Product Designer

SmartRecruiters is the Recruiting AI Company that transforms hiring for the world’s leading enterprises. Built for global scale, SmartRecruiters, an SAP company, delivers an AI-powered hiring platform that automates and optimizes the entire talent acquisition process, ensuring faster and smarter hiring decisions. More than 4,000 companies, including Amazon, Visa, and McDonald's, rely on SmartRecruiters to build winning teams. In 2025, SmartRecruiters joined SAP, the global leader in enterprise applications. Together, SmartRecruiters and SAP are accelerating the reinvention of hiring by combining cutting-edge AI innovation with the scale, reach, and resources of SAP’s ecosystem. At SmartRecruiters, we are a values-driven, globally focused tech company with strong financial backing and a bold vision for the future of work. We commit and dig deep, embracing challenges with grit, curiosity, and a drive for excellence. We foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment, where trust and determination bring us together. Because together, we will win. Recognized by Fosway Industry Analysts as a strategic leader in recruitment technology for three consecutive years, and awarded by Comparably as a top company for Women, Perks and Benefits, Work-Life Balance, Happiness, Compensation, Diversity, and Culture - we take pride in creating a place where everyone can thrive. Our remote-friendly culture, competitive salaries, and strong internal mobility ensure that high performers have meaningful growth opportunities in an environment built on respect and empowerment.

We are looking for a Product Designer who can effectively translate complex problems into a clear, thoughtful experience. You will work closely with PMs, Engineers, and Designers to deliver high-quality, user-centered solutions while growing your craft, judgement, and product understanding.

This role is ideal for someone who is proactive in owning and driving end-to-end design work, eager to always learn,  and excited to deepen their impact within a collaborative team.

Please note that the recruitment process includes a portfolio presentation stage. More details will be shared in advance.

In your first 3 months, you will

• Contribute as a core designer in 1-2 product groups
• Develop close partnerships with Product and Engineering
• Rapidly prototype designs for validation and iterate based on peer and user feedback
• Conduct user research with guidance, helping translate insights into design decisions
• Actively participate in critiques clearly communicate design rationale and tradeoffs

In your first 6 months, you will

• Own design execution for projects from concept through delivery
• Present your work at structured reviews with design leadership
• Build a strong understanding of SmartRecruiters and identify innovation opportunities
• Contribute to the design system and push other design initiatives forward in the greater organization by actively sharing best practices, work-in-progress, and lessons learned

• 3+ years of experience designing digital products for web and/or mobile
• A portfolio demonstrating strong interaction and visual design skills
• Experience contributing to end-to-end design work from discovery to delivery
• Familiarity with user research methods and ability to incorporate feedback effectively into design decisions with a clear point of view
• Ability to design beyond the happy path, considering edge cases and more
• Experience working closely with product managers, engineers, and designers
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, especially with presenting work
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, iterative product development environment

Nice to have

• Experience working with or contributing to a design system
• Familiarity with accessibility and inclusive design principles
• Exposure to HR technology or complex enterprise workflows

SmartRecruiters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.