About ToolTime
At ToolTime, we build cloud-based software for trades people. A platform that digitizes workflows, reduces admin work, and gives craft businesses valuable time back in their day. Since 2019, our mission has been to simplify every step of their operations, from creating offers to tracking time. Behind this mission stands a diverse team of 80+ talented people from various backgrounds and nationalities who work together to modernize the trades' industry in a meaningful and sustainable way.
Responsibilities
•Design owner of the squad: You own the design of a product area in a cross-functional squad and shape the roadmap together with Product and Engineering, based on user insights and business KPIs.
•Fast ramp-up & continuity: You take over ongoing projects in a two-week handover, get productive quickly, and hand your work back cleanly at the end of the contract.
•User research: You take an active part in research together with Product Managers (interviews, usability tests), synthesize findings with AI, and turn insights into clear problem definitions and design decisions.
•Concept & prototyping: You develop product concepts together with Product, Engineering, and Customer Success, and validate them early with testable prototypes built with company-approved AI tools.
•UX/UI design: You derive improvement ideas from product analytics and use the ToolTime Design System to create high-fidelity responsive designs and native mobile experiences – including motion design and custom graphics.
•AI-powered experiences: You design AI-first user flows and help shape fully AI-powered product experiences as ToolTime brings more AI into its product.
•Design team: You take an active part in design team operations, design critiques, and knowledge-sharing sessions, and contribute to the ToolTime Design System.
•AI in your workflow: You use AI tools daily for research, ideation, copy drafts, and prototyping – while staying responsible for the design decisions behind the output.
Requirements
•5+ years of experience designing digital products in cross-functional teams, ideally in B2B SaaS or complex workflow tools.
•A track record of owning features or product areas end-to-end and shipping measurable improvements.
•Ability to explain design choices clearly while understanding the goals of other teams and functions, and finding compromises without sacrificing UX.
•Ability to get up to speed quickly in a new domain and enjoy a clearly defined, high-impact engagement.
•Puts users at the centre of the work – analyses, understands, and frames user pains before jumping to solutions.
•Ability to simplify complex requirements into clear, lean design solutions.
•Strong visual design skills and a solid understanding of design principles.
•Thinks in systems and has experience working with and contributing to a design system.
•Confident in Figma and comfortable using AI-assisted design and prototyping tools.
•Experience collaborating with other designers and with stakeholders at different levels.
•Strong interpersonal skills and clear communication in English; German is a nice-to-have.
Nice to have
•German
Conditions
•A clearly defined 16-month role with real ownership and impact in one of the most highly funded startups in the trades sector, during an exciting phase of growth.
•A strong company culture built on the values: Curiosity, Positivity, and Best Together. Honest feedback and continuous learning are valued, with an environment where everyone has the space to learn from mistakes.
•An annual Learning & Development budget of €500 to build new skills or deepen expertise.
•The opportunity to create your own benefits package from more than 35 partners, including Urban Sports Club, Blinkist, 7Mind, IKEA, and many more.
•Access to a corporate benefits portal with exclusive offers and discounts on travel, sports, fashion, and more.
•30 days of vacation, regular team and company events – plus two company weeks per year.
•Office in vibrant Friedrichshain, close to Boxhagener Platz and Warschauer Straße, with a hybrid work model: two days on-site, the rest working from home – complemented by the option to work flexibly from anywhere (workation).
•A salary range of €75,000 – €85,000 gross per year, plus a 10% annual bonus tied to company target achievement, paid out quarterly.
