About us
Founded in 2015, OpenZeppelin is the premier crypto cybersecurity technology and services company, trusted by the most used DeFi and NFT projects in the world.
Our mission is to protect the open economy, safeguarding tens of billions of dollars in funds for leading crypto organizations includingAave, Coinbase, Compound, Ethereum Foundation, TheGraph and many others.
The OpenZeppelin team, spread across 30+ countries in the world, is responsible for creating the most popular Open Source Library for Smart Contract development in the world with over 15 million downloads! The expertise we've built along the years allowed us to uncover major security vulnerabilities for some of the most well known players in the market.
With the success of our products, our security audit work, and the open source educational efforts, we are setting the industry standards for secure systems of a hyper-fast-growing industry and we're looking for more folks to help us on our mission.
<h3><strong>The Product Team ❤️</strong></h3>
Our product team is responsible for the strategy, planning, launch, and adoption of the different OpenZeppelin products. We work closely with all the functions in order to achieve our goal of protecting the open economy by enabling developers and companies to securely code, audit, deploy, and operate smart contracts. We put a strong emphasis on user experience and analytics, and love to experiment! We are now looking for our first full-time product designer to join our party.
What you'll be doing
- As the first hire, you will be in charge of our UI/UX end-to-end. Your responsibilities will be to take ownership of design challenges, as well as to assist the rest of the team in coming up with creative solutions.
- Build relationships with different teams in the organization and implement design work methodologies.
- Conduct research, learn how users are using our products, and design interfaces that make them fall in love with our products.
- Drive the entire workflow, from concept to wireframing, to prototyping and high-fidelity design, working closely with the rest of the product and engineering team on executing.
- Use data and analytics to constantly improve our products.
- Help with the planning and maintenance of the design language for the entire OpenZeppelin brand.
About you
- You have hands-on and practical experience of at least 3 years as a product designer designing tools and products for developers, and you have a strong portfolio with a well-refined aesthetic.
- You live and breathe modern trends and love to solve problems.
- Youâre a team player and you know that producing great user experiences takes a team, you defend your decisions but welcome feedback and are able to work collaboratively in a distributed team.
- You are highly self-motivated, able to make decisions and relish owning the journey of your work from concept through to use by our customers.
- Your attention to detail is perfected to the last pixel. You know your tools - whether you prefer Figma, Adobe, or anything else, youâre a master.
Nice to have
- Experience in security software products.
- Working in a startup.
- Experience in web3 products.
Logistics
Our interview process takes place on Zoom and tends to consist of the following stages:
- Recruiter call (45 minutes)
- Hiring Manager call (45 minutes)
- Team member interview (45 min)
- Leadership call (30 minutes)
- Paid work test
- Reference checks
Please let us know if you require any accommodations for the interview process, and weâll do our best to provide assistance.
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Benefits
- Unlimited holidays ð
- Fully remote: your way of working ð
- Paid parental leave & benefits for primary or second caregiver ð
- Team events: onboarding tour & company retreats in different locations around the world ð
- Work from home office equipment stipend of up to $500 USD ðª
- Monthly allowance for wellness activities ðª
- Coworking: access to a coworking space of your choice ð©âð»
- Learning: technical training; spoken language lessons in any language of your choice (using Italki) ð£
- Working with a global team in a fast-growing industry ð
At OpenZeppelin, we are an equal opportunity employer and we value different perspectives. We are committed to building a diverse workforce. This includes but is not limited to gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, national origin and other characteristics that make each one of us unique. In this uniqueness, we find the most value. Come join us!
