Founded in Silicon Valley in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz (known as "a16z") is a venture capital firm that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology. We are stage agnostic: We invest in seed to venture to late-stage technology companies, across bio + healthcare, consumer, crypto, enterprise, fintech, games, and companies building toward American dynamism. a16z has $35B in assets under management across multiple funds.
We’ve established a team that is defined by respect for the entrepreneur and the company-building process; we know what it’s like to be in the founder’s shoes. We’ve invested in companies like Affirm, Airbnb, Coinbase, Databricks, Devoted Health, Insitro, Figma, GitHub, Instacart, OpenSea, Roblox, Stripe, and Substack. Our team is at the forefront of new technology, helping founders and their companies impact and change the world.
We believe the future is built founder-first, and we ship novel products and experiences to enable that future. Applied software at a16z means building systems that help find and connect the entrepreneurs, investors, executives, engineers, academics, industry experts, and others in the technology ecosystem that build the world’s most enduring technology companies. We leverage state of the art language and multi-modal models, web-scale datasets, and the power of development speed to build software that helps evaluate and win the investments opportunities that generate industry-leading returns for our Investors and help our legendary founders build the future.
In this role, you will architect & design elegant software tools and experiences that drive investment opportunity discovery and evaluation. You’ll also design network building, process management, and often AI-powered products that support this overarching mission. You’ll work on multiple surfaces for multiple user personas across our organization, as well as our founders. You should be an experienced, detail-oriented, and product-focused software designer with an obsession for simple, beautiful and frictionless product interfaces and flows.
As an early team member of our design team, you will be working in a startup-like environment with high autonomy, responsibility, and speed of iteration. You will have a significant impact on not only our software, but the culture of design & technology at the firm itself. You will also represent our team’s work across the organization, and be responsible for driving white-glove user research, engagement, and marketing.
This is a high-consequence, fast-moving role that requires a clear design vision, the drive to implement that vision, the ability to ship very quickly in an organization that moves at the pace world-class engineers can ship at, exacting communication skills, and the ability to educate our team and firm on the impact of design choices we make.
If you are passionate about designing technology that creates a meaningful shift in how relationships are built, capital is allocated, and enduring technology companies are built, this is the role for you.
The anticipated salary range for this role is between $350,000-$408,000, actual starting pay may vary based on a range of factors which can include experience, skills, and scope.
This role is eligible to participate in the a16z carry program and various discretionary bonus programs as well as benefit and perquisite plans including health, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, 401K plan, vacation, and sick leave.
At a16z we are always looking to hire the absolute best talent and recognize that diversity in our experiences and backgrounds is what makes us stronger. We hire candidates of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, Veteran status, and any other status. These differences are what enables us to work towards the future we envision for ourselves, our portfolio companies, and the World.
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