Cortex · 2 hours ago
Senior Product Design Engineer
United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$160K/yr - $190K/yr
5+ years expCortex is an AI-powered Internal Developer Portal that helps engineering teams improve software reliability and speed. They are seeking a Senior Product Design Engineer to bridge the design and frontend engineering teams, focusing on enhancing user experience and owning the design system from Figma through implementation.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Developer PlatformInformation TechnologyProductivity ToolsSoftware
Responsibilities
Contribute to raising the design bar at Cortex: You’ll work with the design team to push the boundaries of our design and user experience. You are relentless about crafting a delightful experience that we can all be proud of
Continuous improvement and animation: You’ll also look for opportunities to ensure no part of the product falls below standard best practices. That means reducing papercuts, iterating on clunky user experiences, polishing microinteractions, and adding appropriate UI animation to guide users to success
Design system ownership: You’ll own the design system end-to-end, in both Figma and code. You’ll work closely with other designers who are consuming components in figma, and developers consuming components in code
Prototype: You will assist the design team, product management team, and engineering teams in rapid prototyping when a high fidelity prototype is the best tool to illustrate functionality
Ship feature additions and fixes: You’ll be asked to design and ship UI-heavy features across the product surface area, ensuring components are performant and well-tested while collaborating with product management, frontend, and backend developers when necessary
Attention to detail: One of your core responsibilities is to maintain a strong attention to detail. You’ll be asked to regularly identify areas of inconsistency and incompleteness, and proactively work to make our product feel polished and professional
Qualification
Required
5-7+ years working at the intersection of design and code in a product-led company
Either owned or been a major contributor to a design system before
You can point to a portfolio of work (or github profile) that clearly demonstrates your skill and attention to detail in both product design and frontend development
Passionate about creating beautiful, useful, and usable interfaces guided by user feedback
Preferred
Startup experience is highly desirable, as we move very quickly
Bonus points for experience with developer tools or enterprise SaaS companies
Deep experience with React, Typescript, and Tailwind is preferred
We are open to talented candidates who haven't had the opportunity to work with this stack before, but will need to understand how quickly you can ramp up
Benefits
National medical, dental & vision insurance (we cover 100% for employees!)
Unlimited PTO & flexible working hours
401k plan
Gender-neutral parental leave
$1000 yearly Learning & Development stipend
$400 monthly perks stipend (use it on anything)
Pet Insurance
Company
Cortex
AI-powered Internal Developer Portal that helps engineering teams deliver reliable, secure, efficient software, faster.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$112.65MKey Investors
Scale Venture PartnersIVPSequoia Capital
2024-09-04Series C· $60M
2023-05-31Series B· $35M
2021-11-18Series A· $15M
Leadership Team
Anish Dhar
Cofounder & CEO
Nikhil Unni
Co-Founder & Chief Architect
Recent News
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