Founding Designer

Location: Remote North to South America

Remote | Full-time

Compensation: $100K – $180K • 0.05% – 0.25%

We are hiring on behalf of a high-growth, venture-backed leader in the open-source security infrastructure space is seeking an exceptional Founding Designer to join its world-class team. This organization is currently building the next generation of security tools for the AI era and has raised significant funding from top-tier investors including Y Combinator and Google.

The Role

The Founding Designer will own and define the visual identity of the brand and marketing surfaces end-to-end. As the company scales, the complexity of its brand presence has expanded, requiring a coherent, high-quality, and memorable aesthetic that reflects both technical depth and ambitious vision. This individual will translate abstract security concepts into narrative-rich visuals, proposing creative directions and ensuring a high level of craft across all public-facing touchpoints.

Key Responsibilities

• Brand Ownership: Define and evolve the visual identity, ensuring a bold, original, and cohesive design language across the entire organization.
• Marketing Design: Design and iterate on high-impact surfaces including the core landing page, blog, and digital marketing assets.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with a Co-Founder and the Marketing, Sales, and Developer Experience teams to execute creative strategies.
• Physical & Event Design: Create compelling visuals for conference booths, presentations, and high-quality company merchandise.
• End-to-End Execution: Take abstract ideas from concept to final delivery, maintaining high standards of detail and consistency.

Requirements:
• Professional Experience: Proven track record in a design role (Brand, Visual, or Communication Design) with a portfolio demonstrating strong visual craft and concept-driven work.
• Aesthetic Judgment: Ability to produce sophisticated, original designs that communicate technical depth with clarity and impact.
• Autonomy: High comfort level operating in ambiguity; the ability to generate creative directions with limited input and minimal hand-holding.
• Execution Velocity: A strong bias toward action with the ability to iterate quickly and make informed decisions in a fast-paced environment.
• Location: Based in the Americas or willing to work primarily within North American time zones.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Technical Skill: The ability to ship landing pages end-to-end without requiring engineering support.
• Innovation: Familiarity with AI-powered creative tools for inspiration, experimentation, or execution.
• Scaling Experience: Experience helping scale a design function or leading a major corporate rebranding effort.

Benefits:
• Compensation: Competitive salary range of $100K – $180K based on experience.
• Equity: Meaningful ownership stake with an equity range of 0.05% – 0.25%.
• Work Environment: Fully remote flexibility within North and South America.
• Stipends: Provisions for lunch and a dedicated budget for a professional home office setup.
• Culture: Opportunity to work with a team of experts from organizations such as Figma, AWS, and Red Hat.
• Engagement: Annual in-person off-sites, conferences, and team gatherings to foster collaboration.

Due to the high volume of applications we anticipate, we regret that we are unable to provide individual feedback to all candidates. If you do not hear back from us within 4 weeks of your application, please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion. We genuinely appreciate your interest and wish you the best in your job search.

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