Senior Product Designer, Design Systems (m/f/d)

ABOUT US

Pliant is a modular B2B payments platform that combines commercial card issuing, payment accounts, FX, and spend management in one system — adapting to existing setups rather than requiring customers to replace them.

Businesses across industries such as travel, e-commerce, and insurance use Pliant to manage complex payment workflows with cards, backed by credit lines Pliant underwrites itself.

Fintechs and software platforms embed Pliant's payment infrastructure into their own products, from API-based Cards-as-a-Service to fully white-label solutions. Banks use Pliant's Card & Spend OS, the customer-facing interface, on their own infrastructure to run card programs.

Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Berlin, Pliant serves 5,000+ businesses and 40+ partners across Europe and the United States. A principal member of Visa and Mastercard, Pliant issues commercial cards in 13 currencies across 32 countries — under its own European e-money license and with licensed partners in the UK and US.

Learn more at www.getpliant.com

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.

❗ Please attach your CV and portfolio with your application.

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. You're not afraid to jump into projects outside your main scope to drive company success.

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 – you've built, scaled, and governed a design system, not just consumed one.

• Strong command of component architecture, design tokens, theming/modes, and documentation, with a systematic approach to naming and structure.

• Advanced Figma skills – variables, modes, component properties, and auto-layout. You build systems, not just screens.

• A solid understanding of how design systems map to front-end code (tokens, component structure), and comfort collaborating closely with engineers to keep design and code 1:1. Curiosity about how AI/agent-assisted design workflows are evolving is a strong plus.

• A proven ability to design end-to-end product experiences across web, mobile apps, internal tools, and dashboards.

• Excellent craft in interaction and visual design – you care deeply about clarity, hierarchy, and making complex workflows feel simple.

• A proactive, highly organized way of working – you set the standard for structure and thrive with autonomy while collaborating closely with PMs and engineers.

• Strong communication skills – you're comfortable presenting your work, explaining your rationale, and inviting feedback.

• Experience working in agile, fast-paced environments, iterating quickly based on feedback and data.

• Experience in fintech or B2B SaaS is nice-to-have, but curiosity and adaptability matter more.

• Our company values align with yours: 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 that thrives on a strong exchange of knowledge and excellence

• Attractive remuneration

• Your choice of preferred OS, Windows or Mac

• Flat hierarchy and transparent communication in a relaxed, professional atmosphere

• Opportunity to develop your talent in a dynamic team with ambitious goals

• Flexibility and possibility 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. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and abilities, and are committed to an inclusive hiring process. If you need any accommodations during the interview process, please let us know.

At Pliant we use the Ashby AI Criteria to assist with looking over resumes against our job qualifications for this role. All final decisions are made by our Talent Team and Hiring Team.

A human is behind these processes. Ashby does not automatically reject candidates or make final hiring decisions. Our teams review all results and make the final hiring decision with every candidate that applies.