Product Designer

Role Overview

• Lead end-to-end design work from discovery through to delivery across new and existing product areas
• Conduct and synthesise user research including interviews, usability testing, surveys, and workflow analysis
• Translate complex product and technical requirements into intuitive workflows, wireframes, prototypes, and polished UI designs
• Partner closely with product managers and engineers to shape solutions that balance user value, technical feasibility, and business goals
• Identify usability issues and proactively drive improvements across the product experience
• Contribute to and evolve the Nitro Design System, improving consistency and design efficiency across teams
• Help visualise future product concepts and strategic product direction through exploratory design work
• Present work clearly to cross-functional stakeholders, incorporating feedback while advocating for strong user-centred decisions

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in UX or product design roles, ideally in SaaS or complex software environments.
• Strong experience across the full design lifecycle: discovery, wireframing, prototyping, high-fidelity design, and validation.
• Ability to design elegant solutions for technically complex workflows and data-rich products.
• Experience conducting user research and discovery activities including interviews, surveys, usability testing, and product analysis.
• Strong ability to break down ambiguous problems, identify unknowns, and define structured paths forward.
• Confident using user insights and design principles to explain and defend design decisions.
• Experience working closely in cross-functional teams with product managers and engineers.
• Comfortable navigating fast-paced startup, scale-up, or consulting-style environments.
• Able to move fluidly between tactical design execution and strategic product thinking.
• Nice-to-have: Experience designing enterprise SaaS, infrastructure platforms, or technically sophisticated B2B products.
• Nice-to-have: Experience contributing to or scaling design systems.
• Nice-to-have: Familiarity with geospatial, engineering, or data-visualisation products.
• Characteristics we look for: No-ego, outcome-oriented team players. We back each other and win together. Curious designers who ask thoughtful questions and seek to deeply understand users before solving. Pragmatic problem solvers who balance ideal design with real-world constraints. Strong communicators who can articulate rationale clearly across technical and non-technical audiences. Collaborative partners who welcome feedback and contribute positively across disciplines. Confident advocates for users, grounded in evidence rather than opinion. Self-directed operators who spot opportunities and take initiative to improve experiences.

Benefits

• Competitive salary + ESOP
• Significant career development and growth opportunities
• Fully flexible working arrangements with a well-stocked office in Redfern
• Annual company-wide offsite
• Highly meritocratic, non-bureaucratic, and no-ego work culture
• The opportunity to work on complex, meaningful products and real-world problems
• The opportunity to play a direct, critical role in the trajectory of a high growth company
• Neara values diversity, belonging, and equal employment opportunities. We encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply.