About the role
Our planning surface is where dispatchers spend most of their day. It is dense, real-time and unforgiving of ambiguity. We are looking for a designer who is comfortable in that complexity: someone who will sit with operators, redraw the information model, and ship in weeks rather than quarters.
You will report to our Head of Design and partner daily with a product manager, a staff engineer and a user researcher. Design at Northbeam is embedded, opinionated and accountable for outcomes rather than deliverables.
What you'll do
- Own discovery through delivery for the planning and dispatch experience.
- Turn operator research into information models the whole team can reason about.
- Extend our design system — tokens, primitives, dense data patterns.
- Prototype interactions in code or in high-fidelity tools to settle debates early.
- Raise the craft bar through critique, documentation and pairing with engineers.
What we're looking for
- 5+ years designing complex, data-dense software products.
- A portfolio that shows decisions and trade-offs, not just final screens.
- Fluency with design systems and component thinking.
- Strong written communication — we work across time zones.
- Comfort talking directly with operators in the field.
How we hire
Application review, a 30-minute intro, a 60-minute portfolio conversation, a paid design exercise, and two team conversations. We share the exercise brief in advance and never ask for free work on real Northbeam problems.
Benefits
- CA$150,000 – CA$190,000 plus meaningful equity.
- Remote-friendly within Canada; Vancouver studio two days a week if you like.
- Extended health from day one and a CA$3,000 annual learning budget.
- Six weeks of paid leave, including a company-wide winter break.