Product Designer
Gem
Product, Design
Sofia, Bulgaria
Posted on May 22, 2026
Product Designer
Sofia
Design
Hybrid
Full-time
About the job
Location: Sofia, Bulgaria. This role is based out of our Sofia office and is not eligible for full-time remote work.
About Gem
Gem is a California Series C startup and the only AI-first all-in-one recruiting platform with a strong trajectory and ambitious plans to modernize the recruiting industry – a market of over $250B. We have a small but highly capable team in San Francisco, with engineers from Facebook, Dropbox, Uber, MIT, and Stanford, as well as the beginnings of a strong team in Sofia. Over 1,000 industry leaders, including Anthropic, Reddit, Figma, Zillow, Robinhood, and DoorDash, trust Gem to fuel their growth and recognize Gem as one of the highest-satisfaction products on G2 with a 4.8/5.0 rating. The company has raised $148M from renowned investors, including Accel, Greylock, ICONIQ, Sapphire, and Meritech.
About the role
As a founding Product Designer on our growing Sofia EPD (Engineering Product Design) team, you won't just execute on a backlog — you'll help shape how Gem looks, feels, and works for thousands of recruiters and talent leaders across the US. You'll own design for mission-critical product areas, including Gem Scheduling, our Enterprise Platform (admin settings, permissions, RBAC), Talent Compass, and Talent Marketing, partnering closely with engineering and product managers in Sofia and US-based designers and stakeholders in San Francisco.
This is a rare opportunity to work on a product that customers genuinely love — and to do it from the ground up in a Sofia team.
What are we looking for
- A full-spectrum product designer: from user research and problem framing, through flows and interaction design, to polished visual execution and detailed specs
- Someone with a strong product and design point of view — able to deeply understand user problems, form their own POV on the right solution, and articulate and defend it
- Ability to translate complex user needs and rich datasets into clear, actionable, and visually compelling UI — particularly in enterprise contexts where users are trying to surface insights and drive decisions
- Experience designing end-to-end flows in web applications, not just screens in isolation
- A collaborative partner to engineering: comfortable working iteratively, participating in sprint cycles, and evolving designs based on real implementation feedback — not throwing work over the fence
- Strong communication skills — able to present and discuss design decisions clearly with cross-functional partners across time zones
About You
- Minimum 5+ years of product design experience (7/8+ years preferred), with a portfolio of shipped products
- Experience designing complex web applications — B2B SaaS, enterprise tools, or products with rich workflow and data surfaces. We're not the right fit for designers whose background is primarily in branding, illustration, video games, or consumer-only apps
- Strong UX fundamentals paired with capable visual design execution
- Proven ability to work directly and iteratively with engineering teams
- Comfortable working with ambiguity and driving toward clarity without waiting for perfect direction
- Ability to maintain reasonable overlap with San Francisco working hours for cross-team syncs (approximately 8–10 AM PST / 6–8 PM EET, ~1 weekly team sync).
Nice to have (not required):
- Experience designing analytics dashboards, admin surfaces, or data-dense reporting UIs
- Familiarity with the Talent Acquisition or recruiting domain
- Experience at a venture-backed startup
Bonus Points If You Have
- Shipped enterprise B2B SaaS products used by large organizations
- Contributed to or maintained a design system
Benefits
- Highly competitive salary & equity
- 20+5 paid days off
- 17 paid holidays, including national holidays and regular company-wide wellness days
- Additional health insurance
- 610 EUR/ annual budget for learning and development opportunities
- Additional up to 16 weeks of Paid Parental Leave for birthing and non-birthing parents
- New Parent Perks totaling 760 EUR and flexibility upon return to work
Gem is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate our inclusive work environment and encourage folks of all backgrounds and perspectives to apply. At Gem, we're committed to having an inclusive and transparent environment where every voice is heard and acknowledged. We embrace our differences and know that our diverse team is a strength that drives our success.
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