Product Designer (Early in Career), Traba
$120-150k
Offers Equity
5 days a week in office
Marketplace for matching industrial workers with open shifts
Be an early applicant
Marketplace for matching industrial workers with open shifts
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$120-150k
Offers Equity
5 days a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
To help both businesses and workers to reach their full productivity and potential.
Role
Who you are
- Champion of the User: You’re committed to usability and accessibility, minimizing friction, and designing user-centric journeys
- First-Principles Thinker: You equally value understanding the “why” behind design choices and the “how” of bringing them to life
- Impeccable Craftsmanship: Your designs are detail-oriented, and you understand how nuanced interactions create intuitive interfaces
- Systems Architect: As a co-creator of our design system, you’ll define foundational UI patterns and governance for cross-functional teams
- Inventive Problem Solver: Whether through software, hardware, or even creative hacks, you’re resourceful in tackling diverse design challenges
- Collaborative by Nature: You thrive on working with teams and users to explore and solve various problems
- Adaptable and Humble: You excel in fast-paced settings, quickly structuring ambiguity and iterating without ego
- 3+ years of hands-on software design experience, with a history of solving complex UX and UI challenges
- Proficiency in design tools, especially Figma, and familiarity with building design systems
- Strong understanding of the software development process (coding experience is a plus)
- Demonstrated success in shipping impactful features and user experiences
- Comfortable in a startup environment with a broad scope of responsibilities
- Strong work ethic with an ambitious mindset to drive impactful change
- Positive, optimistic, and enjoyable to work with
What the job involves
- We’re searching for an entrepreneurial product designer to help transform the staffing industry. Our product isn’t an app; it’s the labor we deploy into warehouses and manufacturing facilities throughout the country (and eventually, the world).
- Beyond collaborating with software engineers, you’ll work closely with field teams to design practical, on-the-ground solutions. You will be reporting to our Head of Product (a seasoned designer with over 20 years in Series A–D environments) from some of the world’s most iconic and successful tech brands. You will also partner closely with our founders and leadership team to bring our product vision to life
- Lead the architecture and evolution of our design system and brand identity
- Address operational challenges using a blend of hardware, software, and service design
- Push pixels in Figma, focusing on scaling manual processes through software
- Rapidly prototype designs to facilitate team evaluation and alignment
- Develop and refine user experiences within our native and web applications
- Utilize our Ops Console to support and scale manual operations
- Understand, document, and visualize both business and worker needs
- Simplify complex data flows for input and decision-making
- Conduct user research to validate concepts and usability
- Actively share work with the team, gathering feedback for improvement
Our take
Traba aims to revolutionize the gig economy within the warehousing and events sector by addressing current shortcomings. While the gig economy has provided flexibility elsewhere, it has struggled in these industries, often leading to disengaged workers and exploitative practices.
Trada distinguishes itself by verifying worker credentials and setting a minimum wage to ensure fair compensation, which helps mitigate issues seen in other short-term staffing solutions. The platform offers benefits like instant pay-outs and automation features for invoicing and reporting, enhancing efficiency for both workers and employers.
With significant funding secured in 2022, Treaba plans to expand operations across the US, prioritizing states like Texas with robust light industry sectors. Future developments include enhancing the platform with new apps and tools to streamline communication and further improve user experience.
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Insights
Many candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
91% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Oct 2023
$22m
SERIES B
Jul 2022
$20m
SERIES A
Total funding: $45.6m
Company values
- Dream Big: Traba is building a generational company to redesign the supply chain world - like how Amazon reinvented the e-commerce world - and that requires a different mindset and level of commitment
- Olympian's Work Ethic: Nothing worth doing ever came easy, and we are committed to change the world for the better. We put everything we’ve got onto the field
- Growth Mindset: Maximize your growth and be pushed to your limits. Traba is perfect for those looking for a new challenge and the ability to grow quickly
- Customer Obsession: From our inception, our mission has been clear: to empower both businesses and workers to achieve their maximum productivity and potential
Company HQ
Tribeca, New York, NY
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Leadership
Mike Shebat
(CEO)Experience as General Manager for McCaster-Carr. Also served as a Senior Manager of Global Products for Uber from 2016 to 2021.
Akshay Buddiga
(CTO)Experience as Product Operations Analyst for Zenefits. Also served as a Senior Engineering Manager for Fanatics, Inc. from 2016 to 2021.
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