Product Designer
Umbrel builds personal home-cloud servers and umbrelOS, a self-hosting operating system for storing data, running local apps, and operating services such as Bitcoin nodes. Its products are designed for individuals who want local control, privacy, and an easy-to-use home-server experience.
Projects
About Umbrel
Umbrel is a company that sells Umbrel Home and Umbrel Pro home-cloud servers and develops umbrelOS, a browser-accessible operating system for self-hosting. Its platform lets users store files and media locally, run AI models and agents, automate homes, manage networking, and install hundreds of self-hosted apps through the Umbrel App Store. It also supports personal Bitcoin and Lightning Network nodes, enabling users to connect wallets directly to their own infrastructure.
Skills
About the Role
You will work on the product design of umbrelOS, first-party umbrelOS apps, and the umbrel.com website. You will create delightful micro-interactions and animations, iterate on ideas and discard those that don't work, and obsess over visual details. You will collaborate with engineers and customer-facing colleagues, exercise good judgment about when to ship, and continuously level up your design skills while putting yourself in the shoes of users to craft great experiences.
Requirements
- Work extensively in Figma
- Design micro-interactions and animations
- Collaborate with engineers and customer-facing teams
- Exercise strong judgment about shipping
- Practice user-centered design
- Be comfortable working as a generalist across tools
Responsibilities
- Design product interfaces for umbrelOS, first-party apps, and the umbrel.com website
- Create delightful micro-interactions and animations
- Iterate on ideas and discard those that don't work
- Ensure pixel-perfect visual details
- Collaborate with engineers and customer-facing teams
- Judge when to ship features
- Continuously improve design skills
- Apply user-centered design to craft great experiences
- Work as a generalist across design areas and tools