Senior Design System Designer

Bitpanda

WHO WE ARE  We simplify wealth creation. Founded in 2014 in Vienna, Austria by Eric Demuth, Paul Klanschek and Christian Trummer, we’re here to help people trust themselves enough to build their financial freedom — for now and the future. Our user-friendly, trade-everything platform empowers both first-time investors and seasoned experts to invest in the cryptocurrencies, crypto indices, stocks*, precious metals and commodities* they want — with any sized budget, 24/7. Our global team works across different cultures and time zones, bringing our products to more than 7 million customers, making us one of Europe’s safest and most secure platforms that powers modern investing.   Headquartered in Austria but operating across Europe, our products are built by fast-moving, talented, “roll-up-your-sleeves-and-make-it-happen” kind of people. It’s these diverse perspectives and innovative minds operating as ONE TEAM that keep Bitpanda at the cutting edge of our industry. So if you’re someone who thinks big, moves fast and wants to make an impact right from day one, then get ready to join our industry-changing team. Let’s go!   YOUR MISSION As Principal Product Designer at Bitpanda, you will shape the long-term direction of our Design System, shared product design language and experience standards. You will define the principles and foundations that enable teams to deliver coherent, accessible and high-quality experiences across products and platforms. Operating at the intersection of strategy, systems and craft, you will partner with senior Design, Product and Engineering leaders to influence cross-product decisions, reduce fragmentation and ensure our shared foundations evolve with Bitpanda’s product and organisational needs.   WHAT YOU’LL DO Set Design System and experience direction * Define the long-term vision, strategy and roadmap for Bitpanda’s Design System and shared product design language. * Translate product and organisational priorities into scalable principles, standards, patterns and foundations. * Identify systemic gaps, duplication and fragmentation, prioritising opportunities with the greatest customer and organisational impact. * Establish the operating model, governance and contribution practices that enable the Design System to scale effectively across the organisation. * Define how the Design System’s adoption, quality, coverage and impact are measured. Raise experience quality at scale * Set shared standards for visual design, interaction, accessibility and cross-platform consistency. * Lead experience and system audits, turning recurring issues into scalable improvements. * Partner with Design leadership to evolve quality standards, review practices and critique. * Guide complex design decisions that affect multiple products, customer journeys or verticals. * Ensure shared foundations reflect Bitpanda’s brand and experience principles Enable teams at scale * Set the direction and standards for clear, current and actionable Design System documentation. * Drive adoption through education, enablement and partnership across Design, Product and Engineering. * Shape how shared design foundations are embedded across product development to drive consistency and quality at scale. * Mentor designers and strengthen systems thinking and craft across the organisation. * Shape emerging design practices, including AI-enabled workflows.   WHO YOU ARE * A Principal Designer with 10+ years of product design experience, including experience operating at Staff or Principal level. * Proven experience scaling a Design System across multiple products, platforms and teams, including its strategy, governance and adoption. * A strong systems thinker with excellent visual and interaction design craft. * A trusted cross-functional partner who can influence senior Design, Product and Engineering leaders and align teams around complex decisions. * A recognised mentor who raises the quality of craft, thinking and decision-making across the organisation. * You bring ownership, curiosity and adaptability, and thrive in a fast-paced, fast-learning and regulated environment. WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU * Flexibility to work where you thrive – Enjoy the freedom of our Hybrid working model, combining onsite collaboration and remote work, with an additional 25 days per year to work from a city or country of your choice. * Reward for your impact – Receive a competitive total compensation package aligned with Bitpanda’s pay-for-impact policy, including participation in our stock option plan. * Support for your mental wellbeing – Access confidential coaching, counselling, and mental health resources whenever you need them through OpenUP. * Time to recharge – On top of your standard annual leave, Prioritise your wellbeing with 3 additional days of paid time off to rest, reset, and recharge, available once you’ve been with us for 6 months. * Continuous learning and growth – Grow your skills and stay ahead in your career with unlimited access to Udemy’s library of online courses at your own pace. * Exclusive perks and rewards – Enjoy discounts, rewards, and perks from partners worldwide across lifestyle, wellness, tech, and travel. * Support during life milestones – Take advantage of our additional 8 weeks of gender-neutral new parent leave to welcome and bond with your new addition to the family. * Fuel and focus on-site – Pandas in Vienna, Bucharest, Barcelona, and Berlin can enjoy free onsite dining, with freshly prepared lunches and snacks to keep you fueled and focused all day long. * Recognition for your contributions – Celebrate milestones and achievements with recognition and rewards for your Tenure at Bitpanda. * Show your Bitpanda pride – Access exclusive Bitpanda-branded merchandise and gear to represent. * Connect and celebrate with your team – Join unforgettable company events, from our Winter Party in Vienna to gatherings worldwide, fostering fun, connection, and celebration        .…and even more location-specific benefits designed to make life at Bitpanda even more rewarding wherever you are.   Above all, you will have the opportunity to learn and grow as part of Bitpanda’s incredible journey towards being Europe’s future #1 investment platform. BITPANDA IS COMMITTED TO FOSTERING A FAIR AND EQUAL ENVIRONMENT BASED ON TRUST AND MUTUAL RESPECT. WE BELIEVE THAT A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE IS PARAMOUNT TO OUR SUCCESS AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO BUILDING A TEAM THAT REPRESENTS A WIDE VARIETY OF BACKGROUNDS, PERSPECTIVES, AND SKILLS. * THESE BENEFITS MAY BE ADJUSTED AT BITPANDA’S DISCRETION AND DO NOT APPLY TO OUR INTERNSHIPS AND EXCEPTIONS TO OUR HYBRID WORKING POLICY APPLY TO TEAMS WITH SHIFT SCHEDULES OR FOR FOLKS WHOSE ROLES REQUIRE THEM TO BE IN-OFFICE (THINK: WORKPLACES TEAM OR IT).

Wallapop

Wallapop is a Barcelona based scale-up driven by the purpose to empower people to embrace a more conscious and human way of consumption. We believe in a world where collaborative economy is mainstream. This is what drives us. 💫 Wallapop operates in Spain, Italy and Portugal, offering a catalogue of several hundreds of millions of products and services. Powered by technical innovation and continuous improvement, we bring together the scale & trust of classifieds with the marketplace’s convenience & reach. 🌱 Our mission is to enable a connected trade ecosystem, making 2nd-hand the norm through smart use of technology. The Challenge 🧩 Identify, frame, and shape a design roadmap aimed at enhancing our user experience and driving key business metrics. In this role, you will operate with a high degree of autonomy — you are not waiting for a roadmap to execute or a solution to be handed to you. You will bring a strong design and user perspective to product strategy: understand where the PM is headed, what the data shows, and what users need — then align, challenge, and shape the direction so that design thinking influences how problems are framed, not just how they're solved. As a Senior Product Designer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping Wallapop's discovery journey — creating engaging, intuitive, and scalable user experiences. Your work will directly enhance how millions of users discover and connect with unique items. This role blends strategic vision with hands-on design execution: you will help define design strategies and frameworks while building seamless, multi-feature end-to-end flows with an elevated UI. By partnering with cross-functional teams, you will move Wallapop's product vision forward and ensure every initiative delivers measurable value for both our community and the business. What You Will Do 👇 * Strategic partnership: Bring a strong point of view to product strategy. Challenge assumptions, ensure user and design thinking shapes how problems are framed, and actively seek input from analytics, data science, research, engineering, and content strategy to inform the direction. Contribute meaningfully to roadmap decisions and prioritization. * Problem framing: Navigate ambiguity from the start. You'll often begin with an ill-defined problem space, scope and frame it, identify the right opportunity, and build a clear path forward before a solution even exists. * Complex, multi-feature design: Lead end-to-end experiences spanning multiple features, and touchpoints. You’ll work with interconnected systems where a change in one area ripples across others, not isolated flows or single-feature work. * End-to-end execution: Own the design process from early discovery through to high-fidelity UI and technical specs. Testing, iterating, and building stakeholder alignment along the way to ensure proposals are feasible, desirable, and ready to ship. * Evidence-based design: Translate quantitative data and qualitative insights into elegant, actionable design solutions that solve real human problems and drive measurable impact. * Elevated craft: Champion visual excellence and push the boundaries of our current UI,  delivering intentional, delightful experiences that raise the bar across the product. * Consistency & scale: Contribute to our global design system, ensuring a seamless and accessible experience across all platforms. * Mentorship & culture: Act as a thought partner for fellow designers, fostering a culture of mutual growth, confidence, and design excellence. What We’re Looking For 🔎 * Seniority: We are looking for a very senior profile , someone who has already operated at this level, not someone growing into it. Ideally with 8–10 years of product design experience, with 5+ years operating at a senior or lead level. Setting direction, working independently, and influencing product decisions beyond the design brief. * Product experience: Deep experience designing mobile-first digital products at scale, such as marketplaces, e-commerce, or similarly complex consumer applications. * Strategic thinking: A natural ability to bring a design and user perspective into product strategy,  not just executing a vision, but helping shape one. Comfortable pushing back on assumptions and advocating for the right problem to solve. * Complexity & systems thinking: Proven experience leading multi-feature, end-to-end experiences with systemic complexity that involve dependencies, and require thinking across the full user journey. * Problem framing: Comfortable starting from ambiguity, scoping ill-defined problems, forming hypotheses, and iterating toward clarity before jumping to solutions. * Visual craft: A high bar for execution and a natural ability to deliver intentional UI that balances aesthetic beauty with functional clarity, even within strict system constraints. * Design tooling: High proficiency in Figma and modern prototyping workflows, with an interest in staying current with industry best practices. * Collaboration & communication: Able to articulate the why behind design decisions and build alignment across functions by partnering with analytics, data science, research, engineering, and content strategy to pressure-test direction and drive decisions forward with confidence. What Would Be A Plus 🚀 * Experience working within a fast-paced, iterative product-tech company. * A background in graphic design, visual design. * Experience or interest in accessibility standards (WCAG) to ensure our platform is inclusive for everyone. Do note that all our jobs are 📍 Barcelona based. We follow a hybrid model where flexibility rules. We commit to a minimum of 6 days per month in the office. Each team self-organizes to decide on cadence and in-person/remote rituals. Wallapop is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees as we want Wallapop to be a place for everyone. Additionally to the opportunity to contribute to an agile product set up and work together towards achieving our meaningful mission, we offer the following 🍭 Perks & Benefits: * Generous individual learning budget of 2k per year * Free office meals, lunch selection from different providers * Group and individual English, Catalan & Spanish lessons as part of our working day * Private Health Insurance with Alan * Flexible working hours + Intensive Fridays * Flexible remuneration to deduct from gross salary (kindergarten/food/transport check) * Gym & Wellness plan, including physiotherapist in the office * Generous referral Program & Charity Donation * Bonus for weddings & newborns * Wallapop Renta (Tax income support) * Monthly product advantages (Wallapop Club) * Work anniversary Gifts and Birthday Surprises * Contribution towards your WIFI in your monthly payroll * One-off payment based on compensation package to go towards setting up your home office * Relocation package (monetary support and legal advice) and visa sponsorship, if applicable * 26 holidays per year * TOP hardware of your choice (latest Apple or Windows) What does the hiring process for this position look like? 👀**Please, note that all interviews take place remotely over hangouts.** Intro Call - run by talent acquisition, focus on providing more information about the role and the company as well as going over your experience, motivation, and expectations. This usually takes 45-60 minutes. Case Study Submission- you will be assigned a task to submit within 5 up to 7 days where you will be able to showcase your expertise / technical skills required for the role. Expertise Interview- Live Exercise  - run by the hiring team, focus on the required core skills and the ability to deliver in a given context. This usually takes 90 minutes. Stakeholder Interview - run by relevant stakeholders reflecting the reality of the context of the role, focus on the ability to collaborate & deliver in a cross-functional set-up. This usually takes 60 minutes. Culture Interview - run by culture interviewers, focus on adherence to Wallapop's purpose and business proposition. This usually takes 60 minutes.  Offer - should you be the right candidate, your offer will be discussed over a call with talent acquisition and will then be confirmed in writing.

Monzo

🚀 We’re on a mission to make money work for everyone. We’re waving goodbye to the complicated and confusing ways of traditional banking. After starting as a prepaid card, our product offering has grown a lot in the last 10 years in the UK. As well as personal and business bank accounts, we offer joint accounts, accounts for 16-17 year olds, a free kids account and credit cards in the UK, with more exciting things to come beyond. Our UK customers can also save, invest and combine their pensions with us.  With our hot coral cards and get-paid-early feature, combined with financial education on social media and our award winning customer service, we have a long history of creating magical moments for our customers! We’re not about selling products - we want to solve problems and change lives through Monzo ❤️ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   📍Barcelona, Spain | 💰 Base salary for this role is depending on experience + Incentive Awards tied to your performance  + benefits  Hybrid model: 3 days a week in the office About our Engineering Teams: We have over 400 engineers across Monzo who design and build our in-house banking platform. We have big ambitions for the future, and technology plays a big role in creating a bank our customers want, so engineers at Monzo collaborate across disciplines to solve interesting challenges throughout the company. These range from the products our customers use everyday to underlying infrastructure, security, payments and finance, customer operations, financial crime, and data, to name just a few areas. As a bank, there is scope for impact across a huge number of opportunities. We contribute to open source software as much as possible. Our blog is a good place to learn even more about what we do! Your day-to-day    This role is all about collaborating with your team to make a difference to your customers. As a backend engineer you’ll work in a squad alongside other disciplines like product managers, marketers, user researchers, designers, mobile engineers, web engineers, data analysts, business analysts, writers and more!  Together you’ll build and support a particular part of Monzo. Our squads belong to our wider collectives (a word we use to describe self-governing business units of ~100 people). They are; Core Banking, Business Banking, Wealth, Borrowing, Growth, Payments, Platform, Fincrime, Security & Expansion. They’re all looking for additional Backend Engineers right now, we do a standard interview process across all our collectives and at the end we will find the best match for you based on your skills, experience, preferences and aligning with the business need!  Our backend engineers have a variety of different backgrounds. As long as you enjoy learning new things, we’d love to talk to you. We do not ask for formal qualifications or degree requirements for any of our engineering roles. You should apply if: * you have strong experience working on the backend of a technology product * you want to be involved in building a product that you (and the people you know) use every day * you have a product mindset: you care about customer outcomes and you want to make data-informed decisions * you’re comfortable working in a team that deals with ambiguity * you’re interested in distributed systems and writing resilient software * you have some experience with strongly-typed languages (Go, Java, C, Scala etc.). * you think you’d enjoy the kind of work we’re doing We're on the look out for L50 Engineers at the moment, you can read more in our Engineering Progression Framework - we will interview you across the whole frame work, so if you are not sure what level you are aiming for please chat to your recruiters!  Not ticking every box? That’s totally okay! Studies show that women and people of colour might hesitate to apply unless they meet every single requirement. At Monzo, we’re dedicated to creating a diverse and welcoming team. If you’re passionate about this role and keen to learn and grow with us, we encourage you to apply— even if you don’t have everything thats listed just yet. Drop us your application, we’d love to hear from you! What you’ll be working on:  We hire very technically agnostic so whilst we use the below technologies we do not expect prior knowledge, you will be fully supported in our organised onboarding to get up to speed in the below:  * Go to write our application code (there’s an excellent interactive Go tutorial here) * Cassandra for most persistent data storage * Kafka for our asynchronous message queue * Kubernetes and Docker to schedule and run our services  * Envoy Proxy for RPC * AWS for most of our production infrastructure and GCP for most of our data infrastructure * React for our public web apps and internal tools * We also have physical datacenters with actual cables to connect to various third parties The Interview Process: Our interview process involves three main stages:  1. Initial Call  2. Take home task or pair coding exercise  3. Final interview: including a system design and a behavioural interview  Our average process takes around 4 weeks but we will always work around your availability.  One of our engineers has written a detailed blog on their experience through this process, for extra details, hints and tips please see here. What’s in it for you: 💰 Base salary for this role is depending on experience + Incentive Awards tied to your performance  + benefits  📍Barcelona, Spain ⏰ We offer flexible working hours and trust you to work enough hours to do your job well, at times that suit you and your team. 📚Learning budget of €1,200 a year for books, training courses and conferences   #LI-JS1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Equal opportunities for everyone Diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we’re making sure we have lots of support for all of our people to grow at Monzo. At Monzo, we’re embracing diversity by fostering an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us. This is integral to our mission of making money work for everyone. You can read more in our blog, 2026 Diversity and Inclusion Report and 2025 Gender Pay Gap Report. We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status. If you have a preferred name, please use it to apply. We don't need full or birth names at application stage 😊