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# 🍭👾 UX/UI DIGITAL PRODUCT DESIGNER at Jupe

- **Company:** Jupe
- **Location:** Remote
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2022-08-17
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/jupe/d7c3888f-09bf-40d3-9ab2-7066ea16cbe6

## Job description

👋 Why we're doing this… We’ll make this brief. 1.5B humans don't have adequate housing and Jupe is working towards a long-term vision to shelter as many of them as possible. The problem is compounded by the fact that rents keep going up and more and more folks are affected by climate and political disasters every year. If we’re going to overtake the problem, we need to build a magical user experience. We’re starting with a magical digital experience to match our go-to-market Jupe nature hospitality experience, but your design will scale literally across the planet and eventually to the cosmos. That’s what you’ll be doing. You’ll be working with a world-class digital and art product team from places like Apple, Airbnb, and Tesla to create a transcendent experience beyond atoms and physical matter.

📝 The role you will play Jupe is looking for a creative wizard of digital design. You are an individual searching for a new challenge at the crossroads of hardware and digital. Someone that is passionate about designing magical user moments that embody Jupe’s whimsical and nomadic aesthetic.

☑️ What will you be doing? Leading Jupe’s entire digital UI/UX ecosystem Designing, producing, and managing all digital content across web, mobile and social Collaborating with Head of Product and lead Software Engineers on feature development, product strategy, and user journey mapping Transforming wireframes into intuitive user interfaces Working with Webflow - manifesting a super fresh and clean experience Conducting customer research studies and feedback sessions to inform product design Testing new designs and beta products with real users for iterative development Ensuring consistency in designs and content across all Jupe platforms Owning all digital assets and style guidelines across Jupe Coordinating with contracted creative professionals such as photographers and CGI artists

🧙🏼‍♂️ About You You are a rising superstar looking to make their mark on the universe with epic design You are aligned with our values including willingness to eat dog food You have developed your own iconography, illustrations, and other elements of design systems from scratch You are data-driven and first principles are your foundation You have a creative mindset focused on the details, but able to see the forest for the trees You’re a digital native at heart and can speak to shining examples across the space You have 5+ years experience with demonstrated team leadership You are a great communicator - you can distill complexity into simple to understand and execute solutions You’re a master at your craft and well versed across several design tools such as Figma, Invision, Sketch, or Adobe Creative You’re looking to do the work as the individual growth person but to GROW yourself into more responsibility and leadership as Jupe grows

🧰 Additional Requirements: Be a good human being or at the very least a nice tourist while visiting this planet You have two years of experience in helping early stage start-ups grow and acquire their first few hundred/thousand customers

💰 Compensation You will be one of the first ten employees at a YC-backed rocket ship and therefore be compensated heavily on the equity side with a competitive base salary as well as non-cash comp like health insurance, PTO, and special perks like jumpsuits.

🚀 Ready to design, build (and grow) something amazing for humanity? Apply here and/or write the CEO, Jeff, directly at jeff@jupe.com or hit him up on twitter @profdumpster

## About Jupe

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Jupe designs and manufactures flat-packed, off-grid dwellings that turn any piece of land into a boutique hospitality destination.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held)
- **Headquarters**: Orange County, California, United States (primary office in Torrance, CA)
- **Founded**: 2020
- **Founders**: Original founders not publicly named; current Owner & CEO Jon Leonardo acquired the company in 2023.

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Hospitality / Modular Housing / Off-Grid Dwellings
- **Target customers**: B2B (landowners, hospitality operators, event organizers, real estate developers) and B2C (adventurers, explorers seeking off-grid experiences)
- **Mission statement**: “We exist to bring comfort to wild places by helping landowners unlock land through thoughtfully designed, off-grid dwellings.” [jupe.com](https://www.jupe.com/about)

## Products & Services
- **Jupe Unit**: A flat-packed, modular shelter inspired by the stars, designed for off-grid living. It includes a temperature-moderated queen mattress, charging outlets, solar power, and sensory-friendly lighting. Can be set up in a few hours without traditional infrastructure. [jupe.com](https://www.jupe.com/about)
- **Portal**: Described as “the world’s most luxurious portapotty” (with Starlink integration), part of their product line for enhanced guest experiences. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/jupe-inc)
- **Software Platform**: An integrated platform enabling rapid setup and management of Jupe units on remote land, turning sites into operational destinations.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue ~$1.4M (reported) | Total Funding ~$15.7M (across 6 rounds, including a $9.5M seed round led by Initialized Capital in Dec 2021, and a $1.1M seed round in May 2025) [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/jupe)
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Initialized Capital, Y Combinator, Climate Capital, Soma Capital, Gaingels, and others. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/jupe)
- **Growth Signals**: 10 employees with +6.1% YoY headcount growth; 160 units produced in 2022; relaunched under new ownership in 2024 with a focus on hospitality and land activation. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/jupe-inc)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Flat-packed, off-grid design**: No need for traditional infrastructure (water, power, sewage) – units are solar-powered and self-contained.
- **Quick setup**: Can be assembled in a few hours, making them ideal for remote or temporary hospitality.
- **US-based manufacturing**: All units are “made by hand in the US” with rigorous quality testing. [jupe.com](https://www.jupe.com/about)
- **Patented technology**: Holds patents for portable structure and modular building design. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/jupe)
- **Luxury + sustainability**: High-end materials and finishes combined with solar energy and sensory-friendly lighting.

## Strategic Focus
- **Hospitality & land activation**: Jupe aims to help landowners unlock underutilized land by providing turnkey, high-end off-grid accommodations.
- **New ownership, new direction**: Under CEO Jon Leonardo (who acquired the company in 2023), Jupe is rebuilding its brand and product line to serve the experiential hospitality market. [jupe.com](https://www.jupe.com/about)
- **Expanding production**: Currently hiring a Manufacturing Process Engineer based in Houston, TX, indicating a push to scale production. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/jupe)

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Values include connection to nature, innovation, luxury, flexibility, and resilience. The team describes itself as “seekers and explorers longing for adventure.” [jupe.com](https://www.jupe.com/about)
- **Work environment**: Hybrid workspace (combination of remote and on-site work). [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/jupe)
- **Team size**: Small, tight-knit team of ~10 employees, offering significant ownership and impact.
- **Location**: Offices in Orange County, CA (HQ) and Torrance, CA; also remote team members in India, Italy, and Portugal.
- **Perks**: Working on cutting-edge, sustainable design; building products that enable outdoor experiences; US-based manufacturing.

## Sources
1. [jupe.com - About](https://www.jupe.com/about)
2. [jobs.lever.co - Jupe Careers](https://jobs.lever.co/jupe)
3. [linkedin.com - Jupe Inc.](https://linkedin.com/company/jupe-inc)
4. [builtin.com - Jupe](https://builtin.com/company/jupe)
5. [cbinsights.com - Jupe](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/jupe)

## Other roles at Jupe

- [🏗 Manufacturing Process Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/manufacturing-process-engineer-jupe-houston-2qatxs5nbrhx) — Houston, TX