Design Engineer, Happl

Salary not provided

+ Meaningful equity

Mid and Senior level

London

3-5 days a week in office

AI-powered global employee benefits platform

Be an early applicant

AI-powered global employee benefits platform

1-20 employees

B2BHRSaaS

Be an early applicant

Salary not provided

+ Meaningful equity

Mid and Senior level

London

3-5 days a week in office

1-20 employees

B2BHRSaaS

Company mission

We’re building the next generation of employee benefits infrastructure. We help global teams design, manage, and scale benefits that actually work for their people by using AI, across flex allowances, benefits, insurance, recognition, and wellbeing, all in one intelligent platform. We partner with fast-growing and enterprise organisations to replace fragmented benefits stacks with a single, flexible system that works globally, adapts locally, and puts employees first.

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Who you are

This is a high-impact, high-ownership role for someone who thrives on challenge, brings bold ideas, moves quickly, and cares deeply about how things are made, not just that they ship
A strong design craft with taste, range, and attention to detail
4+ Experience working across UX/UI, brand, and digital experiences
Comfort operating in product teams and collaborating closely with engineers
A bias toward shipping — you like getting things live, not just perfect
Experience using modern prototyping tools and AI to move faster and explore more
Someone who enjoys ownership, ambiguity, and being challenged
Strong opinions, loosely held, you care deeply but stay flexible
Ability to think in systems while still sweating the small details
A portfolio that shows shipped work across product, brand, or both
If you don’t tick every box but this role excites you, we’d still love to hear from you

What the job involves

As a Design Engineer at Happl, your mission is to define how Happl looks, feels, and is remembered
You’ll obsess over craft and detail, building a distinctive, recognisable brand that resonates with HR leaders, People teams, and senior stakeholders. You’ll sit at the intersection of design, product, and technology, using AI and modern tools to prototype fast, ship often, and continuously raise the bar on quality
You’ll work closely with Product and Engineering to deeply understand customer needs and reimagine how users interact with our platform, while owning everything beyond the product too: website, socials, campaigns, events, and brand moments that make Happl stand out
This is a core, hands-on role at that touches every area of our business
You’ll own how Happl shows up across product, brand, and market. You’ll work in tight partnership with Product and Engineering to shape user experiences end to end, while also leading our wider visual identity across website, socials, campaigns, and events
This is not a narrow design role. It’s a high-ownership position for someone who enjoys context-switching, shipping real work, experimenting with new tools, and setting the creative bar for a fast-scaling company. You’ll help redefine how HR teams experience modern benefits software — visually, emotionally, and functionally
Owning UX/UI across the Happl product, from concept to shipped experience
Prototyping and shipping ideas quickly using modern tools and AI-assisted workflows
Working closely with Product to deeply understand customer problems and turn them into elegant, intuitive solutions
Shaping and evolving Happl’s visual identity to be instantly recognisable to HR leaders and senior stakeholders
Designing and building our website, landing pages, and marketing surfaces
Creating assets for socials, campaigns, launches, and events
Designing and shipping prototypes to test new ideas, flows, and interactions
Maintaining and evolving design systems, patterns, and standards across product and brand
Bringing new ideas, tools, and approaches to how we design, build, and ship
Raising the overall quality bar

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Our take

Happl (previously Tahora) is building an employee wellbeing platform reimagining the social experience at work through peer-to-peer communities, improving employee interaction and tackling mental health challenges in the workplace.

Happl's platform enables companies to preventatively support their employees' wellbeing and reduce the reliance on medical treatment, by providing wellbeing resources, creating support networks and organising local and virtual social events.

With remote working increasing in many industries, having a place for employees to connect and share is crucial to maintain engagement and wellbeing. The company's preventative approach and emphasis on a unified experience differentiates them from other businesses in the mental health sphere.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

Glassdoor (5)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Mar 2024

$3m

EARLY VC

Sep 2022

$0.2m

SEED

Total funding: $6.3m

Company benefits

Personal Wellbeing Flex Card
Learning & development Flex Card
Share Options. Own what you build!
Choose your own tech and setup
28 days holiday (inc bank holidays)
WFH Opportunities

Company values

Have a heart for our mission
Collaborate in everything we do
Learn and be curious
Be obsessed about the experience

Company HQ

Waterloo, London, UK

Leadership

Ben Towers MBE

(Founder & CEO)

Previous exited founder with a £1m+ exit. Subsequent experience as an advisor to leading corporates, governments and the Royal Family.

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