At Timescale, we empower businesses with real-time insights from their data, allowing them to make faster decisions and optimize operations. We are creating a movement to unblock developers who are building the future. Timescale is a product-led growth organization driven by transparent leaders and a globally diverse, remote-first team that is proudly building a modern PostgreSQL cloud platform.We are looking for a dynamic and results-driven Senior Product Designer to help plan, design, implement, analyze, and improve our cloud database service. As a Senior Product Designer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping our product's user experience and interface. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, and other designers, to conceptualize, design, and deliver intuitive and visually stunning solutions that address our customers' needs.Our ideal candidate is a strategic thinker, a creative problem-solver, and possesses a strong passion for user-centric design. You'll succeed at Timescale if you are entrepreneurial, bold, scrappy, decisive, fired up in front of challenges and uncertainty, and get things done.Timescale is a fully remote organization. This is a full-time position with a preference in the North and South American time zones.What You Will Be Responsible For In This Role - Design ownership: Lead the end-to-end design process for new features and enhancements, from ideation to implementation, ensuring a seamless and optimal user experience. Maintain ownership of design decisions and outcomes, aligning them with business objectives and user needs.
- UX/UI Design: Design intuitive user interfaces that enable developers to accomplish their tasks efficiently, advocating for a user-centered approach. This includes creating wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs that adhere to best practices in usability and accessibility. Ensure design files are clean, organized, and easily accessible, facilitating collaboration and iteration.
- User research: Work with Product Managers and cross-functional teams to conduct user research, synthesize insights, and translate findings into actionable design solutions. This may involve interviews, surveys, usability testing, and analyzing usage data.
- User Testing: Plan and conduct usability testing sessions to gather feedback on designs and identify areas for improvement. Analyze test results and iteratively refine designs based on user insights.
- User-centered design: Prioritize user needs and design principles across the organization, advocating for a user-centered approach to product development.
- Cross-team work: Collaborate with product, engineering, and other stakeholders to prioritize user problems, design and deliver solutions to them, measure their impact, and define and execute the next iterations.
- Design System Development: Work closely with the product design team to develop, maintain, and elevate design systems. Provide guidance and support to colleagues on best practices for utilizing design systems, fostering a culture of design consistency and efficiency.
- Continuous Learning: Stay updated on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in product design and user experience. Actively seeking opportunities for professional development and growth.
- Team building: Partner with Design, Product, Front-end, and Back-end to drive insights around business opportunities and user goals.
You Could Be a Great Fit If - 5+ years of experience in SaaS product design, with a strong portfolio showcasing your work and process.
- Advanced knowledge in Figma.
- Solid understanding of user-centered design principles and methodologies.
- Experience leading user research, usability testing, and synthesizing insights.
- Experience designing digital products with an emphasis on design systems.
- Ability to translate qualitative and quantitative user data into creative solutions.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively articulate and present design concepts to stakeholders.
- Strong problem-solving skills, sense of ownership, and attention to detail.
- Ability to effectively manage multiple projects simultaneously effectively, balancing competing priorities and deadlines while maintaining a high standard of quality.
- Experience with technical developer products is strongly preferred.
You Might Not Be a Great Fit If - You aren't comfortable with a fast-paced, dynamic environment where priorities can shift quickly.
- You prefer a highly structured role with clearly defined tasks and responsibilities.
- You're not a self-starter who thrives on taking initiative and ownership.
Our Commitment - We will respond to all applicants
- We strive to review all applications fairly, without bias, and shortlist based on relevant skills and experience.
- All active candidates will be informed of what is happening next in the process.
About Timescale🐯Timescale is the creator of TimescaleDB and PGVectorscale, trusted by tens of thousands of organizations for their mission-critical time-series applications. We're committed to empowering developers and businesses worldwide, helping them build data-driven products that measure everything that matters—from software applications and industrial equipment to financial markets, blockchain activity, consumer behavior, machine learning models, and climate change.By analyzing data across time (“time-series data”), developers gain insights into what’s happening, how it’s changing, and why. With a global, fully remote workforce, Timescale is supported by top investors, including Tiger Global, Benchmark Capital, NEA, Redpoint Ventures, Icon Ventures, and Two Sigma Ventures.Enjoy debating the crunch-factor of different chicken nuggets 🍗, sweating it out during lunch 💦, talking about your kids, whether they be actual children 👶🏽, potted plants 🌱, or four-legged creatures 🐾? You’ll fit right in at Timescale!Our Tech StackWe share our tech stack with the caveat that we don’t require previous experience in it (but a love of these languages is helpful): Timescale's tech stack includes TimescaleDB, built on PostgreSQL, along with AWS, Go, Docker, Kubernetes, and Python for scalable time-series data management.To learn more, visit www.timescale.com or follow us on Twitter @TimescaleDB.What we’re offeringBenefits may differ from country to country. - Flexible PTO and family leave
- Fridays off in August 😎
- Full remote work from almost anywhere
- Stock options
- Monthly WiFi stipend
- Professional development and educational benefits 📚
- Premium insurance options for you and your family (US employees)
