Product Designer (Remote)

Aikido; Oost-Vlaanderen; Remote; EUR 48,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Aikido is looking for its first product designer to own early product decisions, collaborate closely with engineers and the CPO, and shape core features from ideation through launch. You will thrive in an energetic team focused on accessible DevOps and security, and your work will influence the experience of many users.

This is a hands-on role with room to grow alongside the product as it scales. You will build and refine a design system, conduct user research, and communicate your design

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience designing complex products end-to-end.
• Ability to articulate design process from concept to launch.
• Strong structured thinking and communication of ideas.

Responsibilities

• Define problem statements with engineers and CPO.
• Lead ideation to execution with stakeholders.
• Contribute to and evolve a design system.
• Conduct and apply user research.
• Ask questions and provide constructive feedback to improve solutions.

Skills

End-to-end design

Design systems

Communication

Structured thinking

DevOps tools

User research

Job description

Describe the context.

We are a new company hiring for our first product designer. This position has a lot of ownership of the early product, open collaboration with the development team and license to define many of our core features. You would be surrounded by the energy and positivity of an inspired team each day, learning and growing together. We're at the forefront of an accessible DevOps and Security industry, and so the work you do will be seen and felt by a huge number of people. Your work could be critical in defining the experience of online security.

What will you be doing...

• You will be working with engineers and CPO to define problem statements and develop effective solutions based in real user insights.
• Taking individual projects from ideation to execution and collaborating with stakeholders to deliver the most effective solution
• Working within, contributing to, and evolving a design system
• Selecting the appropriate type of research and actively conducting research continuously. You would also be identifying and interpreting the relevant research from the rest of the team
• Bringing a candid curiosity to every solution, business goal and element. We expect questions to advance, so you’ll be encouraged to ask questions, provide constructive feedback and also be able to receive and incorporate feedback in your own work.

Who are we looking for?

• You have at least 3 years of experience in designing complex products end-to-end
• You are able to speak through your work and design process from concept to launch, developing solutions using research, and measuring their impact
• You are a structured thinker and love communicating concepts and ideas throughout the process, and you have the ability to speak expertly about your own design work
• Have designed products with large data sets or complex process' and produced crystal clear results
• Experience working within and actively contributing to design systems
• Plus: experience in DevOps tools