Edge & Node is hiringUI Designer

Edge & Node is a creative software development company working to build a vibrant, decentralized future. Founded by the initial team behind The Graph, Edge & Node is dedicated to the advancement of web3, a decentralized and fair internet where public data is available to all—an internet that enables its users to increase agency over their creations and their lives.

Edge & Node’s initial product is The Graph, an indexing protocol for querying networks like Ethereum and IPFS, which ensures open data is always available and easy to access. The Graph is used by thousands of protocols and dapps including Uniswap, Livepeer, Aave, Decentraland, and more.

The Design Team is a distributed group of problem-solvers with high standards. Striving for excellence in every iteration by being curious, agile, and pragmatic. We collaborate closely across time zones, taking ownership and constantly pushing designs forward across product and marketing. We empathize and engage with users to identify, research, and develop foundational design patterns to make dApps and web3 more accessible and beautiful.

We seek a creative UI designer ready to tackle meaty technical challenges. We are building the foundational infrastructure of web3 and need a sharp and passionate mind to help our users navigate challenging workflows. Our ideal candidate will be biased toward action, default to collaborative communication, and possess the skills to deliver excellent designs.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Mockups: Well-crafted, high-fidelity UI interfaces

• UI Components: Collaborating on UI patterns & Improving our design systems

• Prototypes: Prototyping end-to-end high fidelity UI designs to visualize product experiences

• Visuals: Collaborating with designers and other team members to design beautiful and communicative content like icons, flow charts & infographics

What We Expect

• Expertise in web prototyping tools such as Sketch, Figma, or Framer (we use Figma)

• Expertise in creating and maintaining design systems and components

• Strong illustration skills and the ability to visualize and bring early-stage ideas alive

• Compassion and confidence when giving feedback to others on the team, and being humble when receiving feedback

• A desire to gather, understand and convert a lot of complex information into visual and compelling content that is both engaging and informative

• A strong work ethic, take ownership, and proof-check your work with high accuracy. Know how to balance perfectionism with agile deliverables.

• Emotional intelligence to think through design problems with partners and arrive at thoughtful solutions.

• Previous experience within web3/crypto is a bonus

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