Senior Product Designer, Smartcar
$135-155k
+ Equity
More information about location
API infrastructure for cars
Job no longer available
API infrastructure for cars
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
$135-155k
+ Equity
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
To empower developers to build the future of mobility.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience as a product designer and have worked with in-house design teams
- Proficient building designs in Figma
- Experience designing cross-platform web-based interfaces
- Ability to design and ship products that have a technical user base
- Ability to quickly understand problems and identify the right solutions
- Self-starter with a strong opinion, autonomy and intuition for design
- Demonstrated love for an iterative design process and for collaborating closely with engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders
- Excellent communication, presentation, and writing skills
- Strong attention to detail
What the job involves
- As Smartcar’s Senior Product Designer, you will have the opportunity to partner with our product and engineering teams to create innovative and consistent designs throughout Smartcar’s visual experiences
- You will lead the vision, strategy, planning, and execution of product design at Smartcar
- Own Smartcar’s product design process end-to-end
- Quickly produce wireframes, and prototypes before transforming into high-fidelity visual designs
- Participate in user research and usability testing and incorporate insights into new product features that delight our customers
- Identify both small and large usability issues within the product experience and work with product and engineering to address them
- Utilize data to help inform design decisions and test new designs
- Balance short-term needs with evolving the vision and long-term view
- Organize and maintain our database of digital assets and design mocks
- Work closely with our founders, product, and engineering teams to review product design and implementation details
- Build personal and organizational empathy towards our app developers and consumers
- Contribute to our company strategy and decision-making around our products
- Manager: Joel Cloralt, Director of Product
Our take
Vehicle technology has grown exponentially over the years, with more cars being made with features like built-in WiFi and the rising popularity of EVs. Yet, vehicles were limited by the software built specifically for each brand. Smartcar’s universal API is compatible across all brands – think Android or Windows, but for cars – powering much-needed innovation within the mobility space.
Its API enables businesses and software developers to integrate their apps and services to over 153 million compatible vehicles across 31 countries. From auto insurance to EV charging and fleet management, the company has secured partnerships with major enterprises such as Turo, Recurrent, and Amp X.
Backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), New Enterprise Associates, and Energize Ventures, the company has remained focused on further innovation of its product while strengthening and expanding its partnerships with the likes of BMW. Smartcar is well set to see further adoption of its platform and remain the leading developer platform for mobility businesses.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
40% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jan 2022
$24m
SERIES B
Mar 2018
$10m
SERIES A
Total funding: $36m
Company benefits
- Employer-matched 401(k) at 4%
- Flexible vacation
- Medical, dental, and vision plans
- 8 weeks of 100% paid parental leave with a 1-week half day ramp back time
- $300 yearly learning and development stipend
- $350 work-from-home stipend
- Internet and cell reimbursement of $50 a month
- Equity
- Quarterly team offsites
- Quarterly company offsites
- Remote work within CA and NY
Company HQ
Old Mountain View, Mountain View, CA
Leadership
Sahas Katta
(Co-Founder & CEO)Former Journalist at Skatter Tech.
Sanketh Katta
(Co-Founder & Board Member)Former Linkedin Data Scientist and Undergraduate Student Instructor at UC Berkeley.
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