Senior Product Designer

Neon is an open-source company on a mission to create a cloud-native database service for every developer.

We are looking for a Senior-level Product Designer with a focus on DevEx.

In this role, you will:

• Design end-to-end holistic experience, from discovery to ideation, testing, and prototyping of the ideal user experience

• Define, test, and iterate on the interaction design of new and existing features (user-flows, detailed product wireframes, prototypes)

• Participate in user research to guide product design decisions (contextual inquiry, usability testing, competitive analysis, etc.)

• Ensure all aspects of our product are easy to use and delightful

• Influence product and design direction through compelling storytelling that communicates a clear UX vision to all the stakeholders

• Design beautiful visual UI that adheres to our UI design standards (detailed high-resolution screen mockups)

• Work with developer teams to ensure pixel-perfect execution designs

• Drive the collaboration and build strong partnerships with Design, UX Research, Product, Engineering, and Marketing teams to collaboratively create, align, and execute your vision

We are looking for someone who has

• 5+ years of demonstrated experience in creating and implementing UX/UI design

• A strong portfolio that shows how you tackle complex user problems, research and validate your assumptions and solutions, and showcase the impact of your work

• Experienced with design tools (like Figma, Sketch, Invision, AdobeSuit, etc.)

• Practical familiarity with the ecosystem of modern dev tools

• Technical aptitude:

  • Worked closely with engineers

  • Understand software development life cycles and development flow with git

  • Used or co-created a CLI

• Demonstrated ability to produce low-fidelity sketches on tight schedules

• Demonstrated ability to synthesize real user feedback into designs

• Demonstrated ability to create click-through prototypes to test and validate working hypotheses with users.

• Demonstrated knowledge of responsive design techniques for different form factors (desktop vs. mobile)

• Solid understanding of user-centered design process and strong knowledge of user experience principles.

• Experience applying lean UX principles with a focus on collaboration with extended team members

• Experience iterating to improve designs based on feedback from peer reviews, demonstrations to stakeholders, and usability evaluation activities such as usability testing

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including techniques to persuade and negotiate and the ability to articulate alternative approaches

• You're not afraid of getting technical: No prior developer tools experience is required, but you are excited to learn about databases, developer workflows, and application development

Additional Bonus

• You are familiar with relational databases, and typical developer and operational workflows around them

• You understand developer workflows, you are accustomed to CI/CD, and you have worked with CLIs

• You have experience in PLG-led SaaS - a proven track record of designing successful SaaS-based software products and features from scratch in the startup building dev tools or productivity tools – starting at initial research and discovery, through concept design/iteration, to completed product launch and continued improvements.

• You thrive in a fast-paced work environment that requires independent self-direction with an aptitude for team collaboration and open communication

About Neon

Neon is building open-source cloud-native PostgreSQL. Our architecture separates storage from compute, allowing for serverless Postgres. We're a well-funded startup with deep knowledge of Postgres internals and decades of experience building databases. We are a systems company; we work on low-level code with strict performance and correctness requirements.

Neon was created by a team of Postgres hackers and led by CEO Nikita Shamgunov (co-founder of SingleStore). Neon is built on open-source principles and is focused on giving back to the Postgres and developer communities.

Our Team

• We are a distributed team of 100+ people working from 25+ countries (concentrating around North American and European time zones)

• We are a team built on open-source cultural principles (transparency, contribution, accountability, and proactivity)

• Team with decades of experience building databases and deep knowledge of Postgres internals. We are deeply technical

• We have experienced Postgres committers and hackers on the team (check Heikki, Anastasia, Arseny, Matthias profiles)

• We believe in the efficacy of collaborative open-source

• We aim for a diversity of thoughts and backgrounds

• We are keen to be a fast-moving, flat org and avoid hierarchical structures

Our Investors

• Top-tier investors backed up Neon's vision:

  • We raised $104 million in funding from Menlo Ventures, Notable Capital, Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst, and Founders Fund.

  • Venture vehicles of Snowflake and Databricks invested in Neon.

• Our angel investors are prominent technologists and ecosystem players. More than 20 awesome angels supported Neon, including Nat Friedman, Elad Gil, Mike Ovitz, Ajeet Singh, Guillermo Rauch, Søren Brammer Schmidt, and Wes McKinney.

• Our Board includes Quentin Clark, Glenn Solomon, Joe Morrissey, and Tim Tully.

Our Offer

• You have an opportunity to be an early employee in the fast-scaling, ambitious team

• You can work 100% remote: we'll handle all formalities to arrange work from your home

• We grant equity (stock options) to all full-time hires

• We offer a competitive benefits package in line with all tech companies (top-notch equipment, unlimited vacations, paid parental leaves, and much more)

• We are distributed, yet make our bonds during regular offsites (the last one was in Lisbon)