Senior Product Designer

Why CAST AI?

CAST AI is the leading Kubernetes cost optimization platform for AWS, GCP and Azure customers. The company is on a mission to deliver a fully automated Kubernetes experience. What’s unique about CAST AI is that its platform goes beyond monitoring clusters and making recommendations; it utilizes advanced machine learning algorithms to analyze and automatically optimize clusters, saving customers 50% or more on their cloud spend, improving performance and reliability, and boosting DevOps and engineering productivity.

To date, the company has raised $73M from investors including Cota Capital, Creandum, Uncorrelated Ventures, and Vintage Investment Partners. CAST AI has nearly 200 employees globally and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

However, this is merely the beginning. Our product roadmap is filled with exciting innovations that are yet to come. We are searching for intelligent, motivated, and self-reliant people to help us fulfill this ambitious mission.

Core values that hold us all together:

PRACTICE CUSTOMER OBSESSION. Focus on the customer journey and work backwards. Strive to deliver customer value and continuously solve customer problems. Listen to customer feedback, act, and iterate to improve customer experience.

LEAD. Take ownership and lead through action. Think and act on behalf of the entire company to build long-term value across team boundaries.

DEVELOP AND HIRE THE BEST. Strive to raise the performance bar by continuously investing in yourself, the team and by hiring the best possible candidates for every position. Drive towards personal development and professional growth, and mentor others to raise the collective bar.

EXPECT AND ADVOCATE CHANGE. Strive to innovate and accept the inevitable change that comes with innovation. Constantly welcome new ideas and opinions. Share insights responsibly with unwavering openness, honesty, and respect. Once a path is chosen, be ready to disagree and commit to a direction.

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Role overview

We are in search of a talented and motivated Senior Product Designer to join our expanding Design team. You will play a vital role in transforming and scaling our product, contributing to our mission of delivering exceptional user experiences. At CAST AI, we work in a flat structure that encourages open communication and collaboration across all levels. Given our cross-team structure, you will be working with top-tier professionals and have the opportunity to shape different modules and components of our product. This role promises a lot of exciting challenges. If you’re ready to impact and thrive in a dynamic environment, join us.

In this position, you’ll:

• Identify new product improvement opportunities, define user problems, and develop effective solutions to address them
• Address complex technical design challenges within the product
• Support the development process
• Conduct research activities like discovery sessions and usability studies to prototype and iterate on design solutions
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment, responding agilely to evolving project requirements and tight deadlines
• Develop user personas and journey maps based on research findings and data insights
• Contribute to the design process and actively participate in developing and maintaining our design system
• Write comprehensive documents to describe the vision and implementation details
• Collaborate closely with design, engineering, product, and sales teams to bring designs to life
• Provide and seek feedback from fellow designers and cross-functional team members to foster continuous improvement
• Continuously learn and stay updated with industry standards and best practices to enhance design expertise.

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Requirements

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in product design
• A portfolio or case study showcasing design work for SaaS platforms, data visualization tools, or similar data-heavy applications
• Ability to understand and interpret API documentation and effectively design interfaces that can interact with backend systems
• Comfortable working alongside developers and can articulate design concepts and decisions in a language that is clear to technical stakeholders
• Proven experience across all design phases, including conducting user research, creating wireframes, developing prototypes, crafting visual designs, and conducting usability testing
• Some experience in developing and maintaining design systems
• Understanding of technical capabilities, workflows, and constraints
• A portfolio or case study showcasing a consistent track record of delivering high-quality work within fast-paced environments
• Collaborative nature, enjoying teamwork and actively participating in collaborative ideation sessions with colleagues and partners
• Expertise in popular design tools such as Figma (or Sketch, Adobe XD, and other design tools)
• Proficient in written and spoken English.

Portfolio Requirement:
Please include a portfolio with your application, highlighting your design expertise and experience in delivering design work for SaaS platforms, data visualization tools, or similar data-heavy applications. This will help us understand your design capabilities and achievements.

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What’s in it for you?

• Team of highly skilled professionals to work with and learn from
• Impact and visibility. We’re still a relatively small company, every contribution counts
• Flat hierarchy. Our organization is flat, getting in touch with the CEO or CTO is a common practice here
• Short feedback loop. We are obsessed with customer satisfaction. We ship features fast and gets instant feedback. Feature projects tend to be completed in 1 to 4 weeks, depending on the scope
• Flexible working location and hours
• Skin in the game. Every engineering member gets stock options of the company
• Focus time: minimum overhead of meetings, bureaucracy &, etc.
• Monthly salary up to €6500 (gross) depending on the level of experience
• 10% self-improvement time for personal projects.