Senior UX Engineer, Collectors
$135.5-220.1k
Authentication & sale services for high-value collectibles
Open for applications
Authentication & sale services for high-value collectibles
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$135.5-220.1k
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To help collectors pursue their passion through industry leading grading and authentication, tools to help collectors research and find the next big thing, and marketplaces to buy and sell.
Role
Who you are
- Above all we’re looking for someone who deeply cares about craft, polish, and delight in user experiences - and has work, whether side projects or company projects, to back it up with
- 3+ years of React or Flutter experience (Flutter preferred)
- Skills and understanding of good product design (layout, padding, type, color)
- Perfectionism and obsession in the work you ship, getting every detail right
- Experience working closely with a design and a product team
- Someone who is energized by close collaboration, and is proactive to a fault
- Experience building and maintaining a design system, and evangelizing the systems across teams
- Examples of highly polished side projects, whether shipped or simply concepted
- Can reduce complex problems down to simple design solutions
- A passion for collecting is a plus
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Senior UX Engineer to join our team of designers who can design polished UI and write production Flutter and/or React code. The ideal candidate should have a deep passion for front-end development, design, and craft, and be energized in a fast-paced environment
- You'll be working on products like the PSA App (available on the App Store and Google Play), which helps collectors identify & price, track, manage and list their trading card collections. This is a unique opportunity to shape intuitive, delightful experiences for a passionate and global community of collectors
- As a mobile design engineer at Collectors, you will report to the director of design and partner with the design, product, and engineering team to bring joy and craft into our mobile experiences
- Partner with the design and research teams to quickly build prototypes to test concepts internally and externally
- Establish, evolve, and maintain design foundations, systems, and patterns for the team, setting the bar for quality and consistency
- Collaborate with design, product, and engineering to light up craft and delight into our production mobile experiences
- Work with and mentor feature engineers on design best practices, and help unblock designs or interactions within a specific feature
Our take
Collectors offers a range of services for the collectibles industry including authentication and grading, collectibles research and sourcing tools, and a buy-and-sell marketplace. The industry is going through a huge renaissance, with a particularly high demand for sports and trading games cards, and Collectors has come to the fore as a major name.
While other big companies in the space include Fanatics and Steiner Sports, the fact that Collectors’ is more than a marketplace serves it well. Indeed, its most popular services appear to be grading and authentication, as well as storage vault services.
Collectors’ recent past has been very interesting to watch, as a 2021 acquisition led by current CEO Nat Turner unified the various brands of the former Collectors Universe, which was then relaunched as its current all-in-one platform.
It’s proving to be a shrewd move, as the “new” company’s first fundraise totaled $100 million, followed by an extra $123 million in post-IPO debt funding in 2023. With the collectibles industry forecast to double in value to be worth as much as $700 billion by end of the decade, Collectors is putting itself in a position of serious strength.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
25% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Employee Discounts: Be your own customer. Receive discounts on select grading services for approved submissions.
- 401(K) Matching Plan: Invest in your future with our competitive 401k matching plan.
- Health Insurance: Collectors offers medical, dental, and vision for you and your family’s well being.
- Vacation/Paid Time Off: Enjoy time away from work with paid vacation for full-time employees.
- Holiday Pay: All regular, full-time employees are eligible for 10 company paid holidays.
- Flexible Hours: Flexible schedules with varying shifts are available to accommodate your needs.
Company HQ
Santa Ana, CA
Leadership
Nat Turner
(CEO, not founder)Angel investor and well-known sports card collector. As well as being CEO of Collectors, is a board member at OneOncology and former board member at health companies Sema4 and Clover Health. Co-founded and led Flatiron Health (Acquired by Roche) from 2012 - 2022.
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