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<div class="open-positions"> <div class="open-positions">
<h1 id="open-positions">Open positions</h1> <h1 id="open-positions">Open positions</h1>
<p> <p>
We are not actively recruiting for any roles at this time.
However, if you are an experienced engineer, and you believe To apply for an open position, please send your <b>resume</b>
that your background would be a great fit for Zulip, please and a brief <b>cover letter</b> (which can be in the
email us at <a href="mailto:jobs@zulip.com">jobs@zulip.com</a> body of your email) to the email provided in the
with your cover letter and resume. description for the opening. Your cover letter should
explain what makes you excited about working at Zulip in
the role you're applying for. Applications without a
cover letter will not be considered.
We are not actively recruiting for any engineering roles
at this time. However, if you are an experienced
engineer, and you believe that your background would be
a great fit for Zulip, please email us at <a
href="mailto:jobs+engineer@zulip.com">jobs+engineer@zulip.com</a>
with your resume and cover letter.
</p> </p>
<p> <p>
All openings are remote, or partially in-person in our San Francisco, CA office. All openings are remote, or partially in-person in our San Francisco, CA office.
</p> </p>
<h2 id="designer">
Senior Product Designer (full-time or part-time)
</h2>
<p>
<a href="/">Zulip</a> is an open-source team chat
application designed for seamless remote and hybrid
work. With conversations organized by topic, Zulip is <a
href="/why-zulip">ideal</a> for both live and
asynchronous communication. Zulips 100% open-source
software is available as a <a href="/plans/#cloud">cloud
service</a> or a
<a href="/self-hosting">self-hosted solution</a>, and is
used by thousands of organizations around the world.
</p>
<p>
We are looking for an experienced product designer with a
strong background in visual design to make our web application,
mobile application, and marketing pages shine.
</p>
<p>
You will work closely with Zulip's leadership team.
</p>
<h3>What youll do:</h3>
<ul>
<li>
Improve and maintain a web app design system in
Figma. You'll be developing design patterns,
guidelines, and reusable components to help create a
consistent and maintainable application.
</li>
<li>
Break down design changes into manageable pieces that
can be incrementally integrated into an actively
evolving product.
</li>
<li>
Actively participate in design discussions. Review
design implementations and tune designs in response
to feedback.
</li>
<li>
Help design new product features, working in a
dynamic collaboration with product, engineering, and
users.
</li>
<li>
Design new marketing pages and redesign old ones.
Strengthen our brand's look and feel to make it
instantly recognizable across apps, landing pages,
social accounts, and ads.
</li>
<li>
Create and prepare icons for web and mobile apps.
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Essential qualifications:</h3>
<ul>
<li>
Your portfolio showcases a track record of designing
high-quality web applications. You've had a leading
role in designing a complex application.
</li>
<li>
You have a strong understanding of mobile and web UI
guidelines, standards, approaches, and patterns.
Working within those structures, you can think
creatively to develop elegant solutions to complex
problems.
</li>
<li>
You communicate with clarity and precision, and are
comfortable in a distributed work environment. You
thrive in an inclusive culture where ideas are
debated openly and everyone is treated with respect.
</li>
<li>Expert knowledge of Figma.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Extra credit for any of the following:</h3>
<ul>
<li>
Familiarity with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
</li>
<li>
Your portfolio includes mobile applications (iOS or
Android).
</li>
<li>
You've worked on a chat app in the past.
</li>
<li>
You are deeply familiar with a team chat app as an
advanced user or administrator. Better yet, you are an
experienced user of Zulip.
</li>
<li>
You've created an icon set.
</li>
</ul>
<p>
Email us at <a
href="mailto:jobs+designer@zulip.com">jobs+designer@zulip.com</a>
with your resume and cover letter to apply, or learn
more about
<a href="/jobs/#how-we-work">how we work</a>.
</p>
</div> </div>
<div class="how-we-work"> <div class="how-we-work">
<h1 id="how-we-work"> <h1 id="how-we-work">
How we work How we work
</h1> </h1>
<p> <p>
<strong>Open source.</strong> The Zulip software is 100% free and <strong>Open source.</strong> The Zulip software is 100%
open source. We're <a href="/team/">an open-source project</a> first, free and open source. We're <a href="/team/">an
and were building a sustainable business as a means to support the open-source project</a> first, and were building an
project's growth and long-term future. We provide the same open-source independent <a href="/values">sustainable business</a>
code to our largest customers as to anyone with <code>git clone</code>. as a means to support the project's growth and long-term
We get paid by enterprises for support, and by smaller companies using future. We provide the same open-source code to our
our rapidly-growing hosted service. largest customers as to anyone with <code>git clone</code>.
</p> </p>
<p> <p>
<strong>Open project.</strong> The Zulip project is one where people <strong>Open project.</strong> The Zulip project is one where people
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People working together need to communicate with their teammates, and they People working together need to communicate with their teammates, and they
also need to tune out the conversation to get work done. Teams tired of also need to tune out the conversation to get work done. Teams tired of
wasting time in meetings move discussion to email; tired of waiting all wasting time in meetings move discussion to email; tired of waiting all
day for email replies, move to a team chat like Slack or IRC; and then day for email replies, move to a team chat like Slack or
Microsoft Teams; and then
team chat becomes an always-on meeting, leaving people constantly team chat becomes an always-on meeting, leaving people constantly
distracted, missing out on important conversations, or both. distracted, missing out on important conversations, or both.
</p> </p>