Product Designer

THE WORK HERE IS HARDER THAN IT LOOKS. THAT'S WHY IT'S WORTH DOING.

Most design jobs ask you to make things look good. This one asks you to make hard things work AND look exceptional, without sacrificing one for the other. That's a rarer combination in B2B software than it should be. Getting there takes craft all the way down: the transitions, the states most teams never get around to designing for, the edge cases that ship right instead of looking broken.

ABOUT ALMABASE: TRANSFORM EDUCATION THROUGH DESIGN

We help schools increase their fundraising efficiency and keep their alumni communities active. As one of India's few profitable, bootstrapped SaaS companies, we're building lasting value for our team, customers, and the educational institutions we serve.

Our Impact:

- 6 million alumni connected

- 500,000 students impacted

- $10M+ in donations raised

- 54 million engagement opportunities created

- Profitable and bootstrapped since day one

THE ROLE

You'll join our 35-person PDEQ team (Product, Design, Engineering, Quality) that researches, designs, and ships products transforming how educational institutions connect with their communities.

You'll design for multiple audiences with distinct needs: advancement professionals, alumni, students, and administrators. Each brings different technical comfort levels and emotional relationships with their institution.

THE DESIGN CHALLENGES YOU'LL SOLVE

Complex problems, elegant solutions:

- How do you simplify complex workflows without removing the things people need?

- What does a professional tool look like when users need to move fast without making mistakes?

- How do you present dense data in a way that drives action, not analysis paralysis?

Contribute to our design culture:

As part of a lean, focused design team, you'll contribute to design practices, evolve our design system, and help raise the bar as we grow. Your input will influence how we approach design for years to come.

WHAT YOU'LL OWN

End-to-end product design

- Own complete design process from concept to execution for key product area(s)

- Define new interaction patterns for core/new workflows

- Create clear, intuitive experiences for professional users across complex B2B scenarios

Cross-functional collaboration

- Partner closely with engineers and PMs to define problems and deliver high-quality solutions

- Balance craft, speed, and business results in every design decision

- Contribute to product strategy through design thinking and user advocacy

Design excellence & culture

- Maintain high standards of craft while moving quickly

- Build and evolve our design system using atomic design principles

- Share knowledge and refine processes as we scale

WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO

Understands design beyond pixels

Every interface decision either helps or hinders someone accomplishing their goals. You approach design as a conversation between user and product, ensuring clarity at ev