Product Designer

About the Role

This is a rare opportunity to join a small, elite design team at a Series B AI-powered EdTech platform that reaches tens of millions of students across more than 30 countries. You'll work at the centre of a major shift toward AI-native product experiences, with direct access to C-level leadership to shape the product vision from day one. Your work will be seen - and felt - by millions of learners every day.

We're going all-in on design craft and AI-native experiences. If you believe details are the design, ship faster than you deck, and see AI as a genuine multiplier rather than a buzzword, this role is built for you.

Note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this role. On-site in Berlin, Germany.
What You'll Do

• Own entire product areas end-to-end - from conception to delivery - working directly with C-level and engineering to ship ideas to millions of students within days.
• Raise the quality bar on everything students see, touch, and feel - world-class UI, motion design, and micro-interactions that set a new standard.
• Build and scale a design system from the ground up - curated references, stellar components, and sharp reviews that make quality easy to replicate across the team.
• Pioneer AI-native design - develop AI-assisted workflows and AI-native product experiences that change how the team researches, ideates, and ships.
• Set the reference point - create UIs students want to screenshot and details they feel but can't name.
• Mentor and guide more junior designers, raising the collective craft of the team.

What We're Looking For

Required:

• Several years of product design experience with a portfolio that demonstrates shipped work - work that moved metrics and delighted real users (portfolio matters more than tenure).
• Actively uses AI tools across the full design loop: prototyping, research, and shipping - not experimenting, multiplying.
• Systems thinker who scales quality across a product, not just a pretty component library - code-first design systems, AI-powered design reviews, whatever works at speed and scale.
• Proven ability to simplify complex, messy user journeys into experiences that feel obvious.
• Bias toward action: prototypes over presentations, experiments over endless debate.
• Experience guiding and levelling up more junior designers.

Nice to Have:

• Builder mentality - bonus if you've shipped a side project end-to-end or opened a merge request.
• Background in consumer apps, EdTech, or fast-paced B2C environments.
• Experience at companies like Quizlet, Khan Academy, Brainly, Memrise, Chegg, or similar consumer/EdTech products.

You won't be a fit if you:

• Prefer slow deliberation over fast shipping.
• Are sceptical of or resistant to AI tools in your workflow.
• Work best as a solo, territorial artist rather than a team-first collaborator.
• Default to decks and presentations rather than prototypes and experiments.

What We're Like

• 51-200 person company, growing fast across a global student audience.
• Direct feedback culture - no preciousness, no territory.
• Builders who ship: ideas go from concept to millions of users in days, not quarters.
• AI is central to how the product is built and how the team works.

Location

On-site in Berlin, Germany. This is not a remote role. Visa sponsorship is not available.