Senior UX Designer, Sofar Ocean
Spotter
$145-170k
3+ days a week in office
Ocean data monitoring
Open for applications
Ocean data monitoring
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$145-170k
3+ days a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
To connect the world's oceans to the people who depend on them (all of us).
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience in a product design role, preferably in a fast-paced startup or tech company
- Strong understanding of design principles, typography, color theory, and layout
- Ability to think through complex design challenges and navigate ambiguity
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to meet tight deadlines
- Ability to adapt quickly and work independently in a fast-paced environment with shifting constraints
- Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders
What the job involves
- Owning and running user research activities for their teams
- Designing modern web application features from the ground up within a complex system
- Pivoting to the products and corresponding initiatives that present the greatest opportunities for our users and our business
- Understanding and balancing tradeoffs between business needs, user needs, and technical limitations while maintaining sustainable pace
- Using user-centered design principles to de-risk new releases 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 end users relationships, with alignment on priorities and progress
- Contributing to the continuous improvement of our software design practice across the entire product lifecycle by applying and advocating for modern agile and design practices
- Conducting user research to understand end user needs
- 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, concept validation, and usability
- Attending and facilitating agile team ceremonies such as daily standup, weekly planning, and weekly retrospectives
Our take
Drastically changing weather and climate is one of the foremost issues of our time. And as we work to limit the impact of the climate crisis, we need trustworthy banks of data on how these changes have manifested, and what trajectory our world is on. This is where Solar Ocean comes in, with its global network of ocean-monitoring buoys.
It is the largest network of its kind, with thousands of solar-powered ‘spotters’ across the world’s oceans delivering over 200,000 updates every day. Its product is used primarily by climate scientists, but also has important applications in shipping, weather forecasting and maritime research as well.
Sofar is the largest network of its kind, and even though its spotters aren’t as sophisticated as similar government-funded ones, the sheer scale of its data collection makes its forecasts far more accurate. The funding it has raised is supporting the further extension of its network and development of its data services.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Aug 2022
$39.4m
LATE VC
Nov 2021
$39m
SERIES B
Total funding: $85.7m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health, vision, dental plan
- Volunteering program
- Home office stipend
- Hybrid work schedule (for most roles)
- Flexible time off (including World Oceans Day!)
- A strong internal community of ocean-lovers!
Company values
- Oceans First: We have one planet. If we have to choose between more profit or better oceans, we choose the ocean
- Grab an Oar: We pride ourselves on being proactive, taking responsibility, and always making things better
- Team Wins: We can only accomplish this mission together. Respect and help others, always
- Challenge with Heart: Vocal but open to others’ ideas. Listen, discuss, and commit
- Ship for Impact: Build for the mission, be pragmatic, and move fast. Ocean health can’t wait
Company HQ
Mission District, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Evan Shapiro
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously Co-founded Bad Rabbit Consulting, Spoondrift and Knit Health. At Knit Health they were also CTO, and at Spoondrift they worked as a Technical Architect.
Tim Janssen
(Co-Founder & CEO)Former Assistant Professor of Oceanography at San Francisco State University. They were a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Naval Postgraduate School, and also worked as an Independent Research Scientist and Principal Investigator.
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