Tropic makes buying and managing SaaS ridiculously easy. The world runs on software, which is why companies of all sizes—from startups to Fortune 500s—use Tropic to buy software, manage contracts, and guarantee savings. Tropic is procurement paradise.
We launched from stealth in 2020, raised $65 million in back-to-back Series A & B funding, are building an incredible team, grew 5X, and are managing over a billion dollars in spend for companies like DocuSign, Intercom, Notion, OpenSea, & Loom. Now is the perfect time to join. The best is yet to come! 🌴🚀
Location(s)
We are looking to hire someone based in New York, California, Texas, Georgia, Florida, New Jersey, Colorado, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Utah, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Washington for this position.
About The Role
The Tropic design team is looking for an eager, early career Product Designer who wants to further their development in SaaS design by helping us solve complex problems for our B2B platform.
Ideally, you're just as passionate about having sleek visuals and micro-interactions as you are about having best-in-class micro-copy and information architecture.
You will report to the Head of Design and partner closely with the other designers (4 Product Designers + 1 Brand Designer.), engineers, and product managers on our remote-first team.
We love systems, do our best to automate and document repeatable processes, and proactively collect and organize product feedback. We also encourage you to bring your creative ideas on how to improve our team as we scale.
What You'll Do
- Design intuitive solutions for complex problems using any combination of process flows, wireframes, storyboards, documentation, visual mockups, and prototypes.
- Collaborate with product managers and engineers throughout the product development process.
- Work with other designers on the team to contribute, expand, and document our growing design system.
- Partner with product managers and designers to conduct and facilitate user research and validation.
- Use data and customer feedback from research to support various design and product decisions.
- Participate in design reviews to share and respectfully critique work with fellow designers.
- Articulate your design solutions to stakeholders, peers, and executives for review and feedback.
- Actively find ways to improve the Tropic platform and customer experience.
- Become an expert on all things Tropic and the procurement process.
What You've Done
- Have 1-2+ years of experience working as a product designer on a SaaS product in the B2B space.
- Have 1-2+ years of experience working in a startup environment.
- Are an expert in Figma and can utilize auto-layout, components, and variants.
- Have a strong interest in reducing complex problems to scalable, easy-to-use, and understandable products.
- Have a strong appreciation for design principles, especially ones of simplicity and consistency.
- Are interested in understanding the capabilities of front-end development to be considerate of technical restrictions when creating designs.
- Are a highly effective communicator who can use a combination of Slack, Loom, and various documentation tools to communicate with teammates.
- Welcome the challenge of going outside your comfort zone to take on new challenges and ask hard questions.
- Have a keen eye for detail and continuously push your designs to the highest fidelity when the time is right.
Compensation
Specific to pay transparency laws, the minimum annual salary for this position is $85,000 and may also include commission, incentive pay, incentive stock options, and benefits. The final job level and compensation will be determined by various factors such as a candidate's relevant work experience, years of relevant experience, skills, qualifications, certifications, geographic location, and other business considerations.
What We Offer
- Remote first work environment
- Virtual & in-person meetups
- 401k plan with 4% company matching
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave for all parents
- Unlimited flexible vacation and holiday time off
- 100% covered employee medical, dental & vision plans
- Annual learning and development stipend
- Annual WFH stipend
- Online mental health therapy
- Commuter benefits, FSA, HSA
- Offices in NYC, Atlanta, and Denver
- Award-winning values and culture
Research suggests that 60% of those identifying as under-represented might have talked themselves out of applying due to imposter syndrome or the confidence gap. If this applies to you, feel empowered to apply for this role even if your experience doesn't exactly match up to our job description (our job descriptions are directional and not perfect recipes for exactly what we need).
Tropic is an equal opportunity employer that supports workplace diversity and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender identity/expression, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, physical or mental disability, or any other protected class. Tropic is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities.
