Senior Product Designer

Descompagnons Trabalho Temporário Lda; Lisboa; Híbrido; EUR 30 000 - 40 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

A technology-driven company in Lisboa is seeking a Senior Product Designer to transform and scale their product by delivering exceptional user experiences. The ideal candidate should have over 3 years of product design experience and be proficient with design tools such as Figma and Sketch. You will work closely with engineering and product teams to solve complex technical challenges. Competitive compensation up to €6500 gross monthly is offered, along with flexible working conditions.

Serviços

Team of highly skilled professionals

Flexible working location and hours

Stock options for engineering members

10% improvement time for personal projects

Qualificações

• 3+ years of experience in product design.
• Ability to understand and interpret API documentation.
• Collaborative nature and teamwork skills.
• Experience with user research and usability testing.

Responsabilidades

• Identify new product improvement opportunities and develop solutions.
• Conduct research activities and usability studies.
• Collaborate with design, engineering, and sales teams.
• Write comprehensive documents about design vision.

Conhecimentos

Product design experience

API documentation understanding

Collaboration in teams

Proficient in design tools

Communication in English

Ferramentas

Figma

Sketch

Adobe XD

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Company overview

Cast AI is the leading Application Performance Automation (APA) platform, enabling customers to cut cloud costs, improve performance, and boost productivity automatically.

Built originally for Kubernetes, Cast AI delivers independent optimization across any cloud environment. The platform continuously analyzes workloads, rightsizes resources, and rebalances clusters without manual intervention, ensuring applications run faster, more reliably, and more efficiently.

Headquartered in Miami, Florida, we have employees in more than 32 countries worldwide and support some of the world’s most innovative teams running their applications on all major cloud, hybrid, and on‑premises environments.

Role overview

We’re looking for a Senior Product Designer to help transform and scale our product while delivering exceptional user experiences. At Cast AI, we foster open collaboration in a flat structure, giving you the opportunity to work with top professionals and shape key product components. This role comes with exciting challenges—if you’re ready to make an impact in a dynamic environment, we’d love to have you on board!

Designing for Cast AI isn’t just about aesthetics—it’s about tackling technical challenges and understanding how things are wired at the backend. With a platform built for DevOps and engineers, technical awareness is crucial. To create intuitive experiences, you’ll need to immerse yourself in the technology, learning how complex systems interact and making them more accessible through thoughtful design.

Senior Product Designer – Lisboa, Portugal

Responsibilities

• Identify new product improvement opportunities, define user problems, and develop effective solutions.
• Continuously learn and adapt to industry standards, best practices, and the evolving landscape of focused technologies to enhance design expertise.
• Address complex technical design challenges within the product and support the development process.
• Write comprehensive documents to describe vision and implementation details.
• Thrive in a fast‑paced environment, responding agilely to evolving project requirements and tight deadlines.
• Conduct research activities such as discovery sessions and usability studies to prototype and iterate on design solutions.
• Develop user personas and journey maps based on research findings and data insights.
• Contribute to the design process and actively participate in developing and maintaining our design system.
• Collaborate closely with design, engineering, product, and sales teams to bring designs to life.
• Provide and seek feedback from fellow designers and functional team members to foster continuous improvement.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in product design.
• Ability to understand and interpret API documentation and design interfaces that interact with backend systems.
• Comfortable working alongside developers and can articulate design concepts in a clear, technical language.
• Collaborative nature, enjoying teamwork and actively participating in collaborative ideation sessions.
• Proven experience across all design phases: user research, wireframing, prototyping, visual design, and usability testing.
• Some experience in developing and maintaining design systems.
• Understanding of technical capabilities, workflows, and constraints.
• Expertise in popular design tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, or other design tools.
• Proficient in written and spoken English.

Portfolio requirement

Please include a portfolio with your application, highlighting your design expertise and experience delivering design work for SaaS platforms, data visualization tools, or similar high‑impact applications. This will help us understand your design capabilities and achievements.

What’s in it for you?

• Team of highly skilled professionals to work with and learn from.
• Impact and visibility—every contribution counts in a relatively small company.
• Flat hierarchy; regular contact with the CEO or CTO.
• Short feedback loop; features shipped fast and receive instant feedback, with typical project completion in 1–4 weeks.
• Flexible working location and hours.
• Stock options for every engineering member.
• Focus time: minimal overhead of meetings and bureaucracy.
• Monthly salary up to €6500 (gross) depending on experience level.
• 10% improvement time for personal projects.