Principal Product Designer

Location: Pristina
Type of Employment: Permanent
Time Commitment: Full time

About Us

smzh ag is an independent financial services provider offering transparent and sustainable advice in Finance & Investments, Pensions & Insurance, Mortgages & Real Estate, and Tax & Legal.

As a growing company, we continuously evolve our digital products. We are looking for an experienced Principal Product Designer with exceptional visual craft, an outstanding eye for detail, and a passion for creating beautifully crafted digital products. You combine strong product thinking with world-class UI execution and a solid technical understanding of modern frontend development.

Your Mission

As a Principal Product Designer, you will create exceptional digital product experiences that combine outstanding usability with exceptional visual craftsmanship, from concept to implementation.

Working closely with the Head of Design, Product Management, and our React and Flutter developers, you will design new features, build beautifully crafted user interfaces, and ensure every design is implemented with precision, consistency, and the highest quality standards.

Responsibilities

Product Design

Design new product features and user interfaces
Create high-quality screens using our Component Library
Build interactive high-fidelity prototypes
Turn ideas into polished Figma designs quickly and efficiently
Design visually polished user interfaces with exceptional attention to typography, spacing, visual hierarchy, colour, and interaction details
Present and refine concepts with Product Management and stakeholders
Continuously improve existing products
Continuously raise the visual quality and consistency of our digital products

Design System

Maintain and continuously improve our Figma Component Library
Create reusable components, variants, and design patterns
Ensure consistency and scalability across products
Structure and optimize our Design System for AI-powered workflows, including Claude

Figma & Design Operations

Keep Figma projects clean, structured, and well-organized
Follow standards for naming, documentation, and file organization
Document new components and design solutions
Continuously improve design workflows and Design-to-Development handover processes

Collaboration & Development

Work closely with React and Flutter developers throughout the entire product development process
Proactively hand over approved designs
Support developers during implementation
Consider technical requirements early in the design process
Continuously improve collaboration between Design and Engineering

Design Quality Assurance

Review implementations in React, Flutter, and Storybook
Ensure pixel-perfect implementation across all products
Review visual quality, spacing, typography, iconography, and interaction consistency
Verify responsiveness, accessibility, and UI consistency across platforms
Identify and communicate design inconsistencies to continuously improve product quality

Requirements

What We're Looking For

We're looking for someone who cares deeply about craft. Someone who believes outstanding digital products are defined by the details, from typography and spacing to interactions, consistency, and implementation quality.

Product Design

Several years of experience as a Product Designer or UI Designer
Exceptional visual craft with an outstanding eye for typography, spacing, hierarchy, colour, and interaction design
Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to quality
Experience designing complex digital products
Ability to translate complex requirements into intuitive and beautifully crafted user interfaces
Strong understanding of component-based Design Systems
A portfolio that demonstrates exceptional visual craftsmanship, combining outstanding usability with beautifully designed digital products

Figma

Expert-level proficiency in Figma
Extensive experience with Auto Layout, Components, Variants, and Variables
Experience building and maintaining Component Libraries
Advanced prototyping skills
Ability to work efficiently within large and complex Figma projects

Technical Understanding

Good understanding of React component architecture and Flutter widget systems
Excellent understanding of how modern frontend applications are built, and how to design interfaces that are technically feasible, scalable, and easy to implement
Experience collaborating closely with frontend developers
Familiarity with Storybook and modern Design-to-Code workflows

Design Excellence

Outstanding sense of layout, typography, visual hierarchy, and interaction design
Strong understanding of responsive design and accessibility (WCAG)
Strong understanding of motion design, transitions, and micro-interactions
High standards for consistency, quality, and reusability
Structured, proactive, and detail-oriented working style

About You

You...

obsess over visual quality and details that most people don't notice.
think in systems, not just individual screens.
enjoy crafting elegant, scalable user interfaces.
work closely and proactively with developers.
communicate clearly and openly.
continuously look for ways to improve products, workflows, and design quality.
take ownership and see your work through to successful implementation.

Language Skills

Fluent English, both written and spoken (required)
German is a plus

Nice to Have

Experience with AI-powered design workflows
Experience with Claude or similar AI tools
Experience structuring Design Systems for AI-assisted product development
Experience in financial services, banking, or insurance

Benefits

What We Offer

Meaningful projects with real product impact
A modern and collaborative work environment
Close collaboration with Product Management, Design, and Engineering
Ownership, growth opportunities, and room for new ideas