Product Designer

ABOUT US Pliant is a European fintech specializing in B2B payment solutions. Our modular, API-first platform helps businesses streamline spending, improve cash flow, and integrate payments into their financial workflows. Designed for industries with complex payment needs, such as travel and fleet, Pliant enables greater efficiency, control, and profitability. ABOUT THE ROLE Join us as our next Senior Product Designer, Design systems and help build the world's best corporate credit card experience. This role blends hands-on product design with deep design-system ownership. You'll split your time between shipping product features embedded in a team and owning the evolution of our design system — both are core to the role, not one squeezed in around the other. On the design-system side, you'll maintain and improve it and lead its evolution for AI-assisted workflows. You'll bring structure and craft to our product's user experience, work across our web and mobile applications, and become the owner of the system that keeps everything consistent as we scale across product teams, internal tools, and data dashboards. You'll collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to shape our roadmap and deliver new features, all while raising the quality and consistency bar through a world-class design system. Pliant has design in its DNA – our design team reports directly to one of the founders. Although our team is small, we thrive on finding the best solutions to design problems, and we hire people who have a keen interest in shaping our expansion and being part of the journey for years to come. If you thrive in fast-moving environments, are a proactive designer, love challenging how design work gets done, and want to shape the future of product design with AI while making a direct impact, this role is for you. Although we have Berlin listed as the main location, we value flexibility to work remotely or hybrid from one of our hubs (Berlin, London, Vienna, Helsinki). If not based in Berlin, you ideally must be able to join team meetings throughout the year and be within a +/- 3 hour of GMT timezone. WHAT YOU’LL DO Own the design system domain: Be the accountable owner of our design system – components, tokens, patterns, and documentation – keeping it consistent and high-quality as the team and product grow. Design product day to day: Embed in a product team and design end-to-end features across our web platform, mobile app, internal tools, and dashboards – from user flows and wireframes to high-fidelity UI and prototypes. Take the design system into the AI era: Restructure our tokens, components, and documentation so AI agents can read and use them, enabling prototypes that map one-to-one to our code. Close the gap between what we design and what we ship. Partner closely with engineering: Keep the design system and codebase in sync – aligning naming, tokens, and component APIs so design and code stay 1:1. Raise the consistency bar: Define and champion standards, review component usage across flows, and help other designers move faster within a shared system. Collaborate cross-functionally: Work with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders from discovery through delivery, ensuring smooth implementation of your designs. Wear multiple hats when needed: We're a lean team, and everyone steps up to support different design needs. WHAT YOU’LL BRING 5+ years of experience in product design, UX/UI, or digital design (agency or in-house), with at least 1 year in a senior or lead role. Deep, demonstrable expertise in design systems. Strong command of component architecture, design tokens, theming/modes, and documentation. Advanced Figma skills. Understanding of how design systems map to front-end code and AI/agent-assisted workflows is a plus. End-to-end product design across web, mobile apps, internal tools, and dashboards. Excellent craft in interaction and visual design. Proactive, organized work style with strong collaboration with PMs and engineers. Strong communication skills and agile work experience. Experience in fintech or B2B SaaS is nice-to-have. Our values: Push It, Own It, Open Up, Be Kind, Have Fun, Be Pliant. WHAT WE OFFER The opportunity to work in a growing team with big responsibilities. Attractive remuneration. Your choice of OS — Windows or Mac. Flat hierarchy and transparent communication. Flexibility to work remotely. Monthly mobility benefit. Wellhub Membership. Pliant Card with monthly credit to explore the product and enjoy food with colleagues. Pliant is an equal opportunity employer.