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Lead Product Designer

Tempo β€’ Toronto, Canada πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

Hybrid Full-time Lead

Own the end-to-end UI design process, from concept to production-ready components. Collaborate with product, engineering, and AI/ML teams to create intuitive and beautiful user interfaces.

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end UI: Go from concept β†’ flows β†’ wireframes β†’ prototypes β†’ production-ready, high-fidelity UI.
  • Build real product: Implement responsive, accessible components in React + TypeScript + Tailwind, using Radix UI / shadcn patterns.
  • Shape complex UX: Partner with Product, Eng, and AI/ML to design clear interactions for real-time, multi-user features.
  • Evolve our design system: Drive tokens, theming, documentation, and component APIs for scalability and consistency.
  • Design with AI in the loop: Integrate AI-assisted design-to-code workflows and author patterns that our agents can reliably compose.
  • Polish the feel: Add motion, micro-interactions, and states that improve comprehensionβ€”not just aesthetics.
  • Collaborate in real time: Help build collaborative UX using Liveblocks/WebSockets, optimizing presence, conflict-resolution, and latency.
  • Ship accessible, fast UI: Ensure that all designs adhere to accessibility standards, keep Core Web Vitals green, and measure UX with meaningful product metrics.

Requirements

  • Portfolio of shipped, product-quality UI demonstrating strong visual taste and systems thinking.
  • Fluency with Figma (flows, prototypes, component props/variants).
  • Experience building within a design system (tokens, theming, component APIs).
  • Strong grasp of UX principles, interaction design, and accessibility fundamentals.
  • Interest in AI-augmented workflows (promptable components, agent-safe patterns).

Key Skills

  • Hands-on with React, TypeScript, Tailwind, Radix/shadcn in production.
  • Animation & interaction craft (Framer Motion, CSS keyframes, spring physics).
  • Real-time collaboration UX (CRDTs, optimistic UI, presence patterns).
  • Testing and quality: Storybook, Playwright/Jest, a11y tooling (axe, aria-lint).
  • Mobile mindset: Expo/React Native or responsive patterns beyond breakpoints.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary β€” aligned with the impact you bring.
  • Equity ownership in one of Canada’s fastest-growing AI startups.
  • In-house team environment with lunch provided 3 days a week.
  • Flexible vacation & sick policy β€” we care about you being at your best, not just at your desk.
  • Quarterly team events & outings to celebrate wins and build stronger connections.

About Tempo

Here at Tempo, we offer modular, flexible, and Jira-native solutions that empower portfolio management at any scale. We’re a passionate and growing team of over 400 employees, representing a network of more than 30,000 customers across a range of industries. With tools like Timesheets, Capacity Planner, and Structure PPM, we help our customers unlock new levels of efficiency in managing their strategic portfolios.

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