Product Design Lead

Why Mimo?

Mimo empowers everyone to create software.

Whether someone is learning to code for the first time or using AI-powered features to bring an idea to life: we make software creation accessible, intuitive, and joyful for more than 35+ million learners around the world.

We’re a small, remote-first team with a big mission and a high bar. We work transparently, share context openly, and rely on clarity and ownership to move fast. We challenge each other, experiment boldly, and push the boundaries of what learning and creating with code can become.

If you’re excited to shape meaningful learning experiences and help millions unlock new opportunities, you’ll have real impact at Mimo.

Join us and help build the future of tech education.

About your team

You’ll join a cross-functional product team that cares deeply about creating a world-class learning experience. As our Product Design Lead, you will play a key role in shaping the experience for millions of learners in our mobile and web products.

You will be the direct lead (20% of your time) for two senior product designers and will be part of Mimo’s seven-person leadership team.

At the same time, this is a strongly hands-on role. You will spend most of your time (80%) designing and owning complex product areas end-to-end, raising the quality bar through your own work.

You will collaborate closely with product managers and engineers, from early discovery through launch and iteration.

What you’ll be doing

• You design end-to-end. You personally own and design features from problem framing and ideation through execution, release, and iteration, with a strong focus on mobile apps.

• You set our visual direction. You have strong visual taste and ensure clarity, hierarchy, and high design standards across the product.

• You work data-informed. You use qualitative insights and quantitative signals to understand user behavior and make better design decisions.

• You deliver high-quality features. You collaborate closely with engineers to ensure designs are executed with a high standard of quality, usability, and polish.

• You lead by doing. You set standards through your own design work and provide clear direction, feedback, and coaching to two senior product designers.

• You contribute to leadership. You are an active part of the product and company leadership team, helping shape priorities, processes, and how design shows up at Mimo.

Requirements

You’ll thrive in this role if

• You’re a seasoned product designer. You have 5+ years of experience designing consumer-facing digital products, with strong depth in mobile app design (and ideally web as well).

• You are experienced in leading and hiring designers. You have experience mentoring and managing senior designers and enjoy helping others do their best work.

• You have strong visual taste. You can confidently define and evolve visual direction through your own design decisions.

• You care deeply about our learners. You like talking to users and using research and data to guide decisions.

• You are curious and pragmatic about new tools. You actively explore AI and emerging tools, integrating them thoughtfully into our design process.

• You enjoy staying hands-on. You want to spend most of your time designing while also taking responsibility for leading others.

• Big plus if you know how to code. You are comfortable reading code, understanding existing codebases, reviewing implementation details, and collaborating closely with engineers to shape better solutions.

How we work

• We work best in UTC ±0 to +3. It helps us collaborate smoothly and move fast.

• If you're outside that range, we’ll support your move to Austria with relocation and a work permit.

• You can work from home, join us at our Vienna HQ, or use a co-working stipend wherever you are.

• We love working async. We trust you to set your own schedule and do your best work.

Our global perks and benefits

• Remote-first, always. Work from anywhere with a home-office budget.

• Paid time off. 25 vacation days plus local public holidays and paid