Coast makes APIs visual, enabling companies to create instant and bespoke previews of a true integration for customers. Instead of showing prospects API documentation, customer-facing teams can now demo exactly what their API can do for any given prospect. Sales, marketing and solutions teams use Coast to collapse sales cycles, build pipeline, and offer bespoke solution journeys.

We’re trusted by some of the world’s most innovative companies: Twilio, Plaid, FIS, Zurich Insurance, etc., and we’re backed by firms and operators like Y Combinator, Arash Ferdowsi, Calvin French-Owen, Amjad Masad, Liquid2 and more.

About the role

We’re looking for an experienced designer to lead our design initiatives across the product and beyond as we build the backbone of technical sales. In this role, you’ll lead design across the company: contribute to the core product experience, collateral and brand, etc. Design is core to what we do, and we’re looking for the right person to own it.

By keeping a lean team, we’ve been able to move fast and want to keep it that way with high performers that take pride in their work. The role reports directly to our Founders and will work alongside our team in-person in our NYC office. 

About you

• You have designed from end to end
• Excellent understanding of latest design tools, trends
• You have built product design systems
• Know what an API is and have familiarity with API companies (bonus: experience working at an API company)
• You’re low ego, honest and kind.
• Comfortable working with engineers to bring designs to life
• Bonus: have experience with HTML/CSS/JS

You will

• Shape the future of our product design
• Obsess over the UI/UX for onboarding, building experience (API integrations) and beyond
• Collaborate directly with founders on roadmap and prioritization
• Go the extra mile working on the user experience
• Build out collateral and scalable resources for customers, sales

Requirements

• Located in New York and able to work in office
• 4+ years as a Product Designer
• Experience with complex user problems (enterprise software, APIs, technical products, databases)
• A basic understanding of web frameworks and development

Interview Process

• Intro call
• Product Deep Dive
• Platform Access / Take home activity
• Technical Interview
• Meet in person
• Reference calls