Lead Product Designer, Jua
First Design Hire
AI for weather-dependent energy trading
Posted today
AI for weather-dependent energy trading
21-100 employees
Posted today
21-100 employees
Company mission
To achieve artificial general intelligence (AGI) through a deep exploration of physics, the universe, and their interaction with the human civilisation.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years designing B2B, data-rich technical products; first/solo design hire or founding designer experience preferred
- Strong portfolio showcasing end-to-end design work, with emphasis on usability, visual design excellence, and measurable outcomes
- Experience instrumenting PostHog (or equivalent), defining an event taxonomy, building funnels/cohorts, and using insights to inform design while respecting user privacy
- Advanced skills in Figma (prototyping, component libraries) and familiarity with other design/wireframing tools
- Hands-on experience with AI-assisted design tools and the ability to prompt, evaluate, and refine outputs into production-ready designs
- Strong understanding of responsive design, accessibility standards, and design systems
- Excellent collaboration skills and proven ability to work in agile, cross-functional teams
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English, with confidence in presenting to diverse stakeholders
Desirable
- Basic front-end development knowledge (TypeScript, React & Tailwind)
- Experience designing for complex or data-rich applications
What the job involves
- We’re hiring a Lead Product Designer to lead UX for our AI-driven weather platform. As our first dedicated designer, you’ll define the design approach and ship intuitive interfaces for time-critical, expert workflows. You’ll partner daily with software engineers, research scientists, and go-to-market teams to turn complex functionality into simple, reliable tools that experts trust
- Lead the full UX/UI design lifecycle for web and platform, from research to delivery
- Conduct user research (interviews, surveys, usability testing) and synthesize qualitative and quantitative feedback into actionable insights
- Leverage analytics tools (e.g. user behavior tracking) to inform design decisions and measure impact
- Create and validate design concepts through user flows, personas, experience maps, wireframes, and interactive prototypes
- Develop and maintain a modular Figma design system, including documentation and usage guidelines, to ensure consistency
- Collaborate closely with engineers to ensure accurate and high-quality design implementation and resolve design/development trade-offs
- Craft clear, concise microcopy, including navigation labels, error states, and tooltips to support usability and tone consistency
- Communicate design rationale and present work to various stakeholders
- Stay current on UX/UI trends, tools, and best practices
Our take
Climate change and complex geopolitics are demanding better forecasting tools for industries reliant on the physical world. Enter Jua, a Swiss startup building a "large physics model" to tackle this challenge.
Believing current AI models like GraphCast and Pangu aren't powerful enough, Jua provides a larger model, incorporating satellite imagery and topography, aiming to predict not just the weather but various natural occurrences. This end-to-end system promises not only higher accuracy but also lower operational costs thanks to its efficient design.
Though in its early stages, Jua has raised substantial funding, with investors drawn to its potential to become a foundational model for understanding the physical world. Initially targeting the energy industry, the company has plans to explore the agriculture, insurance, transportation and government sectors in the future.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jun 2025
$8.8m
SERIES A
Feb 2024
$16m
SEED
Total funding: $27.3m
Company benefits
- Meaningful work - work on and evolve the state-of-the-art in machine learning to change how we think about the weather and climate
- Serious equity - participate in Jua's long term success
- Time off - Jua offers a minimum of 25 days paid vacation as well as observed holidays by country
- Tools - you’ll receive all new equipment including a laptop, monitor, and any other accessories you need to do your best work with your generous home office allowance
- Company retreats - we hold team retreats twice a year! Past trips have been to Paris, France and St.Moritz, Switzerland
- Lunch on us - every other Wednesday we have Game Hour in which we come together to #play and enjoy a free lunch
Company HQ
Freienbach, SZ
Leadership
Andreas Brenner
(CEO)Previously co-founded Avrios International where they served as the CEO from 2015-2021. They also have experience as the Advisor to the CEO at CleanHub, where they now serve as a Founding Investor.
Marvin Gabler
(CSO)Previously co-founded The Green Box. They also worked at Q.met for over 3 years in Business Development and as the Head of Research and Development.
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