Opal is redefining identity security for modern enterprises. We've all felt the pain of not getting the access we need to do our job - and security teams feel the pain of either being a bottleneck by limiting access or authorizing everyone at the expense of risk. At Opal, we’re removing the tension by making least privilege not only possible but practical. Our product prioritizes consumer-grade simplicity with enterprise scale, reliability, and security. Our customers love our product, and we’re proud to work with amazing companies like ScaleAI, Grammarly, Databricks, and Figma.

We're looking for a product designer to join our small design team. Initially, you’ll partner with our New York Engineering and Product teams to get product-market fit for our identity-based risk and remediation feature set. Over time, we expect this role to set the high standard for great design at Opal. You’ll work with other designers, writers, engineers, and product managers to up-level our product experience holistically. We see this role as a key hire for us — not just for the design chops, but also the culture and spirit that great designers bring to early organizations. We want build a company with a reputation of best-in-class design.

Please note that this role requires you to be in our New York City office, sitting side-by-side with our engineers and product managers, most days. Our office is near Union Square in Manhattan.

Your Responsibilities

• Contribute to overall strategy and decision-making about product direction

• Help deliver and refine clear storytelling around product needs and opportunities

• Work cross-functionally with product management, engineering, and design research peers

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

• Design and ship high-quality product improvements

• Gather insights and feedback from customers

• Work closely with our “Risk Center” team to build a top-down view of our customers’ most risky IAM configurations

Our Ideal Candidate

• Experience working at an early-stage start-up, and comfortable with all the opportunities and challenges that come with being an early design hire.

• A history of excellent UX and visual design work, and communication skills to articulate the process + decisions that drive design craft.

• A track record of forging tight + productive relationships with opinionated engineers and product managers.

• Experience advocating for design-led approaches and furthering user-centered decision-making beyond the bounds of your owned areas.

• Experience designing visualizations and enterprise workflows.

• Experience working at a company with a premium design experience and culture of design excellence. We want you to lay those same foundations at Opal as we scale.

• Great at giving and receiving feedback as part of the design critique practice (and beyond).