively seek feedback to help you produce your best work
You surface pivotal decisions and requirements early and proactively coordinate with team members
Nice to haves
Experience with privacy-tech products
You have worked with Astro, React, Typescript, SwiftUI
You have worked at a startup
Personal interest in advancing digital privacy
Compensation expectations
Competitive salary and equity compensation dependent on level and experience
US employees: Competitive health benefits
Location
Remote Americas or Europe
Interview Process
Initial interview with our Founder (45 mins)
2x Interview with key Team Members (45 mins each)
Final interview with our Founder (45 mins)