Principal UX/UI Designer - Consumer iOS

About this opportunity
This role is being recruited by Calyptus on behalf of one of our clients.
Calyptus is a specialist recruitment partner helping startups and high-growth technology companies hire across engineering, product and design.
What to expect
We’ll review your application and, if your experience is a strong match, one of our team will be in touch
We’ll support you throughout the interview process and keep you updated at each stage
If this particular role isn’t the right fit, we may consider you for other relevant opportunities with our clients
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We're hiring our Principal UX/UI Designer to own the craft bar for our mobile experience. We already have design that converts. What we don't yet have is design that makes people feel something — the kind of native, delightful, obviously-considered experience that earns a consumer's trust in the first thirty seconds and makes them willing to pay. That's what this hire is for.
This is a mobile role, and specifically an iOS role. If you think in native patterns, obsess over motion and materials, and have opinions about what Apple shipped last month, you'll recognise the job immediately. You'll work closely with our Head of Engineering and directly with the CEO. It's a small team, so the scope is real: you're setting the visual and interaction language for the whole product, not decorating someone else's.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Own the end-to-end design vision across Jenny's core pillars — home inventory, services, and projects
Design onboarding flows that are genuinely creative and convert — the highest-leverage surface we have
Push the craft bar on native iOS: current Apple design language, latest native elements and materials, motion that feels intentional
Build and maintain the design system in Figma — components, auto layout, variables and tokens, prototyping
Get close to our users and design for how they actually live, not for a persona doc
Partner with engineering so what ships matches what was designed
Hold accessibility standards (WCAG) across everything
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
Deep iOS design experience. You've designed and launched consumer iOS apps from 0→1, more than once
A B2C portfolio. Consumer products people chose to download and kept using
Onboarding as a craft. Show us flows you designed that were creative, not templated — and what they did to activation
Current on native. You know what's new in Apple's design language and you've used it
Product instinct for the user. You can read an ICP and design for that person
Deep Figma proficiency — component libraries, auto layout, variables/tokens, prototyping
Comfort in a distributed team across US and European time zones
Nice to have: consumer lifestyle, health and wellness, home services, productivity, marketplaces, or fintech — anywhere consumers trusted a beautiful app enough to pay for it.
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Genuine opportunities
Every role advertised by Calyptus is a live position we’re actively recruiting for. Some clients prefer to remain confidential during the early stages of the hiring process. When that’s the case, certain company details may be shared later in the process.
Why work with Calyptus?
Access opportunities with ambitious startups and high-growth technology companies
Direct support from experienced specialist recruiters
Honest feedback and clear communication throughout the hiring process
Long-term career support, not just a single job application
We look forward to hearing from you.

Work arrangement
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