Putting a lot of effort into hiring top-tier professionals is a proof that we care a lot about tech experience, the attitude, human approach, and what we could call „culture fit”.
„SwingDev is all about people” - yes, it may sound a bit cliche. But whether we're writing code or just hanging out, we know that people are at the heart of everything we do. We like to have a good time and keep things light, even when we're tackling big projects. We could brag about what’s making us special, but we’ve boiled it down to two key ingredients: mature, companionable people who, rather than compete, prefer to inspire and have each other’s backs; a culture of trust, empathy, and positivity that keeps us together, lets us interact as teammates and friends, and truly enjoy the ride.
So if you're a Mid Product Designer looking to shake things up and have a good time while you're at it, you’ve come to the right place. 🚀
About the role:
You'll be the solo Product Designer on Hippo's internal tools - from claims platforms and underwriting AI to agent portals and beyond. The work is dense and complex, but it's also the kind that matters - every improvement you ship is felt by real people doing real jobs. You'll be designing for the moment AI hands off to a human - one of the more interesting problems in product design right now. It's a tight team of :9 with weekly crits, a clear growth path, and just enough structure to keep things moving.
What will you do?
- You'll design intuitive, accessible internal tools that Hippo teams use every day - the kind of work where you can message your users on Slack and watch your designs move metrics within a sprint
- You'll partner with PMs and Engineers from discovery onward - defining problems, exploring solutions, shipping features that move real operational metrics (handle time, error rates, throughput)
- You'll run user interviews, shadow sessions, and lightweight feedback loops with the people who actually use the tools
- You'll sketch, wireframe, and prototype at the right fidelity for the question you're trying to answer (we use Figma and LLMs daily)
- You'll facilitate the messy conversations that get product, design, and engineering aligned
- You'll share your work openly: process, half-formed ideas, and mistakes included. You'll show up to design crits with opinions and leave with better work
- Have 3+ years shipping production work, with a portfolio that shows your process, your data, and your impact
- Know Figma well: components, variables, auto-layout, prototyping - the works
- Are comfortable with data-dense, workflow-heavy interfaces: tables, filters, dashboards, multi-step flows, power-user shortcuts
- Use LLMs as part of your design toolkit (Claude sits next to Figma here - research synth, draft thinking, prototyping, writing)
- Can run solo on a project with Staff Designer support when you need it
- Take initiative - spot a broken meeting, suggest a fix; get a vague brief, push back; see a better way, bring it up
- Are fluent in English and available in the afternoons 2-3 days a week (occasional evening calls for US time zones)
- Show up: camera on during calls, team events when they happen, and the occasional dumb meme in Slack. We're remote but not Slack-only. Dogs and cats very welcome - we're unapologetically a pet-friendly team (proof)
- Have a clear design process you can talk through - you can defend ideas without getting precious about them, and you give and take feedback honestly (we do weekly design crits)
- Experience with internal tools or ops-heavy products (admin panels, agent consoles, claims tools, CRMs, etc.)
- Experience designing AI-powered features: chatbots, agent assistance, AI-driven workflows, LLM-in-the-loop interfaces
- Some context on US home insurance, claims, or insurance operations - or genuine curiosity to learn it
- Experience working with US stakeholders and the time-zone juggling that comes with it
- Send us your CV and portfolio - it's the best way for us to get to know you. A portfolio is required to be considered!
- Record a short, 20-minutes long one-way interview (async, on your schedule)
- Jump on a call with one of our Recruiters
- Complete a recruitment task
- Have a chat with Michał (Director of Design) and Mikołaj (Staff Designer)
- Meet on the final stage with Marcin and Alicja
- and... welcome aboard! 👋