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Founding Product Designer

Kernel 🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom

Hybrid $120,000 - $180,000 Full-time Senior

The Founding Product Designer will own the core user experience end-to-end, including flows, information architecture, interaction design, and visual craft, while leading ground-truth discovery through user interviews to translate insights into shipped changes.

Responsibilities

  • Owning core UX end-to-end
  • Running ground-truth discovery
  • Prototyping quickly
  • Shipping with engineering + PM
  • Building the design foundation
  • Occasional help with decks/narrative

Requirements

  • Early-stage startup experience
  • Ability to simplify complexity
  • Ability to run discovery independently and get to the truth
  • Strong prototyping skills
  • Ability to communicate clearly and collaborate tightly with engineers

Benefits

  • Salary: £120,000 – £180,000 base + equity
  • 24 days holiday per year + bank holidays
  • 2 weeks work-from-anywhere
  • Pension plan
  • Top-spec equipment and central London office
  • High-autonomy, high-trust environment
  • Free dinner at the office
  • Team events and dinners
  • Visas & Relocation support

Key Skills

Product design UX design Prototyping User research Discovery Communication Collaboration Problem-solving Simplifying complexity Figma UI design principles Interaction design Visual craft Design systems

About Kernel

Enabling precision neuromedicine. Kernel's category-defining neuroimaging platform can be used to accelerate treatment development, improve patient outcomes, and reduce healthcare costs.

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