Product Designer (Figma)

Company

Founded in Berlin, autarc is a 15 person start-up who have just graduated from the Y Combinator in San Francisco. Our team consists of people in Sales, Tech and Operations, with the Product department currently consisting of a Senior Product Designer and the CEO.

Role Description

As one of the first Product hires, you will be responsible for working on entire design processes from idea generation to implementation, taking into account firm company goals whilst also understanding consumer needs.

You’ll be building prototypes and mockups that are then presented to customers for genuine and accurate feedback. This is where your creativity will come into play, with the freedom to want to try new things and test new hypotheses.

In your first month, you will grow to learn more about our design systems and support existing infrastructure. Following that, you will contribute towards building a product to cater for additional renewable energy services, as well as implement other solutions to broaden the scope of the software and its features.

Wearing a Product Manager hat, you will also be responsible for being in frequent communication with customers, understanding their needs but also their frustrations. You’ll be part of the development lifecycle and work alongside Engineering teams to support them in building user-centric features.

Other Responsibilities Include

• Conducting interviews for customer research
• Present prototype designs to core clients
• Work pragmatically and not get caught up on user stories
• Focus on UI 60-70% of the time
• Create wireframes for a robust infrastructure
• Participate in 3x weekly Design workshops
  
  

This is a start-up environment, so you must be willing to get your hands dirty!

Requirements

• 2-5+ years working in a B2B SaaS environment
• Strong experience working with Figma (80-90%)
• Experience with other tools such as Adobe Creative Suite is appreciated
• Exposure to working as a Product Manager with Engineering teams (desired)
• You have an eye for detail and pay close attention when building foundational systems
• Based in Berlin with a willingness to work hybrid (office in Mitte)
• Native German speaking with English fluency
  
  

What We Offer

• Freedom to choose your own equipment (within a budget)
• 26 paid vacation days
• An annual team retreat
• The choice between Dance or JobRad for mobility
• The choice between Classpass or Urban Sports Club for fitness
• Regular team events, lunches and activities
  
  

Next steps

If your application is successful, you will participate in the following:

• Screening call with Louis (Recruiter)
• Take home case study (approx. 1-2 hours)
• On-site culture fit interview with Etienne (CEO) and meet the team
  
  

About Us

Right now, 25% of CO2 emissions in Europe are caused by heating our buildings. In order for this to be reduced, the transition towards renewable energy needs to be simplified and made more accessible. There are too few installers to meet the growing demand for heat pumps, and a solution to match this trend needs to be brought to the market.

autarc is developing the leading operating system (OS) for heat pump installers, making the processing of heat pump projects for tradespeople much more digital, efficient and easier.

Through this, autarc is reducing the hurdles to decarbonizing single-family homes and small apartment buildings in Europe, with the goal to help with the planning and designing of 1 million heat pumps by 2030.