Design Technologist, Proto

Proto is accelerating the world's transition to an open economy with products that increase access and independence for everyone. We're building Bitkey, a simple and safe self-custody bitcoin wallet that will put customers in control, as well as hardware and software that will help decentralize bitcoin mining and enable new and innovative use cases for bitcoin mining. We're developing these products in the open - you can read more about them at bitkey.build and mining.build. Within Proto, our Bitcoin Products team delivers the product and go-to-market strategy, software, firmware, and custom silicon needed to make Bitkey and our ambitious mining initiatives a reality. Come build the future of money with us!

The Role

We're looking for a design technologist to help bring our products to life through creative, interactive experiences. You will bring an appropriate mix of front-end development,prototyping tools, and have experience with animation and 3D rendering for the web while writing flexible code that can be iterated upon that leverages up-to-date industry best practices. Thriving on exploration and experimentation, you are at the heart of co-creating ideas and bringing them to life with your design and marketing peers. Your skills complement your application of technology, including a precise eye for intelligent UX, great design, and a strategic foundation.

You will report to the Proto engineering lead and be part of our broader engineering team to gain support in writing code and determine how your work fits within our technology stack and engineering team processes. You will also be directly embedded within our design team and have a dotted line relationship with our Head of Design as you will be a key driver of creative decision making with your design peers

You Will

• Work with design and marketing peers to brainstorm creative solutions to achieve team goals and strategy.
• Participate in concept development to create best in class web experiences that make customers say “wow.”
• Contribute to systems and standards for our marketing platforms across all product lines within Proto (ie: our web CMS, email marketing platforms etc..).
• Work collaboratively across multiple teams to ship remarkable solutions on a fast paced team that operates like a startup within a larger company.
• Develop ideation prototypes to create custom content experiences (e.g., infographics, interactive tools, and more) and quickly demonstrate what an idea looks and feels like in real life
• Work creatively through and around perceived limitations and challenges imposed by the delivery platform to create delightful experiences for customers
• Evaluate and document any creative or engineering standards or patterns that could arise from your work

You Have

• BS in Computer Science or a related technical field, and/or 8+ years of relevant work experience
• Front-end development experience e.g. HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Experience with JavaScript frameworks/libraries e.g. React.js, Three.js, Next.js
• Backend development experience in a modern development language such as Ruby, Java, or similar
• A portfolio of work that displays responsive web examples, iconography, typography, color, imagery, and motion
• An understanding of web standards, browser performance, SEO optimization, and basic UX/UI principles
• A history of collaboration with non-technical team members
• Skills to work on complex problems with any audience in verbal, visual, or written formats
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite and Figma
• Experience with 3D rendering software, Blender or Cinema 4D.
• Experience with motion graphics and 3D animation
• Familiarity with AR/VR
• Familiarity with CMS tools such as Contentful and Sanity

We’re working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is an equal opportunity employer evaluating all employees and job applicants without regard to identity or any legally protected class. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, and always assess candidates on an individualized basis.

We believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with their recruiter, who will treat these requests as confidentially as possible. Want to learn more about what we’re doing to build a workplace that is fair and square? Check out our I+D page.

Block will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances.