Why Gearset?
- We empower our team to do their best work with a culture built on trust and a focus on what matters.
- You'll work with autonomy and trust. We hire great people and get out of their way. You’ll have the freedom to define your own process and choose the best tools for the job - whether that’s Figma, Miro, or exploring the latest AI tools to enhance your workflow.
- You’ll delight our users. You’ll be empowered to connect directly with customers, deeply understand their needs, and ship solutions that have a genuine impact on their work.
- You'll champion pragmatic, quality design. You’ll have the time and support to conduct proper discovery and validation, collaborating with engineers who share our commitment to building high-quality, lasting solutions.
- You'll be part of a humble and helpful team. We thrive on continuous, constructive feedback in a low-ego environment. You’ll have the psychological safety to take risks, learn, and grow, surrounded by people who want to see you succeed.
Who should apply?
- Designers who enjoy tackling complex problems and have a passion making them simple and intuitive.
- People who are natural communicators, able to clearly and persuasively articulate the "why" behind their design decisions.
- Individuals who treat user research as a continuous conversation that informs every decision.
- You have experience shipping products and working collaboratively in a continuous development environment.
Who might thrive here?
- Someone who values autonomy and minimal bureaucracy, and is trusted to make thoughtful decisions to deliver value.
- Someone who thrives in an environment with continuous feedback and the psychological safety to fail, learn, and try again.
- Someone who is pragmatic when it comes to design choices and makes objective decisions, always advocating for the best possible user experience.
- Someone who focuses on delivering value to customers and iterating based on their feedback.
- Experience working on technical applications, developer tools, or SaaS products is a great bonus.
Perks and benefits of working in our UX team
- A culture of recognition where your contributions to solving real user problems are valued and celebrated.
- Surrounded by smart, pragmatic people who want to do a good job and are always willing to help.
- Opportunity to join our Long Term Incentive Plan.
- Generous personal development budget for courses, conferences, or whatever is useful to your professional development in the role of up to £1500 per year.
- Top end hardware provided.
- Free lunch if you’re in the office.
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
- Company Pension Plan (matching up to 5%).
- Bupa health care.
- Life Insurance & Critical Illness cover.
- Flexible working hours.
- Health and wellness benefits.
How to join our talent community
- If this sounds like your kind of team, send us a copy of your CV. We proactively review every profile, and if your experience looks like a potential match for the team in the future, we’ll reach out for a short, informal chat. This is a chance for us to get to know you and for you to learn about our culture.
- By joining our talent community you’ll be front of mind for any future Gearset roles which suit your experience, and you’ll be kept up to date with what we’re up to at Gearset with quarterly updates.
- We take data privacy seriously. You will only be contacted by the internal Gearset Talent team, and your details will never be shared with a third party.
Skills Required
- Tackle complex problems and simplify them through thoughtful UX
- Strong communication and ability to persuasively articulate design decisions
- Treat user research as a continuous input to design
- Experience shipping products and working collaboratively in a continuous development environment
- Experience working on technical applications, developer tools, or SaaS products
- Familiarity with design and collaboration tools (e.g., Figma, Miro) and emerging AI design tools
What We Do
Gearset is the leading release management tool for Salesforce - the world's favourite enterprise PaaS. There are millions of developers building on the Salesforce platform and we believe that they deserve the absolute best tools to do their job and keep their businesses thriving. At Gearset, we work as a cross-functional company with a laser focus on quality in everything we do. Whether in development, marketing, sales, or customer success, we pride ourselves on building a deep understanding of our users, then solving their problems with a team of smart, pragmatic and focused people. We've recently been voted one of the top 5 best tech companies, and one of the top 10 best mid sized companies to work for in the UK*, and we're bringing that award winning combination of honesty, openness and trust to our brand new Chicago based team. We’re proud of what we’ve built and how we’ve built it. We work as a team, where attributes of openness and honesty are key, as they allow us to have a feedback-driven culture that keeps us always improving. We’re always hiring. Check out our latest Chicago based vacancies to see where you could grow your career with Gearset. *https://gearset.com/blog/gearset-wins-best-company-awards/
Why Work With Us
What drives us is a genuine desire to make the lives of our customers easier by helping each other deliver consistently outstanding work. What makes it all possible are Gearset's values and open collaboration, all helped along by the large dose of fun and the enjoyment we get out of working and spending time together.
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