Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end product design across Cargo's product lines, from helping shape early concepts through detailed interaction design
- Evolve and extend our established design system in Figma and in code as we expand into new product areas
- Shape 0-1 product surfaces where no design precedent exists yet, while keeping them cohesive with the broader Cargo experience
- Iterate rapidly based on user feedback
- Make opinionated decisions about UX. We'd rather you have a strong point of view and be wrong than play it safe
- Use AI as a core part of how you work it is your daily tool for exploration, iteration, prototyping, and learning
- We expect you to have strong opinions about how AI changes the design and development process, and to push the team's thinking here
- Leverage AI to punch above your weight: move faster, explore more directions, and produce higher-fidelity work than would be possible through traditional workflows alone
- Prototype in code, pair ideas with working prototypes to feel it out
- Ship frontend work in React — components, layouts, polish, animation
- Own the final-mile quality gap of what truly makes the product feel excellent
- Contribute to PRs, participate in code review, work inside the codebase daily
- Care about the details that most people skip: empty states, loading patterns, error messages, transitions
- Design QA what ships — catch drift between intent and implementation before users do
Requirements
- Strong product design fundamentals: you can structure complex workflows into clear, usable interfaces
- Design discernment: You have a documented eye for high-quality craft and can articulate the objective principles behind what makes software feel intuitive and polished.
- AI-native: You use AI tools daily to accelerate exploration, prototyping, and development, and you’re constantly experimenting with new workflows.
- Comfort with ambiguity: You are energized by both extending established patterns and inventing new ones from scratch when no precedent exists.
- Bias toward action: You prioritize shipping and learning over prolonged debate, understanding that real-world feedback is the best data.
- Working proficiency in React and CSS: You have the technical fluency to contribute to the production codebase and ship high-fidelity frontend work.
- Figma fluency: you think in components and systems, not one-off screens, maintaining a scalable design language.
- Experience evolving an existing design system: you know how to add to a living system without breaking what's already there.
- An eye for fine details: You are observant and precise, catching the 'final-mile' details like empty states, transitions, and error handling.
- Highly accountable: You take end-to-end ownership of your work and believe that individual accountability is the foundation of team success.
- Appetite for scale-up culture: You are a self-starter who thrives in fast-moving environments and can quickly adapt to shifting product needs.
- Commitment to continuous growth: You actively seek out new technical and creative challenges and are dedicated to evolving your toolkit as the industry changes.
Nice to Have
- Experience designing for creative tools, 3D software, or technical/developer audiences
- Familiarity with USD, DCCs (Blender, Maya, Unreal), or production pipeline workflows
- Experience working in small, fast-moving product teams where roles blur
Benefits
- Generous paid time off: Including 12 company holidays and 2 seasonal companywide breaks annually, unlimited PTO, and paid parental leave.
- $1,000 per year towards professional development
- Opportunities to work remotely from around the world
- Exclusive employee-only guest speakers
- Bi-weekly team building: we call it Fuzzy Friday
- Opportunities for professional development and career growth as we grow
