🌎 What we do

We build software that helps companies along the food system get to Net Zero.

~31% of global GHG emissions originate from food-related activities. For the first time in history, climate performance has become an overall business performance indicator. Enterprises are mandated by regulatory bodies to disclose their climate performance, which leads to increasing pressure from investors, competitors, retailers, and consumers to prevent and reduce their CO2e emissions. Over the next 10 years, companies have set ambitious reduction targets that need to be met. Enterprise software and new business processes can help.

We raised >€10m in funding in the first 2 years of our existence, we launched our enterprise product, signed and onboarded some of the largest F&B players in Europe, and put together what we believe is the best-suited early stage tech team in Europe. Will you be the next to join us? 🚀

🔭 What you will work on

Your mission

Design and mature Root’s product offering, owning solutions end-to-end, conducting research, testing and delivery.

Over the next 12 months you can expect:

• At Root, product designers are generalists: We want you to own the whole process from user research to prototypes and low-code products, working with engineers make it a reality.

• Help shape the design function at Root; we have ambitious goals; as the 2nd design hire, you will be a key part of it.

• Translate design ideas into wireframes, interfaces and scalable user experiences.

• Conduct on-site and remote user research to better understand our users and test solutions.

What the role can evolve into:

• Own the end-to-end design for a number Root products in the works.

• Manage the expansion of Root’s product to other verticals/geographies, skill up into helping drive our product strategy, and service design offerings - we support you on your self-determined growth trajectory

🦾 How we support you

Meet the rest of the team

🤓 Your functional leader will be: Dominic

Your mentors can be

• Jasson Schrock (First designer at Youtube after Google acquisition, ex-OneFootball, ex-BCG Digital Ventures)

It is important to us to give you the best conditions for learning and career growth.. This is why we have designed our cap table in a way that all our early employees get functional experts as mentors by your side. See some of our other angel investors and mentors HERE.

🧺 What you bring along

About you:

• 👤 Mid/Senior Product Designer: We are flexible when it comes to experience.

• 💬 Language requirement: Fluent in English and German

• At least 2 years of experience in end-to-end product design.

• A portfolio demonstrating previous experience across research, design and delivery of user-centric products.

• Experience conducting User Research to help understand and empathise with our users on-site and remotely.

• You show tremendous product curiosity and are excited about solving customer needs by means of smart and pragmatic product

• You have lots of fun designing & testing prototypes in design tools like Figma, and even low/no code tools (like Retool)

• You have worked with closely with design systems and have helped contribute to building them out.

• You want to explore the world of (sustainable) food and empathise with the people working in our food system.

🤗 You don't feel like you fulfil all the criteria? We get it: confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But guess what?! There is no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. The only thing you need to ensure along the recruiting process and beyond is that the problem that we are solving with Root is one you cannot wait to get out of bed for on Monday morning!

Hiring Process

Our ambition is to offer you an end-to-end experience that is fast and uncomplicated - we aim to keep the end-to-end process to 10 days max. We send you prep material for each step and maximize transparency at every step.