Senior Product Designer (UI/UX) - Mobile App
KptnCook
Product, Design
Posted on Aug 22, 2025
Senior Product Designer (UI/UX) — Mobile App (f/m/d)
Hybrid Berlin or Remote within Germany
Ahoy Kptn! 👋
At KptnCook we inspire hundreds of thousands of people every day to cook healthier and live better. We’re one of Germany’s leading cooking apps, on our way to international expansion — and we’re looking for a Senior Product Designer to take our product experience to the next level.
This is a hands-on role: you’ll own the full design process, from first sketch to pixel-perfect UI, and be the go-to person for design in our product team. If you love combining thoughtful UX with beautiful interfaces, and you want your work to impact people’s daily habits in the kitchen – this is your chance. You’ll move the needle on activation, retention, and subscription conversion together with PM, Analyst, and Engineering.
Why Join KptnCook?
✨ Impact
- Own the design of Germany’s top-rated cooking app, shaping the everyday lives of food lovers.
- Lay the foundation for KptnCook’s design culture as our key product designer.
👩🍳 Culture
- A highly motivated, international crew with flat hierarchies and open communication.
- Regular team events and courtyard BBQs
🌍 Flexibility
- Hybrid setup: a nice Berlin-Neukölln office + work-from-home options.
- IT equipment and flexible working hours.
📈 Growth
- Annual learning & development budget.
- Regular feedback and check-ins.
- Bring your ideas to the table from day one.
🍳 Perks
- Annual BVG ticket.
- Access to KptnCook Pro subscription.
- Delicious meals from our in-house test kitchen.
Your Mission
- Own the end-to-end product design process: from research to UX flows, wireframes, interactive prototypes, and polished UI.
- Design new features and improve existing ones with a user-centered, data-informed approach.
- Build, evolve, and maintain our design system, component library, and style guides to ensure consistency across iOS and Android.
- Create prototypes and A/B tests to validate ideas quickly.
- Conduct usability tests and interviews to incorporate user insights into design decisions.
- Work closely with PM, engineers, and founders to deliver an outstanding, cohesive user experience.
What You Bring on Board
Must-haves
- 5+ years in product design (UI/UX), ideally in consumer mobile apps.
- A portfolio that shows end-to-end product work: from concept to polished UI.
- Mastery of Figma (components, variants, auto-layout, prototyping, transitions).
- Experience building and maintaining design systems and reusable component libraries.
- Knowledge of iOS & Android design guidelines.
- Strong eye for typography, layout, and interaction design.
- Fluent English (our working language); German is a plus.
- Startup mindset: you enjoy being the one-person design powerhouse and owning your craft.
Nice-to-haves
- Motion, micro-interactions, or illustration skills.
- Curiosity for AI-powered design tools/workflows to boost creativity and efficiency.
About KptnCook
Founded in 2014, KptnCook has grown into Germany’s leading cooking app. We’ve won multiple international awards, including the Google Material Design Award (2018) and the German Design Award (2020). Our crew of 40 people is based in Berlin-Neukölln and beyond — and we’re on a mission to make home cooking easier and more joyful around the world.
Ready to Come on Board?
Send us your CV, portfolio, and earliest possible start date.
We’d also love a short note on why you’d like to design for KptnCook.
⚓ Join our crew and shape the future of cooking!
