- Design end-to-end product experiences across our healthcare platform: From clinical documentation tools and workflow configuration interfaces to patient-facing mobile apps.
- Create dev-ready UI designs using our component library (Shadcn) and evolve our design system iteratively as new features ship.
- Conduct user research with clinicians and patients, translating frontline insights into intuitive workflows that balance clinical complexity with usability.
- Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and clinical stakeholders to refine requirements, challenge assumptions, and ensure designs meet both user needs and compliance standards.
- Champion accessibility best practices, ensuring our products serve diverse patient populations and clinical users.
- Shape and establish our design practice from the ground up: Define processes, rituals, and ways of working that scale with the team (applies to permanent role)
- Our Design and Frontend Stack: Figma, Shadcn component library, Vue 3 framework, Tailwind CSS, Flutter
(Senior) Product Designer (all genders)
Berlin / Hybrid
Full or part-time
Permanent employee
Your responsibilities
Who we are looking for
- 4+ years professional experience in product design, with a strong portfolio demonstrating both UI and UX capabilities across web and mobile platforms.
- Deep expertise in Figma, including component libraries, design systems, prototyping, and developer handoff workflows.
- Experience designing complex B2B SaaS products or enterprise tools where users manage workflows, data, or multi-step processes.
- Strong understanding of accessibility standards (WCAG) and inclusive design principles.
- Ability to balance user advocacy with business constraints, technical feasibility, and regulatory requirements.
- Comfortable working autonomously while maintaining strong collaboration with cross-functional teams.
- Excellent communication skills to articulate design decisions and facilitate productive critique.
- Bonus: Experience with healthcare software, clinical workflows, or regulated industries (e.g., medical devices, fintech).
- Bonus: Familiarity with Vue.js, Tailwind CSS, Flutter, or modern front-end frameworks to understand technical constraints and opportunities.
- Bonus: German language skills for direct interaction with clinical users.
This position is available both as a permanent role and as a freelance engagement for short to mid-term projects. If you're interested in the freelance option, please indicate this in your application.
What we offer
- Meaningful work: Design products that directly improve patient care and clinical workflows. Our software is used daily by healthcare professionals across Germany's leading hospitals.
- Collaborative environment: Flat hierarchies, clear common objectives and great trust. We value diverse perspectives, and are convinced that they lead to superior outcomes.
- Professional Growth: Shape your own path as we grow. Be the founding designer helping establish design practice, processes, and culture as we scale.
- Hybrid Working Culture: Our office space in Berlin Kreuzkölln is a great place to collaborate and come together. We're committed to being a flexible employer, very family & life friendly.
- Direct Impact: Work closely with our founding team (clinicians and engineers) and see your designs ship to production quickly. Fast feedback loops with real users.
- Other perks include cost coverage of public transport (Deutschlandticket), a sports membership and more.
About us
At dotbase, we’re building the operating system for the future of healthcare that unites all essential medical tools in one user-friendly workspace. Already trusted by top healthcare institutions and specialists to manage carepaths of thousands of patients, we unify fragmented systems into one data-driven solution to improve patient outcomes. Founded in 2024 by clinicians and engineers to rethink rigid hospital software, dotbase consists of a mission-driven team where frontline medical insights drive every innovation. Join us to build the collaborative, data-driven future of healthcare and make a real-world impact on how care is delivered.