UX Designer, StarTree
Giving decision-makers data insights
Open for applications
Giving decision-makers data insights
101-200 employees
Open for applications
101-200 employees
Company mission
To make data more accessible and actionable.
Role
Who you are
- 4+ years of experience shipping (larger-scale B2B) software products
- Bachelor's degree in Design (e.g., Interaction, Graphic, Visual Communications, Product, Industrial), Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Strong fundamentals in complex interaction design problems
- Strong fundamentals in creating flow charts, wireframes, high-fidelity design mockups, and detailed design specifications
- Proficient with Figma and other industry-standard design tools (e.g., Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch, InVisio, Principle, etc.)
- A portfolio that highlights design principles, showcases strong UX, UI, and interaction design skills with a high standard for quality, and demonstrates command of visual design, including typography and color theory
- Good understanding of technology including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Great communication and storytelling skills
- A self starter with the ability to work effectively in teams
What the job involves
- Work closely with a small team of product designers, product managers, and cross-functional partners to create current and future product experiences
- Design new features and enhancements for various StarTree products from start to finish, helping to shape our future as we advance our technology, products, and design standards
- Help shape the overall design and product direction at StarTree
- Undertake rapid development of low-fidelity wireframes to communicate design options and align on a solution
- Create and deliver high-quality products and improvements, with detailed prototypes and visuals
- Engage in user research to better understand our users and refine our products
Our take
StarTree is a startup founded by the creators of Apache Pinot, which delivers scaled analytics at low latency for up to millions of users - and has proven successful with market giants like Weibo, Walmart, and LinkedIn. StarTree is the platform-as-service version of Apache Pinot for enterprise, which is used by Cisco, Etsy and Target.
The company's pedigree is strong, with founders previously holding engineering positions at Uber and LinkedIn. They saw firsthand the benefits of providing real-time insights to users of Linkedin and UberEats, knowing it would sit well with the wider population.
Certainly, with more companies grappling with larger data pools at speed, the demand for low-latency analytics engines appears to only be growing. StarTree hopes to position Apache Pinot as the go-to engine for this and is focusing on marketing and sales to fend off rivals such as ClickHouse. It is expanding internationally as well to drive uptake, opening an office in India to grow into Asian markets..
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Aug 2022
$47m
SERIES B
May 2021
$24m
SERIES A
Total funding: $75m
Company values
- Put Integrity First - We hold ourselves, our community, and our partners to the highest standards
- Drive Innovation - We are constantly looking forward and pushing the boundaries of technology
- Inspire Each Other - We are stewards of a community where individuals feel valued and supported
Company HQ
Old Mountain View, Mountain View, CA
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Leadership
Xiang Fu
(Co-Founder)After compleating a Masters in Computational Science and Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, they worked as a Senior Software Engineer for LinkedIn and Staff Software Engineer for Uber. They were the Founding Engineer for Stealth Mode Startup and a Pinot PMC and Committer for The Apache Software Foundation.
Kishore Gopalakrishna
(Co-Founder & CEO)After graduating from the National Institute of Technology, Karnataka, they became an Application Developer for Oracle. Before becoming the Founding Engineer for the Stealth Mode Startup Company, they were a Senior Technical at Yahoo and Senior Staff Engineer at LinkedIn.
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