Senior Product Designer

Seqera exists to advance science for everyone through software

We provide software for scientists solving today's most complex and important challenges from pioneering innovative therapeutics to unveiling the secrets of our universe. The journey began a decade ago with Nextflow — open software that helps over 100,000 global scientists analyze and process data, with more power and flexibility than ever before.

Today, Seqera consolidates fragmented data and diverse computing resources into a unified platform. Our modern biotech stack is trusted by over 150 leading life sciences organizations. Empowered with modern software engineering, organizations conduct science faster, on larger datasets, and with more confidence. Seqera accelerates discoveries in an open world.

Would you like to be a part of a company with a bigger purpose and make it successful with your own ideas? If yes, keep reading!

About the role

Seqera is seeking a Senior Product Designer to join our team. At its core, Seqera is a tool for scientists where interactions and small details matter. We expect a broad set of design skills and the ability to create high-quality designs, interactions, and prototypes.

Seqera is a company full of people who know the value of good design. We’re looking for a designer who has a proven track record of working with cutting edge technologies to design delightful experiences. In this role, this person would be helping to identify new opportunities, designing concepts, defining and communicating a vision, developing prototypes, and helping build towards our vision.

While this position reports to the Design Director, you’ll end up collaborating across the company including folks from the Design, Product, and Engineering organizations.

What You'll Do

• Craft beautiful, polished, and delightful user interfaces that build trust, enable bioinformaticians, and showcase the power of our technology

• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to define product vision, strategy and roadmaps

• Define feature areas with excellent attention to detail and polish, identifying opportunities to improve quality and consistency of broader flows

• Contribute to the strategic direction of our products, rooted in deep user empathy and understanding of our products

• Create, collaborate, and iterate on flows, prototypes, and high-fidelity visuals

• Design and ship high-quality product improvements

• Find creative ways to ship high-quality work in a fast-paced, often ambiguous, resource-constrained startup environment

About you

• Bachelor’s degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, or equivalent experience in a related field

• Proven experience working 6+ years as a Product Designer or similar role

• Strong portfolio showcasing user-centric design thinking and polished UI craftsmanship

• Proven track record of exploring and executing end-to-end on large and complex products

• Demonstrated ability to design simple solutions to complex user problems

• Excellent collaboration and communication skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams and influence without authority

• Experience handling complex projects with overlapping organizational lines

• Proficiency in prototyping your ideas (whether in Figma, Origami, code, or another tool) to help articulate nuanced design decisions

• Intellectual curiosity – an enjoyment of solving hard problems and understanding the ‘why’ in addition to the right answer

• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills

Nice to have:

• Experience as a developer or designing for developers

• An eye for high-quality, well-crafted visual and interaction design, and a passion for UI details

• A knack for figuring out ambiguous problems and shaping them into clear goals

• Demonstrated ability to make sound decisions and prioritize work effectively

• Experience mentoring junior or early career designers

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Seqera, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role and your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

What will you find working at Seqera?

• International working environment with more than 25 nationalities.

• Passionate & talented team.

• Continuous skills development.

• Team retreats and bonding activities.

• A culture where your opinion is valued and your decisions have a real impact on the industry.

• Excitement of a fast-growing startup in a constantly changing environment.

Great benefits

• Time off: holidays under the local legislation + 3 days given by Seqera in December of 2024, and the national/public holidays according to your location.

• Equity

• Private health insurance

• Private life insurance

• Home office allowance (valued over 1,000 USD)

• Subscription to Oliva, Mental Health App

• Learning and development budget per year (1,000 USD)

You should know

Seqera is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. However you identify or whatever your journey to this point, we welcome all candidates to apply for the position that inspires them. Come join us and help us build a global company that everyone is proud to be part of.

As we scale, we constantly improve our in-office and WFH environments and learn to help everyone have the best setup for our company's success and your personal development while always keeping the human touch in every aspect of our lives.

Why join us?

By learning from and with each other, we ensure our ability to drive innovation and make better decisions toward our mission. Most importantly, our culture provides a genuinely fun, inclusive, and challenging environment that will allow you to grow while making a huge difference in human health and beyond.