Senior Product Designer (B2B SaaS Startup)

<br><strong>Our Mission</strong><p><strong>Join us in reshaping global trade in a fast-growing startup!</strong><br>We are <strong>traide AI</strong> – a VC-backed, B2B deep tech startup based in Berlin, using AI to solve one of the most overlooked yet critical challenges in international trade: compliance. Our software automates product classification, reduces regulatory errors, and helps customers save up to 83% of their time on a process that is critical to get right. <br>Trusted by <strong>leading brands like BMW, RIMOWA, OBI, Edeka</strong>, we've achieved <strong>3</strong><strong>x growth over the past 12 months</strong> – and we're just getting started.</p><br><strong>Your tasks</strong><p><ul><li><strong>Own the full loop.</strong> Take a user problem from rough idea to shipped interface: partner or write the brief, design the flow, prototype it, partner with engineering, ship it with as few handoffs as possible.</li><li><strong>Use AI as a force multiplier.</strong> Explore and prototype with AI tools, Figma, or code, whatever gets there fastest. Your taste is the editorial layer: you know when AI-generated UI is wrong even when it looks right, and you fix it.</li><li><strong>Solve from first principles.</strong> Reason about the right interaction for the user problem instead of reaching for a component library.</li><li><strong>Sweat the final 10%.</strong> Craft the details others miss, the ones that make a compliance product feel trustworthy.</li><li><strong>Work in small, focused pods.</strong> No layers, no waiting. You'll work closely with two or three others who share the same model.</li><li><strong>Be accountable to outcomes.</strong> Know the metric your team is moving. Measure your week by what changed for users, not by screens delivered.</li><li><strong>Stretch beyond design.</strong> Read the API spec, engage users directly, build in code when it's faster than Figma.</li></ul></p><br><strong>Who we’re looking for</strong><p>Craft is the baseline here, not a nice-to-have. What sets you apart is range and judgment: you know what good looks like, you know when something looks right but feels wrong, and you can get a team there with you.<ul><li><strong>Fluency in English (C1+) is required.</strong> German (C1) is a plus, but not a must-have.</li><li>Genuine design craft with a track record: you've shipped interfaces real users navigated without explanation, and you can point to the metric that moved.</li><li>Strong visual sensibility, high standards, and an eye for detail.</li><li>Range across Design, Product, and Engineering: you've gone from user problem to testable prototype without waiting for a brief, and used AI coding tools to build something real. You're not dependent on an engineer to realize your vision.</li><li>You've built personal AI workflows that make you meaningfully faster, and you know when to trust, edit, or reject AI output.</li><li>Comfortable in ambiguity: you ship, collect signal, and iterate rather than waiting for full clarity.</li><li>You are excited to show your work (portfolio or examples).</li><li>Ideally you've worked on products where getting it wrong has real consequences (fintech, healthtech, logistics, compliance), but that's not a must-have.</li><li>Berlin-based or willing to relocate.</li></ul><strong>This role is not for you if…</strong><ul><li>You want a PM to define the problem and an engineer to implement the solution.</li><li>You resist working in code or with AI.</li><li>You hand off polished Figma files and believe your job is done.</li><li>You judge yourself on taste alone, not outcomes.</li></ul><br><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:'system-ui', '-apple-system', 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Oxygen, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol';color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-style:normal;font-weight:400;line-height:1.5;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;display:block;"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;font-weight:600;">I<strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;font-weight:600;">nterview process:<br><br></strong></strong></span></p><ol style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;">First Call — Intro on what we do with Max (Hiring manager) </li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;">Second Call — Portfolio walkthrough with Sebastian (Designer) </li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;">Third Call — Get to know our product and culture with our Product team (group call)</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;">On-site Day — Meet our team in our Berlin office and work on a real problem together with us.</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;">(Potentially) quick ,,vibe check'' call- with founder (Leonie or Hendrik)</li></ol><br></p><br><strong>Why us?</strong><p><strong>What you can expect</strong><br><ul><li>Enjoy <strong>benefits like an Urban Sports Club</strong> membership</li><li><strong>Varied day-to-day</strong> → every problem comes with unique needs, so no two days are the same</li><li><strong>Visible impact</strong> → you'll see the direct results of your work for both our customers and traide AI</li><li><strong>Direct impact on product</strong> → your decisions ship and shape what users touch every day</li><li><strong>Flexible working</strong> → we work in a hybrid mode, with an office in senfelderplatz and home office options. </li><li>Be part of our <strong>regular team events</strong> (boat trips, bowling, etc.)</li></ul></p><p>Find <a href="https://www.arbeitnow.com">Jobs in Germany</a> on Arbeitnow</a>