Lead Product Designer

Welcome to Agerpoint

Agerpoint provides digital ground truth to sustain our food system and protect our natural environments.

Using artificial intelligence, high performance computing, computer vision and advanced analytics, the Agerpoint platform fuses together sensor data from the ground or air with other datasets and human observations to create digital twins that enable better decision-making for clients across agriculture, forestry and conservation.

The Agerpoint Capture mobile application allows users to capture 3D models of crops and trees via a smartphone or tablet, upload models to the cloud to assess health, yield, species and carbon sequestration potential, and more Customers can then derive insights from these models with Agerpoint Cloud, a spatial data platform that leverages machine learning for detailed plant-level insights.

Agerpoint was selected as a 2022 Technology Pioneer company by the World Economic Forum, recognized as one of the world’s most promising start-ups that are at the forefront of technological and business model innovation. Agerpoint’s Know Your Carbon™ offering was selected as winner of the Carbon Market Challenge as announced at the United Nations COP26 Climate Summit.

The company is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina at the Alexandria Center for AgTech - the country's first and only integrated multi-tenant, collaborative and amenity-rich R&D and greenhouse site.

About this Role

You believe in our mission to improve quality of life for our planet’s inhabitants and mitigate climate change by enabling a transformational shift in how we measure and monitor plants, crops and forests. In this role, you will be a key member of the product development team responsible for building the Agerpoint Cloud SaaS platform.

Responsibilities

• Work hands-on and in the details with the development teams responsible for shipping our mobile and web applications
• Help them build powerful tools that are elegant and accessible
• Much of what we do is complex, but it should not be complicated
• Be a champion for user-centered design
• Work with Product, Customer Success, and others to create user personas, user flows, wireframes, and prototypes to guide intuitive user experiences
• Establish and maintain design patterns that can be leveraged by all teams to bring consistency and best usability practices across all product interfaces
• Build prototypes (at the right level of fidelity) as needed to demonstrate and validate concepts with internal stakeholders and users
• Directly engage with our customers and end users to get feedback and insights

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years working as a UX or Product Designer at a software company. Startup experience preferred
• Demonstrated ability to simplify complex workflows
• Ability to articulate design decisions, rationales, and trade-offs with Product, Engineering, and Senior Leadership
• Knowledge of typical design patterns for consumer facing web, Android, and iOS applications
• Willingness to work both deeply and broadly as needed and across multiple teams and products
• Experience with products that leverage geospatial, drone, camera, and/or other sensor data
• Proficient with design tools like Figma, Sketch, etc.

Perks:

Paid company holidays and vacation

Remote friendly and flexible work environment

Company paid healthcare benefits

Equity options for full-time employees

Access to fully equipped, EXOS-operated fitness center with on-site wellness coaches and on-site eatery (for employees in Research Triangle Park, NC)

Agerpoint is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Agerpoint is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at [email protected].

Note to Recruiters: 

Agerpoint does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Agreement, Agerpoint will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed Agreement, Agerpoint explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted directly to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Agerpoint.