Product Designer

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Product Designer to join our growing Platform Engineering team. The ideal candidate for this position has a solid understanding of component-based design principles and is eager to support the design team in implementing these methodologies effectively throughout the product development process.

Salary Range: $80,000-$90,000

Primary duties for this position include:

• Translate high-level business needs into detailed designs with guidance from senior designers.
• Optimize designs for implementation in iterative vertical slices.
• Gather feedback and gain buy-in from leadership, sales, and customer success teams.
• Actively participate in feature ideation and contribute from conception to implementation.
• Assist in the maturation of BlastPoint's UI framework by contributing to our component-based design system.
• Proactively identify opportunities for component reuse and new component requirements early in the design process.
• Contribute to enhancing the beauty, consistency, and intuitiveness of BlastPoint’s UI.

Professional Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field of study.
• 1+ year of work experience designing interactive digital products.
• Proficiency in modern interactive design tools such as Figma (preferred), Sketch, etc.
• Familiarity with the basics of web technologies and their design implications.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Employment is subject to a background check.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Interest in current trends in UX/UI for interacting with AI models.
• Experience assisting in designing UIs centered around data and geospatial visualizations.
• Experience contributing to user experience testing or feedback sessions.
• Familiarity with user behavior tracking tools like Pendo.
• Basic knowledge of modern UI frameworks (e.g., React).
• Ability to support multiple ongoing concurrent projects in cadence with our product teams.
• Attention to detail.
• A willingness to travel to the Pittsburgh, PA office periodically (roughly 2-4 times per year), provided that it is safe to do so

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