Designing tools developers love
At AppSignal, we build intuitive tools developers love. Design plays a crucial role in shaping our product experience, from thoughtful interactions to a clean, focused UI. We believe in fast iteration, close collaboration with developers, and building pragmatic, simple solutions that stand the test of time.
We're looking for a Senior UX/UI Designer who can bridge the gap between product and engineering. You'll:
- Work closely with our Chief Product Officer and development team
- Prototype, refine, and ship designs that are both beautiful and buildable
- Help maintain and evolve our design system
- Focus on clarity, simplicity, and developer empathy
What You'll Do
Design and Prototype Features
- Turn product ideas into clean, user-friendly designs
- Create flows, mockups, and prototypes in Figma
- Use UX methodologies to analyze and solve problems
- Iterate quickly based on customer feedback and usage
Maintain and Improve the Design System
- Use and evolve our component library
- Consolidate patterns and simplify wherever possible
- Document UX principles and product patterns for our engineering team
- Help keep our UI scalable and maintainable over time
Deliver Designs Alongside Developers
- Work directly with engineers to implement designs
- Quickly help unblock engineers as they run into implementation issues
- Initiate or join live feedback sessions, or review pull requests to fine-tune UI
Collaborate with other teams
- Work with data analysts to define and analyze success metrics
- Collaborate with the marketing team to guide external design agencies
- Work with customer-facing roles to analyze user feedback
- Gather context from sales and marketing to see if our work has an impact
Design Leadership
- Establish and advocate adoption of best practices, leading by example
- Develop and implement design strategies that align with business goals and elevate our brand identity
- Mentor/coach other designers and members of the design team, providing guidance on design principles, best practices, and professional growth
- Stay updated with industry trends and advancements in design technology, incorporating relevant innovations into our design processes
What We're Looking For
You're a pragmatic designer who enjoys working with developers and designing for them. You focus on simplicity, usability, and systems thinking, with a sharp eye for detail. This position is ideal for someone who thrives in a collaborative environment, has a passion for mentoring others, and can drive design excellence from concept to completion.
You Have:
- 5+ years of experience designing digital products, ideally in SaaS or dev tools
- Solid understanding of UX, interaction design, and usability principles
- Strong portfolio of successful design projects
- Experience collaborating closely with engineering teams
- Corporate working experience in a startup or small high growth company
- Fluency with modern design tools like Figma and experience working within design systems
- Experience as a Design Lead or team lead, mentoring other designers
- Comfortable talking to users and uncovering real needs
- Ability to make complicated material seem easy for the user
- A self-starting attitude who can navigate the organization on their own
- Pixel-perfect designs with a great eye for detail
- A great communicator who makes complicated things simple
- You have knowledge of development processes, which helps you collaborate
- Preference for candidates based in Central European time (CET ±2 hours)
Bonus
- Front-end skills
- Graphic/brand design
- Familiarity with developer tools
- Data fluency or experimentation mindset
Your Design Philosophy
You believe the best interfaces are simple, focused, and built to serve. Fancy design isn't the goal — helping users succeed is. Our users often come to AppSignal under pressure, debugging live issues. The interface should guide them, not get in the way.
- Simpler is better. Complexity rarely holds up over time. Clear beats clever, always.
- Shipping is the goal. One live improvement beats ten polished mockups. We optimize for real user value, not theoretical perfection.
- Constraints are healthy. We can't solve every edge case for every user. Trade-offs are part of responsible product design. We're comfortable saying no.
- Strong opinions, loosely held. You advocate for your ideas, but know when to let go and align with the team. We can disagree and commit.
- Iterate to learn. We go from idea to mockup to prototype and show it to peers and users early. This uncovers more than going through tedious research steps.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary tailored to your experience and location
- Remote-first culture with co-working support if needed
- Generous and flexible PTO policy (up to 40 days/year)
- Personal development budget for books, courses, or conferences
- Opportunities for professional growth and development
- Flexible contract setup depending on your location (employment, EOR, or long-term contractor)
About AppSignal
We're a small, thoughtful, and friendly team building tools developers love. We value clarity, simplicity, and steady progress. Your work will shape the product experience for thousands of developers around the world. We welcome candidates of all backgrounds, genders, orientations, ethnicities, ages, and abilities.
Apply for the job
Do you want to join our team as our new Lead/Senior UX/UI Designer? Then we'd love to hear about you!