Job description

Senior Product Designer @ Defguard

Help make secure, compliant network access and identity management effortless.

About Defguard

Defguard is an open-source enterprise security solution - the first in the world to support WireGuard VPN Multi-Factor authentication on the protocol level.

We're an early-stage (pre-seed) startup with a senior, security‑first engineering culture.

We're shipping quickly, working closely with real users, and defining the product experience that will shape how organisations secure private networks in a world that’s increasingly distributed and regulated.

The Role

We’re hiring a Senior Product Designer to own the holistic design language of Defguard. You’ll lead product UX across our secure access surfaces (admin console, device enrollment & provisioning, and cross‑platform desktop/mobile clients) and extend that same language across all outward‑facing touchpoints: our website, marketing and sales materials, documentation assets, brandbook, and product design guidelines.

In practice, you’ll be the steward of every visual and interaction detail - layout, flows, typography, colour, iconography, motion, states, accessibility, and fidelity to a security‑first story - ensuring coherence from first marketing impression to daily admin workflows.

Join a small, senior, security‑first team where design has real influence on the roadmap, usability, and adoption.

What You'll Do

• Own the holistic design language for Defguard across in‑product UI and external touchpoints (website, docs, marketing/sales assets) so brand, security story, and UX stay in sync.

• Lead UX for the control plane (admin console) used by IT/Security/DevOps admins; prioritise clarity, security posture, and operational efficiency.

• Design secure, low‑friction device enrollment & provisioning flows that scale from small teams to large, distributed orgs.

• Shape and refine the cross‑platform end‑user client experience (desktop & mobile) that brings WireGuard‑powered connectivity to life.

• Build and evolve a lightweight, token‑driven design system in Figma; partner with engineering for robust implementation across codebases.

• Create and maintain the brandbook + product design guidelines (typography, colour, iconography, motion, states, accessibility, security cues) that guide product, engineering, and go‑to‑market teams.

• Design, update, and QA the public website and campaign/marketing materials; produce production‑ready visual assets (SVGs, screenshots, diagrams, slideware).

• Steward all visual details in shipped experiences—layout grids, responsive behaviour, data visualisation, state clarity—and review builds for fidelity, accessibility, and consistency; track and reduce visual design debt across platforms.

• Run pragmatic user research & usability testing with both admin and end‑user audiences; synthesise findings into rapid iteration.

• Ship fast: sketch → prototype → test → iterate → handoff, balancing speed with security and user trust.

What You’ll Bring (Must-Haves)

• 5+ years of product design experience (senior-level craft + judgment).

• A portfolio showing complex B2B/admin systems—ideally with deep UX, flows, and problem framing.

• Experience designing for technical users (IT, Security, DevOps, infra, or adjacent). Security/devtools background strongly preferred.

• Figma proficiency and ability to produce clickable prototypes (tooling flexible).

• Professional English & Polish (written & spoken) for cross-functional collaboration.

• Comfort working in an early-stage startup: low ego, fast shipping, hands-on with research & UI.

Bonus Points

(Not required—but tell us if you’ve got them.)

• Worked closely with security & infrastructure engineers.

• Designed self-hosted / on‑prem admin products.

• Light front-end literacy (React, HTML/CSS, or ability to inspect components).

Compensation & Contract

• 16k–20k PLN + VAT / month (B2B).

• Equity participation is available (ESOP program)

• 20 days paid time off (B2B).

How We Work

• Hybrid encouraged; remote welcomed. We love being in a room for hard problems, but remote is fully supported.

• Fully remote? We bring the team together quarterly for a 2‑day onsite (working sessions + team time). Travel & hotel covered.

• Flexible hours with at least ~4 hrs overlap in the Europe/Warsaw timezone.

Tools, Hardware & Support

• MacBook Pro/Razer Blade + monitor budget.

• Figma license provided.

Hiring Process (Fast & Friendly – target ~2 weeks)

1. Apply – Send your CV + portfolio (link or PDF). Short note optional.

2. Interview (90m)

3. Chat with our CTO. Goals, fit, quick Q&A.

4. Walk through 2 projects from your portfolio; deep dive into your process and UX decisions.

5. Review a single Defguard interface and suggest improvements (during the meeting). Show us your decision-making process.

6. References – We’ll speak with 1–2 people you’ve worked with.

7. Offer – We move fast.

Our Culture

We’re a small senior team building in a security‑first, data privacy, low‑ego way. We care about clarity, trust, and shipping useful things quickly. We talk directly to users. We prototype. We secure what we build.