
Product Designer
Neara
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Sydney • Australia
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About the role
- Lead end-to-end design work from discovery through to delivery across new and existing product areas
- Conduct and synthesise user research including interviews, usability testing, surveys, and workflow analysis
- Translate complex product and technical requirements into intuitive workflows, wireframes, prototypes, and polished UI designs
- Partner closely with product managers and engineers to shape solutions that balance user value, technical feasibility, and business goals
- Identify usability issues and proactively drive improvements across the product experience
- Contribute to and evolve the Nitro Design System, improving consistency and design efficiency across teams
- Help visualise future product concepts and strategic product direction through exploratory design work
- Present work clearly to cross-functional stakeholders, incorporating feedback while advocating for strong user-centred decisions
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in UX or product design roles, ideally in SaaS or complex software environments.
- Strong experience across the full design lifecycle: discovery, wireframing, prototyping, high-fidelity design, and validation.
- Ability to design elegant solutions for technically complex workflows and data-rich products.
- Experience conducting user research and discovery activities including interviews, surveys, usability testing, and product analysis.
- Strong ability to break down ambiguous problems, identify unknowns, and define structured paths forward.
- Experience working closely in cross-functional teams with product managers and engineers.
- Comfortable navigating fast-paced startup, scale-up, or consulting-style environments.
- Able to move fluidly between tactical design execution and strategic product thinking.
- Experience designing enterprise SaaS, infrastructure platforms, or technically sophisticated B2B products (nice-to-have).
- Experience contributing to or scaling design systems (nice-to-have).
- Familiarity with geospatial, engineering, or data-visualisation products (nice-to-have).
Benefits
- Competitive salary + ESOP
- Fully flexible working arrangements
- Annual company-wide offsite
- Highly meritocratic, non-bureaucratic, and no-ego work culture
- Significant career development and growth opportunities
- The opportunity to work on complex, meaningful products and real-world problems
- The opportunity to play a direct, critical role in the trajectory of a high growth company
- Neara values diversity, belonging, and equal employment opportunities. We encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
UX designproduct designwireframingprototypinghigh-fidelity designuser researchusability testingworkflow analysisdesign systemsdata visualization
Soft Skills
problem-solvingcommunicationcollaborationuser-centered designadaptabilitystrategic thinkingfeedback incorporationtactical executionambiguity managementcross-functional teamwork