Mapbox is the leading real-time location platform for a new generation of location-aware businesses. Mapbox is the only platform that equips organizations with the full set of tools to power the navigation of people, packages, and vehicles everywhere. More than 3.5 million registered developers have chosen Mapbox because of the platform’s flexibility, security and privacy compliance. Organizations use Mapbox applications, data, SDKs and APIs to create customized and immersive experiences that delight their customers.
What We Do
We are a small, versatile team of product designers and cartographers who are obsessed with finding systematic solutions to hard problems, and, in the process, inventing the future of how people interact with location. Most recently, we launched Mapbox Standard, a 3D basemap that is setting new standards for digital map design.We’re looking for a Senior Product Designer to join the team to solve complex problems, connect with users, innovate, and build design systems and tools for our flagship product, Mapbox Studio, and the evolution of new tools to support developers.
Your user research, interaction, and visual design skills will drive the developer experience, balancing ease-of-use for beginners, while providing all of the advanced capabilities our expert users rely on every day.
What You'll Do
Be the voice of the user & guide the team’s connection with our varied customers
Bring simplicity to complex workflows through an iterative process
Apply systems-level thinking across a platform of tools
Lead and engage your team in user research, both for discovery and validation
Collaborate with product and engineering to define the strategic future of our developer tool suite
Guide the team in design workshops to develop user-centered solutions
Communicate your design rationale and advocate for design through the presentation of your work
Think through the short to long term impact of features on the overall user experience
Deliver high fidelity visual design solutions
What We Believe are Important Traits for This Role
Empathy for your peers, your users, and yourself
Capable of turning highly technical concepts into simple, abstracted solutions
A breadth of design knowledge, with a depth in product and UX design best practices
Desire to work with a low-ego, highly collaborative, cross-functional team
Autonomous and self-disciplined to manage your own schedule in alignment with the team’s overall needs
Experience working with tradeoffs between design, product and engineering
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Highly proficient with design & prototyping tools (Figma, Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, Invision, etc.)
Humble approach to product design, seeing opportunities instead of faults
Seasoned background in UX, Product design, interaction design, human interface design, or HCI
Experience designing web applications
Experience working with maps
What We Value
In addition to our core values, which are not unique to this position and are necessary for Mapbox leaders:
We value high-performing creative individuals who dig into problems and opportunities.
We believe in individuals being their whole selves at work. We commit to this through supportive health care, parental leave, flexibility for the things that come up in life, and innovating on how we think about supporting our people.
We emphasize an environment of teaching and learning to equip employees with the tools needed to be successful in their function and the company.
We strongly believe in the value of growing a diverse team and encourage people of all backgrounds, genders, ethnicities, abilities, and sexual orientations to apply.
Our annual base compensation for this role ranges from $137,275 - $185,725 for most US locations and 5% to 10% higher for US locations with a higher cost of labor. Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location. Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information.By applying for this position, you acknowledge that you agree to the Mapbox Privacy Policy which is linked here.Mapbox participates in E-Verify to confirm employee work authorization.
Please refer to the Notice of E-Verify Participation and Right to Work posters for more information.Mapbox is an EEO Employer - Minority/Female/Veteran/Disabled/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.#LI-Remote
