About the role
At Kpler, we are dedicated to helping our clients navigate complex markets with ease. By simplifying global trade information and providing valuable insights, we empower organisations to make informed decisions in commodities, energy, and maritime sectors.
Since our founding in 2014, we have focused on delivering top-tier intelligence through user-friendly platforms. Our team of over 850 experts from 69 countries works tirelessly to transform intricate data into actionable strategies, ensuring our clients stay ahead in a dynamic market landscape. Join us to leverage cutting-edge innovation for impactful results and experience unparalleled support on your journey to success.
About the Role
As a Product Designer at Kpler, you will play a key role in shaping how global decision-makers interact with complex energy, maritime, and commodity trade intelligence. Working within a collaborative cross-functional product squad, you will craft intuitive end-to-end user journeys, turn intricate data workflows into elegant interfaces, and champion design quality across our web and terminal platforms. Leveraging Figma and our design system, your work will directly empower thousands of analysts and traders around the world to extract instant, actionable insights.
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Design intuitive product experiences: Conceptualize, prototype, and deliver user-centered design solutions in Figma for new product capabilities and core workflow enhancements.
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Translate complex data into clear interfaces: Distill intricate data flows, geospatial mapping tools, and market analytics into simple, human-centric user interfaces.
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Evolve and leverage our design system: Adhere to and contribute to Kpler’s shared design system (Atlas) to maintain visual consistency, component quality, and usability standards.
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Craft 3–6 month product design visions: Partner with Product Managers and Engineering leads to define user flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity prototypes for upcoming product milestones.
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Validate designs through research and feedback: Gather user feedback, analyze interaction patterns, and iterate rapidly to refine interaction details, micro-copy, and edge-case behaviors.
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Collaborate cross-functionally: Work seamlessly with engineers and product stakeholders throughout the delivery lifecycle to ensure design intent and quality are preserved in production.
What you'll need (Must-haves)
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Product design experience: 2–4 years of professional experience as a Product Designer crafting web applications, complex dashboards, or data-intensive B2B software products.
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Figma proficiency: Advanced mastery of Figma, including auto-layout, interactive components, design tokens, responsive layout rules, and prototyping best practices.
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End-to-end UX/UI craft: Demonstrated ability to drive design projects from discovery and user flow mapping through to pixel-perfect visual design and developer handoff.
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Problem-solving mindset: Strong knack for simplifying dense, multi-step workflows into clear, frictionless user journeys.
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Cross-functional collaboration: Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English to articulate design rationale and align with product and engineering peers.
Nice-to-haves
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Data-dense or B2B platforms: Experience designing interfaces for SaaS, analytics, financial terminals, supply chain, or maritime tools.
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Design system contributions: Prior experience maintaining or scaling a shared component library in a multi-team environment.
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Usability testing & research: Practical experience conducting qualitative user interviews or usability testing sessions.
We are a dynamic company dedicated to nurturing connections and innovating solutions to tackle market challenges head-on. If you thrive on customer satisfaction and turning ideas into reality, then you’ve found your ideal destination. Are you ready to embark on this exciting journey with us?
We make things happen
We act decisively and with purpose, going the extra mile.
We build together
We foster relationships and develop creative solutions to address market challenges.
We are here to help
We are accessible and supportive to colleagues and clients with a friendly approach.
Our People Pledge
Don’t meet every single requirement? Research shows that women and people of color are less likely than others to apply if they feel like they don’t match 100% of the job requirements. Don’t let the confidence gap stand in your way, we’d love to hear from you! We understand that experience comes in many different forms and are dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team.
Kpler is committed to providing a fair, inclusive and diverse work-environment. We believe that different perspectives lead to better ideas, and better ideas allow us to better understand the needs and interests of our diverse, global community. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives and are an equal opportunity employer.
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About Kpler
Kpler is a leading subscription-based data and analytics platform delivering real-time market intelligence for diverse commodities and their transportation.
Since its inception in 2014, Kpler has helped shake up the industry by introducing the first cargo-tracking solution for the thriving LNG market. Today, its coverage spans over 40 markets, encompassing liquids, dry bulk, freight, and inventories.
To bolster its offerings and propel growth, Kpler strategically pursued mergers and acquisitions, acquiring ClipperData (2021) and JBC Energy (2022), solidifying its position in the commodity and data sectors. Furthermore, the acquisition of Core-e (2022) enabled Kpler to enter the European power market.
In 2023, Kpler made significant strides by acquiring two leading ship tracking and maritime analytics providers, MarineTraffic and FleetMon, to further establish its dominance in the global trade intelligence market.
These strategic acquisitions open up new avenues for developing powerful data analytics solutions that deliver impressive results, presented in a simple and user-friendly manner to the market.
Kpler currently employs more than 500 people across the world.
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Job details
Location
United Kingdom
Funding
Total raised
$200M
Last stage
Growth
Investors
Founders
What happens next.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.
