by Ronald Barron | Dec 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
About the Role
Title: Head of Product Design (USA Only – 100% Remote)
Location: United States
Type: Full-time
Workplace: remote
Category: Product
Job Description:
Close is a bootstrapped, profitable, 100% remote, ~100-person team of thoughtful individuals who value autonomy and impact. We are out to supercharge sales productivity for small scaling businesses with the most modern, thoughtfully all-in-one, communication-focused CRM.
Our Product team obsesses over delivering great SaaS to serve the 6,000+ businesses that choose Close to help them grow. We are data-driven, learn the why behind problems, focus on use cases, and talk to our customers on every occasion. We share on The Making of Close, our behind-the-scenes Product & Engineering blog.
We are looking for a seasoned Head of Product Design to guide and shape our growing team. In this role, you will oversee the design of our web, desktop, and mobile apps, and play a key role in the design and development of new features. This role reports to our Senior Director of Product.
This role is ideal for someone who likes taking a hands-on approach to leadership, enjoys the challenge of managing a dynamic team, and is passionate about solving complex problems with simple and elegant solutions.
Leadership with Purpose: You will have the opportunity to lead and nurture a team of talented designers, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence. Your leadership will directly influence our design direction and the evolution of our product.
Impact at Scale: You will get to oversee design work that has a direct and significant impact on the daily experiences of our customers and their teams. Your work will be an integral part of their success as we build a world-class CRM.
Deep Work: Our product development process is inspired by Shape Up. We work in six-week cycles, thinking deeply about the right problems and shipping impactful product on time. Product, Design, and Engineering work collaboratively on the best solution. We believe in sustainable progress and success over the long run.
Design-Driven Work: You’ll take charge of initiatives where design leads the way, setting the standard for how innovative solutions can emerge from a design-centric approach.
About the Role
Team Management
– Lead a distributed team of 5+ designers (mostly Senior-level)
– Host 1:1s and team meetings, and provide ongoing performance feedback
– Set and execute quarterly team goals
– Build strong team culture and continue to raise the bar for design quality
– Identify professional development opportunities for the team
– Grow the team, as needed
– Build and improve team processes
Research
– Drive user research efforts to uncover pain points, opportunities, and insights
– Foster a culture within the design team of regularly doing qualitative and quantitative research (e.g., user interviews, surveys, usability testing, etc.)
– Ensure the design team integrates user research findings into design decisions
– Design & BuildProvide design review/critique on a regular basis (written feedback, video calls)
– Oversee design planning and assignments for each Cycle
– Help shape projects and ideas, especially early in the process
– Work closely with Product Management and Engineering teams at every stage
– Collaborate with Engineering on building out and organizing our design system
– Ensure consistency with Close’s overall brand
– Take on limited individual contributor work
Vision
– Define and communicate a compelling design vision that aligns with the product strategy and Close brand
– Contribute to longer-term roadmap planning
– Identify, plan, champion, and execute “Design-driven” projects (e.g., redesigns, etc.)
About You
Experience & Location
– Have 8+ years experience in product design (4+ years in management)
– Experience in all aspects of design: User research, interaction design, visual design, etc.
– Experience in establishing and improving processes for how a design team works
– Track record of working closely with Product and Engineering teams on successful projects
– Have helped build and maintain design systems
– Physically based in the US and able to work roughly US East Coast time zone hours (with a few exceptions, most of the product, engineering, and design teams are on the US east coast or in Europe)
Design & UX Sense
– Strong portfolio of elegant and simple solutions for complex desktop/mobile SaaS products
– Strong understanding of information hierarchy, progressive disclosure, typography, spacing, color theory, etc.
– Very knowledgeable about modern UX/UI patterns on desktop and mobile
– Exceptional taste in software design
Skills & Knowledge
– Enjoy helping product designers thrive and grow in their roles
– Comfortable working remotely with a high level of autonomy
– Customer and problem-focused
– Strong soft skills, especially around communication and collaboration
– Champion for design, but also know how to work within constraints and make trade-offs (we are big believers in having a fixed timeline, with flexible scope)
– Very knowledgeable about CSS, accessibility, etc.
– Proficient with Figma (you know how to work with components, variants, variables, etc.)
Bonus Points
– Experience or familiarity with Shape Up
– Experience in sales or with sales tools
– Experience in the B2B space
– Familiarity with GitHub Issues & Projects
Why Close?
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- Watch our most recent culture video featuring our annual team retreat in Italy
- 100% remote company
- 5 weeks PTO + Winter Holiday Break with 2 additional PTO days for every year with the company
- Choose between working 5 days/wk (standard full-time) or 4 days/wk @ 80% pay
- 1 month paid sabbatical every 5 years
- Paid parental leave
- Medical, Dental, Vision with HSA option (US residents)
- 401k matching at 6% (US residents)
- Dependent care FSA (US residents)
- Our story and team
Our Values
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- Build a house you want to live in – Examine long-term thinking and action
- No BS – Practice transparency and honesty, especially when it’s hard
- Invest in each other – Build successful relationships with your coworkers and customers
- Discipline equals freedom – Keep your word to yourself and others
- Strive for greatness – Constantly challenge yourself and others
How We Work Together
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- Productivity, Quality & Impact – We don’t track hours. We trust you’re an adult and know best how to prioritize, meet your goals and contribute at a high level.
- Asynchronous communication & collaboration – We have team members all over the world. We don’t expect anyone to work untraditional hours, that means our default is async. Most teams have 2-5 hours of internal meetings weekly.
- Appreciation for Deep Work – During your normal work day, not after a day a meetings!
- Autonomy & Freedom – Create a work environment that is sustainable for you. We place a high amount of trust and responsibility with our team members from the start.
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by Ronald Barron | Dec 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
About the Role
Title: Senior Cloud Developer
Location: USA , Remote
Job Description:
Responsibilities for this Position
Location: Any Location / Remote
Full Part/Time: Full time
Job Req: RQ186719
Type of Requisition:
Regular
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
None
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None
Public Trust/Other Required:
None
Job Family:
Cloud
Job Qualifications:
Skills:
API Gateway, AWS Cloud Computing, Command Line Interface (CLI), Full Stack Development, Single Sign-On (SSO)
Certifications:
None
Experience:
3 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
No
Job Description:
Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Senior Cloud Developer supporting the CMS Cloud team. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.
At GDIT, people are our differentiator. The Senior Cloud Developer is a multi-functional role to design, implement, and manage CMS hybrid cloud financial management tools. This role will involve executing the strategy for tool delivery and ensuring the scalability, reliability, and security of the cloud tools.
Program Overview: GDIT is seeking professionals to support the CMS Cloud team in delivering brokerage services for infrastructure teams including the following: Cloud services from CSPs includes Microsoft Azure Government (MAG) and Amazon Web Services (AWS); Equinix data center leased space; hardware; Software; OEM professional services; and asset and financial management services. Our product-driven team works directly with CMS and their Hybrid Cloud application teams to ensure efficient and cost-effective cloud & product use. Our team is responsible for financial management tools CMS application developers use to optimize and manage their cloud applications. Successful candidates are eager to take the initiative on a large Cloud resell program where optimization and attention to detail is crucial.
HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:
- Work with AWS Storage and Analytics services (S3, Glue, Athena, QuickSight, Lake Formation, etc.)
- Work with AWS Compute and Management services (Lambda, Fargate, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, etc.)
- Work with AWS Security, Identity, and Compliance services (KMS, IAM, Identity Center, Cognito, etc.)
- Work with Networking and Content Delivery services (API Gateway, Route 53, NLB, ALB, VPC, etc.)
- Configure AWS cloud monitoring and alerts for cloud resource availability
- Analyze customer requirements and provides technical expertise on cloud computing techniques and technologies of moderate complexity
- Development: Work on implementing proofs of concepts to develop and enhance our solutions
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, department heads, and clients to understand their reporting requirements and address any questions or concerns.
- Research and Trends: Stay updated with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies related to serverless computing, security, reporting, and analytical tools. Apply new knowledge and techniques to enhance solutions
- Solution Maintenance: Monitor and update existing solutions to ensure integrity,
availability, and responsiveness. Modify solutions as required based on feedback and changing needs.
- Documentation: Maintain comprehensive documentation of solution diagrams,
infrastructure as code, and runbooks. Keep track of revisions, updates, and version control.
- Process Improvement: Continuously evaluate and improve processes, methodologies, and tools to enhance efficiency and effectiveness. Explore opportunities for automation and improved performance.
- Support integrity and security of systems
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:
- Education: Relevant and related technical training, certification(s), or degree
- Required Experience: 3+ years of experience
- Required Technical Skills: Experience with multiple AWS services including Lambda, Athena, Glue, CloudFormation and CloudWatch; Hands on experience for setting up Single Sign-On, especially using AWS Identity Center; Hands on experience for building serverless applications; Experience with Linux, Python, Git; Familiarity with Agile methodology; Experience with task tracking and documentation tools such as Jira and Confluence
- Security Clearance Level: No clearance needed
- Required Skills and Abilities: Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present information to stakeholders; Ability to work independently and as part of a cross-functional team
- Preferred Skills: AWS Certification; Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related degree; Experience creating and presenting solution architecture diagrams; DMV residents
- Location: 100% remote working; Program resources must be willing to travel occasionally to the MD/VA/DC area on an as needed basis
- US Residency: Applicants shall have lived in the United States at least three (3) out of the last five (5) years prior to submitting an application for a Federal ID Card
- Working Hours: Monday-Friday 9am to 5:30pm eastern time. All resources on the program must support occasional incident/issue during non-core business hours.
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by Ronald Barron | Dec 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
About the Role
Title: Senior Application Programmer Lead
Location: US
Category: Information Technology
Position Type: Full-Time Salary Exempt
Remote: Yes
Clearance Required: None
Job Description:
Overview
Cayuse provides community focused technology solutions, program management, and business process services. Our integrated offerings, credentials, and diverse status allow local and state clients to engage quickly and confidently with Cayuse to deliver high-quality services on time and within budget.
Cayuse is 100% Native American-owned and benefits an entire Tribal community through career opportunities and dividends. The profits from our company are reinvested in our growth and as a distribution to the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
Responsibilities
- Designs, codes, compiles, tests, debugs and documents new and existing web applications, maintenance, and support of existing applications
- Monitor, review, and audit performance of the customer-agency’s replacement software and make performance improvements
- Provide technical knowledge transfer, training, documentation, mentorship and guidance to OTS, Customer-Agency, and all project related staff for all requested work
- Participates by providing feedback and detailed design and implementation approaches in all necessary team meetings and design sessions in accordance with Scrum ceremonies
- Performs all other tasks, special projects, analysis, studies, and plans as directed
- Participates in all necessary team meetings and design sessions in accordance with Scrum ceremonies
- Assist with production support when needed
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Five (5) years’ minimum experience working in the application development field
- ASP.NET Core
- Entity Framework Core
- C#
- SQL Server (T-SQL)
- Must be able to pass a background check. May require additional background checks as required by projects and/or clients at any time during employment
Preferred Qualifications
- VueJS
- Bootstrap
- SSIS
- SSRS Reports
- IIS
- Distributed Design Systems (SOA/Microservices)
- DevOps Practices (CI/CD)
- JIRA
- Git Source Control
- Frontend JavaScript Development
- Prior experience leading a team of developers
- Prior experience working with the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles
Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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by Ronald Barron | Dec 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
About the Role
Web Content Specialist
Remote, United States
Description
At Torrid we’re committed to cultivating a welcoming, inclusive and diverse culture driven by a focus on open dialogue, empowerment, recruiting, training, development and retention. We believe inclusion of diverse backgrounds and perspectives is fundamental to our success.
As our Web Content Specialist, you will implement promotions, develop content, and communicate changes with cross-functional teams to drive revenue, increase conversion and channel loyalty. You’ll focus on the development and maintenance of digital content, with a focus on quality assurance. You’ll use web analytics, testing tools and the voice of the customer to guide improvements, increase engagement and drive conversion on Torrid’s digital properties.
What You’ll Do:
- Responsible for site promotions including campaigns, promo codes, source codes and multi-variate testing to drive revenue.
- Create, edit, and implement content within ecommerce platforms or management systems.
- Supports various teams through production of digital content placements within our websites and mobile app.
- Review and thoroughly test content and promotions to ensure quality execution throughout all viewports and placements.
- Responsible for store listing updates for Site, App and Google My Business
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure all content aligns with the brand, style guidelines, best practices, and design principles.
- Troubleshot issues related to promotion set up, content, and site navigation.
- Ensure consistency of user experience on all devices (mobile, tablet, desktop & App) in conjunction with style guides and best practices
- Assist in the maintenance and implementation of content strategies
What You’ll Need:
- 3+ years of experience as a site merchant in a specialty store environment, with a strong history of developing and growing an apparel business; skilled in creating and executing tactical plans to support strategic goals, identifying market trends, and leveraging retail financials to drive business performance
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by Ronald Barron | Dec 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
About the Role
Title: Senior Software Engineer, Builders (React/Ruby on Rails)
Location: Remote
Job Description:
Kit is an email-first operating system for creators who mean business. We help creators grow and monetize their audience with ease. For coaches, YouTubers, authors, podcasters, and other creatives, there isn’t a better marketing hub to rely on to grow audiences, automate email marketing, and sell digital products – all within one platform. More importantly, there isn’t a team more committed to helping creators earn a living.
We’re on a mission to help creators earn $1 billion using our creator marketing platform. We have always been 100% independent and 100% remote. We are proud to have built a product that our customers love, and we look for people who have enthusiasm and belief in our mission, vision, and values to join our team.
The Kit culture is one where emotional intelligence is valued, radical candor is encouraged, and where everyone works together to uphold a set of shared team principles.
The Role
We are hiring a Senior Software Engineer who enjoys creating beautiful experiences and has empathy for the Creators we serve. You will be joining the Builders Squad, which is responsible for building the suite of tools Creators use to build their emails, landing pages, Creator Profile, and more. This squad builds and supports features that directly impact our growth, conversions, and churn.
To learn more about how our engineering team works, you can peruse our engineering blog.
Responsibilities
- Own solving problems across the full stack in collaboration with your team
- Actively participate in driving the technical direction of our codebase
- Collaborate with team members across the organization
- Proactive communication with product stakeholders
- Staying up to date with current technical best practices
Requirements
- Expertise with modern frameworks like React and Tailwind for building high-performance user interfaces.
- Experience with Ruby on Rails.
- Previous experience writing code that is accessible, scalable, maintainable, and performant.
- A keen interest in working closely with Product and Engineering managers on prioritization. That includes analyzing risks and dependencies for proposed features, and providing insight into scope we can cut while still meeting business goals.
- A commitment to mentoring and teaching other engineers formally and informally.
- The ability to dive deep into problems, especially in maintaining and improving legacy applications, ensuring long-term stability beyond quick fixes.
- Ability to take on ambiguous tasks, propose solutions, and independently execute projects. Self-starters with strong initiative are key.
- A strong growth mindset, leadership, and ownership with a drive to continuously improve and take on new challenges.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a focus on documenting technical work clearly and making it accessible to all stakeholders.
- Be autonomous and self-motivated to work effectively in a 100% remote company.
- Have enthusiasm for and belief in our mission, vision, and values.
- Attend our bi-annual company retreats.
- At least a 4 hour overlap with teammates based in the east coast.
Nice to Haves
- Experience with Onboarding, Activation, and Experimentation. Working on onboarding flows and activation testing.
- Building or contributing to rich text editors such as, SlateJS.
- Experience building email templates.
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