About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Product Designer to own features from customer conversations through to production. This role involves writing specs, collaborating closely with engineers, and ensuring designs are implemented accurately. You will be responsible for maintaining design components, managing the ticketing workflow, and building tools to empower engineers in design tasks.
Responsibilities
- Own features from customer conversation to production.
- Write product specifications.
- Pair closely with engineers through the build process.
- Oversee design implementation on production.
- Maintain components and patterns for design efficiency.
- Manage the ticketing workflow.
- Keep engineers unblocked.
- Build tools and skills to enable engineers to perform design work independently.
- Talk to customers.
- Frame problems.
- Decide what ships.
- Review PRs.
- Verify on production.
Requirements
- 8+ years designing B2B SaaS desktop applications as Staff/Principal Product Designer or similar.
- Experience with dense interfaces such as tables, filters, permissions, and settings pages.
- Previous experience as the sole designer or one of two/three in companies under 50 people.
- Ability to set standards without a large design organization.
- Portfolio showcasing individual contributions ('I' statements).
- Ability to name engineers collaborated with on features.
- Ability to articulate design decisions defended during the build process.
- Clear and concise English communication skills (Slack, docs, calls).
- Proficiency in Figma, with or without AI assistance.
- Significant experience and comfort with LLMs.
- Treat engineering feasibility as input, not a constraint.
- Comfortable performing product work without a PM title.
- Ability to receive feedback and iterate quickly.
- Ability to ship a version that is 80% as good within a shorter timeframe.
Skills
- Product Design
- Figma
- LLMs
- AI
- Specification Writing
- User Research
- Prototyping
- Design Systems
- Communication
Location
- Remote (EMEA)
- CET/CEST timezone
Work Type
- Remote
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
- Staff/Principal Product Designer
Salary/Compensations
- Salary + equity based on experience.
- Offered compensation depends on individual qualifications assessed during the interview process.
Benefits
- Generous equity
- 26 days holiday + local public holidays
- Comprehensive health insurance
- €1,000 annual personal development budget
- Remote workspace budget
- Co-working budget
- Latest equipment
- Team summits 1-2x per year
- Visa support
About the Company
- Secfix automates compliance with security frameworks (ISO 27001, GDPR, TISAX, SOC 2) for SMBs, a process that traditionally takes over a year.
- The platform integrates with a company's tech stack to automatically extract compliance evidence.
- The company has raised €17M in total (€12M Series A) and is backed by Alstin Capital, Neosfer, and Bayern Capital.
- Secfix is on a profitable trajectory and growing rapidly.
- The company is developing an AI product (CISO AI) to enhance compliance automation.
- Secfix believes in building compliance software that is user-friendly, respects customer time, and automates tedious tasks.
- The company prioritizes quality and craft in its product, focusing on details that impact user experience.
- Design at Secfix is integral to the product's functionality, not just an add-on.
- Secfix operates with a 'no PMs' model, where designers and engineers drive product development.
- Work is organized in small, temporary teams, with the person closest to the problem leading.
- Design leads the logic, while engineering assesses feasibility, allowing for rapid iteration.
- The company emphasizes building production-grade components and maintaining a current component library.
- Handoff is considered the beginning of a process that includes PR reviews and production verification.
- Secfix fosters an in-sync culture with thoughtful communication, utilizing tools like Loom and Notion.
- Meetings are kept brief, with engineers and designers spending under two hours weekly in meetings.
- AI is used as a tool to enhance craft, such as pressure-testing ideas and drafting specs, not to replace thinking.
- The company has a zero-bug policy.
Equal Opportunity
- We are an equal-opportunity employer.
- We are a remote-only company.
- We hire within EU time zones.
- We work in sync using Gather as our virtual office and don't support fully asynchronous work.
