Senior Product Designer - Algolia AI

Algolia is looking for a passionate and empathetic Senior Product Designer who is eager to be involved in the entire product development process, from early research and ideation to tweaking pixels up to shipping and post-launch(e)You can identify problems and opportunities, and frame them in a way that guides your squad to delivering impactful work(e)You effectively collaborate cross-functionally to develop a vision and drive projects to completion(e)You’re motivated by goals and outcomes, staying focused on the big picture while giving care to the details when necessary(e)You iterate quickly, utilize data and user research to ensure you’re on the right path to your goal(e)You help champion design thinking within your squad, the design team and within the broader organization(e)You work humbly and kindly, aren’t afraid to make mistakes, and to learn from them(e)You’re always looking to improve yourself and to lift up others around you. 

The Team

At Algolia AI, we are passionate about helping developers & product teams connect their users with what matters most in milliseconds! 

We’re predicting user behaviours and building the intent graph which is then exposed through our API and dashboard(e)We then make it easy for product-dev teams to orchestrate sophisticated user experiences using our front-end libraries and tools(e)Your experience, your knowledge and your perspective will add value to an ambitious team of intrapreneurs that are not afraid to tackle complex problems our customers face as they’re building their personalisation strategy.

As a member of the Algolia AI team:

• You will have a direct impact on Algolia’s user adoption and revenue stream 
• You will play a pivotal role in architecting and implementing new products, that will play a central role for the future of Algolia 
• You will be in the driver seat to innovate in the multi-billion dollar market/industry.

Your role will consist of: 

• Design simple, data and research-based flows and experiences that delight our users
• Partner with PMs, engineers, other designers and stakeholders across the company to deliver products and features from conception to launch
• Effectively communicate conceptual ideas, detailed design, and design rationale verbally and visually to a variety of audiences (team members, your squad, company-wide, execs)
• Own the success or failure of your design work: validate your designs and initiate improvements
• Constantly seek and respectfully provide design feedback
• Help refine our processes and define best practices for design at Algolia

You might be a fit if you have:

• 5+ years product design experience
• Experience designing and shipping digital products (not just websites)
• A well-rounded design skills set (including product thinking, UX, UI)
• Self-awareness and ability to collaborate cross-functionally
• An appreciation for the entire product development cycle: research, problem definition, ideation, solution design, validation and iteration
• Strong communicator of design work and your rationale behind proposals
• Excellent spoken and written English skills required
• Mindset focused on learning and professional growth

Nice to have:

• Prior work experience in designing SaaS products 
• Prior work experience on a technical enterprise product
• Experience working in Figma or Sketch in a team setting
• Passion for working collaboratively in a dynamic, international context

We’re looking for someone who can live our values:

• GRIT - Problem-solving and perseverance capability in an ever-changing and growing environment.
• TRUST - Willingness to trust our co-workers and to take ownership.
• CANDOR - Ability to receive and give constructive feedback.
• CARE - Genuine care about other team members, our clients and the decisions we make in the company.
• HUMILITY - Aptitude for learning from others, putting ego aside.

REMOTE STRATEGY:

Algolia’s workplace strategy, Hybrid Remote, is designed to harness the power of the opportunities that remote work offers both employees and the company, while also providing an engaging in-office experience for the times when an employee is in an office(e)Our workplace approach reflects the belief that an employee’s impact, contribution, and output are more important than their physical location.

The majority of employees will be able to choose if, and when, they come into an office on a regular basis(e)There will be times when our people are asked to come into an office for “moments that matter:” activities like critical planning meetings and team social gatherings.  Beyond those events, 80% of our workforce may choose the location from where they work in the country in which they were hired.

We have physical offices in San Francisco, NYC, Atlanta, Paris, London, Bucharest, and we will be opening a small office in Austin soon(e)https://www.algolia.com/about/

ABOUT US:

Millions of developers around the world use Algolia to unleash the power of search across their digital properties(e)They use Algolia because we are API-first(e)We unlock incredible flexibility(e)We build blazing fast speed into our APIs(e)We do this because we know developers want to build cool things and innovate(e)Under Armour, Lacoste, Birchbox, Stripe, Slack, Medium, Zendesk and 10,000+ other companies use Algolia to build not just great search, but search that converts at higher rates because of the relevancy(e)We help their customers find the right goods, offers, and content really quickly(e)So quickly, in fact, that they don’t go anywhere else(e)Algolia helps businesses build and optimize the search and discovery experience resulting in significantly enhanced online engagement, increased conversion rates and enriched lifetime value that generates profitable growth(e)Today, Algolia powers 1.5 Trillion searches a year – that’s 4 times more than Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Baidu and Yandex combined(e)Our amazing technology is used by one in eight online users.

Founded in 2012, we're backed by $184M in funding from Accel Partners, Alven, DAG Ventures, Founders Circle, Owl Rock Capital, Point Nine Capital, SaaStr Fund, Salesforce Ventures, Storm Ventures and World Innovation Lab(e)The team is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Paris, London, Tokyo, New York, Atlanta and Bucharest(e)To learn more, visit www.algolia.com.

WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

We’re looking for talented, passionate people to build the world’s best search & discovery technology(e)As an ownership-driven company, we seek team members who thrive within an environment based on autonomy and diversity(e)We're committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace(e)We care about each other and the world around us, and embrace talented people regardless of their race, age, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, color, veteran status, disability and socioeconomic background.

READY TO APPLY?

If you share our values and our enthusiasm for building the world’s best search & discovery technology, we’d love to review your application!

REMOTE STRATEGY:

Algolia’s workplace strategy, Hybrid Remote, is designed to harness the power of the opportunities that remote work offers both employees and the company, while also providing an engaging in-office experience for the times when an employee is in an office(e)Our workplace approach reflects the belief that an employee’s impact, contribution, and output are more important than their physical location.

The majority of employees will be able to choose if, and when, they come into an office on a regular basis(e)There will be times when our people are asked to come into an office for “moments that matter:” activities like critical planning meetings and team social gatherings.  Beyond those events, 80% of our workforce may choose the location from where they work in the country in which they were hired.

We have physical offices in San Francisco, NYC, Atlanta, Paris, London, Bucharest, and we will be opening a small office in Austin soon(e)https://www.algolia.com/about/

ABOUT US:

Millions of developers around the world use Algolia to unleash the power of search across their digital properties(e)They use Algolia because we are API-first(e)We unlock incredible flexibility(e)We build blazing fast speed into our APIs(e)We do this because we know developers want to build cool things and innovate(e)Under Armour, Lacoste, Birchbox, Stripe, Slack, Medium, Zendesk and 10,000+ other companies use Algolia to build not just great search, but search that converts at higher rates because of the relevancy(e)We help their customers find the right goods, offers, and content really quickly(e)So quickly, in fact, that they don’t go anywhere else(e)Algolia helps businesses build and optimize the search and discovery experience resulting in significantly enhanced online engagement, increased conversion rates and enriched lifetime value that generates profitable growth(e)Today, Algolia powers 1.5 Trillion searches a year – that’s 4 times more than Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Baidu and Yandex combined(e)Our amazing technology is used by one in eight online users.

Founded in 2012, we're backed by $184M in funding from Accel Partners, Alven, DAG Ventures, Founders Circle, Owl Rock Capital, Point Nine Capital, SaaStr Fund, Salesforce Ventures, Storm Ventures and World Innovation Lab(e)The team is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Paris, London, Tokyo, New York, and Atlanta(e)To learn more, visit www.algolia.com(e)

WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

We’re looking for talented, passionate people to build the world’s best search & discovery technology(e)As an ownership-driven company, we seek team members who thrive within an environment based on autonomy and diversity(e)We're committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace(e)We care about each other and the world around us, and embrace talented people regardless of their race, age, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, color, veteran status, disability and socioeconomic background.

READY TO APPLY?

If you share our values and our enthusiasm for building the world’s best search & discovery technology, we’d love to review your application!