Senior Product Designer

What you'll do

• Design simple, flexible, and scalable systems that adapt to diverse use cases — thinking in holistic journeys built by components, patterns, and states, not just individual screens
• Leverage AI tools like Claude Code or Cursor to prototype and ship production-ready interfaces, pushing changes to prod and unblocking yourself to get work in front of users
• Dig into real customer problems, explore multiple approaches, and advocate for the right solution — owning the full journey from user research to shipped feature, including edge cases and error states
• Work closely with product and engineering to create comprehensive designs that inspire the team to build, gathering cross-functional feedback while maintaining design conviction
• Mentor other designers, contribute to and evolve the design system, and raise the bar for design quality across the platform

Who we're looking for

• 6+ years designing product experiences in B2B SaaS, preferably at start-ups, with deep experience in at least one of: dev tools, highly interactive editors, technical workflow software, or data/ML platforms
• Expert proficiency in Figma and AI prototyping tools
• Strong opinions and intuition about what makes experiences feel right — you notice when transitions are sluggish, hierarchy breaks down, or a micro-interaction elevates a flow
• Sharp judgement about where quality defines the experience and where iteration beats perfection, with the ability to articulate design decisions and trade-offs clearly
• Comfortable using AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, v0) to prototype and ship production code
• Excited by complexity and see it as a design challenge
• Care about the details that separate "good enough" from "great"

Experience requirements

• 6+ years of product design experience in B2B SaaS, with a portfolio that demonstrates systems-level thinking — components, patterns, and states — not just polished individual screens
• Deep experience designing in at least one of the following domains: developer tools, highly interactive editors, technical workflow software, or data/ML platforms; familiarity with the constraints and expectations of technical users is essential
• Expert proficiency in Figma, including the ability to build and maintain scalable design systems and component libraries
• Demonstrated ability to use AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, v0, or equivalent) to prototype and ship production-ready interfaces independently — you don't wait for engineering to validate ideas
• Proven end-to-end design ownership: from user research and problem framing through to shipped features, including edge cases, error states, and post-launch iteration
• Strong communication and design advocacy skills — you can articulate decisions and trade-offs clearly to engineers, product managers, and senior stakeholders, and hold conviction under pressure
• Experience mentoring other designers and contributing meaningfully to a shared design system
• Bonus: Prior experience with data visualisation, complex annotation interfaces, or multimodal workflows; exposure to AI/ML products or platforms; experience shipping frontend code in addition to design artefacts

Why Encord

• Competitive salary, commission, and equity in a high-growth start-up
• Strong in-person culture — most of the team works from our London office 3+ days/week
• 25 days annual leave + UK public holidays
• Annual learning & development budget
• Travel for customer visits, events, and conferences across the UK and Europe
• Company lunches twice a week
• Monthly socials & bi-annual team offsites