Senior Product Designer, Y Combinator
$160k
+ bonus (depending on skills and experience)
More information about location
Office located in Mountain View, CA
Startup accelerator
Job no longer available
Startup accelerator
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$160k
+ bonus (depending on skills and experience)
More information about location
Office located in Mountain View, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help startups really take off.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate is a self-starter, who’s comfortable working independently or with a team, based out of our San Francisco headquarters
- This is an amazing opportunity if you’re passionate about startups, design, and building for the very best founders in the world
- You have at least 5 years of experience designing and shipping high-quality web and mobile products
- You have a portfolio of past UX, UI, and design research you’ve led – from user interviews, to wireframes, to Figma files
- You’ve built or worked with design systems in previous roles
- You value both user feedback and data to help make decisions
- You sweat the details, and care about helping founders
- Bonus points: You’ve started or worked at an early stage startup
- Bonus points: You can write front-end code
- Bonus points: You have strong brand design experience
What the job involves
- Y Combinator is looking for a Senior Product Designer to lead the design of our internal and external products, including our founder-facing Bookface community, ycombinator.com website, and internal tools that help us scale our impact
- As the first designer on the team, you’ll work closely with our product engineers and YC Group Partners, and be responsible for leveling up our UX, UI, research, and brand design
- Lead and own the entire product design process, from research and conceptual design, to UX, UI, and visual design
- Define a design system to improve speed and consistency when shipping new projects
- Actively communicate with cross-functional teammates to gather requirements and invite feedback along the way
- Talk to users (founders + internal teammates) to get insights on how they use our products, and ways to improve it
Our take
Y Combinator (YC) is a force in the world of startups, serving as both a startup fund and an accelerator program. Since its inception in 2005, YC has invested in nearly 3,000 companies, a portfolio that boasts household names like Airbnb, DoorDash, Stripe, Instacart, Dropbox, and Coinbase.
YC's strength lies in its support ecosystem, which aids founders at every stage of their entrepreneurial journey. From Startup School, where budding entrepreneurs learn the fundamentals of launching a company, to the intensive YC batch program, which guides founders in product development, customer engagement, and fundraising, YC offers invaluable resources and mentorship to help startups flourish.
In recent years, YC has garnered remarkable attention and demonstrated its global reach by receiving a record-breaking 44,000 applications for its program, marking the highest influx of aspiring startups yet. However, this surge in demand has coincided with a strikingly low acceptance rate, standing at a mere 1%. This underscores the fierce competition and the high standards YC maintains when selecting the startups it chooses to invest in and mentor. As the startup landscape continues to evolve, YC is poised to remain a driving force in shaping the future of innovation.
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Company
Company benefits
- Medical, vision and dental plans
- Infertility benefits
- STD/LTD
- Life insurance
- Commuter benefits
- Flexible spending account
- Health savings account
- 401(k) + 4% matching
- Generous parental leave
- Paid holidays and flexible paid time off policy
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Jessica Livingston
(Co-Founder)Previously a VP of Marketing at investment bank Adams Harkness, where they managed an award-winning rebranding of the company. Also the author of Founders at Work.
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