About the Role
- Reports to: Director of Product & Design.
- Fully remote with flexibility on how and when you work, within CET hours. You'll get close mentorship and ship real work from day one. A mission you can stand behind: building tools that genuinely help kids learn. You don’t need to arrive knowing everything, you need to arrive ready to grow.
What You'll Be Doing
- Translate briefs and user problems into clean, considered designs under guidance.
- Work closely with developers to ensure designs are implemented as intended.
- Contribute to and learn from the design system.
- Iterate quickly based on feedback and communicate progress clearly.
- Develop an eye for the visual language of the product.
- Explore AI-assisted design tools as part of your day-to-day workflow.
What You'll Bring
A good eye for visual craft, detail, and consistency.
Portfolio showing UX and UI work, personal or professional.
Eager to learn and comfortable working in a fast-moving, feedback-driven environment.
Interested in how design and engineering connect.
Open to exploring AI design tooling.
Clear communicator who takes direction well and asks good questions.
A genuine interest in education and building products that matter.
Compensation & Benefits
- Budget: €800 to €1,000 / month.
Interview Process
- Apply online (CV and portfolio).
- Intro call.
- Portfolio review by Director of Product and Design.
- Present async design challenge (2–3 hrs max).
About ubbu
- ubbu (ubbu.io) is a Lisbon-based edtech platform that teaches children aged 6–12 how to code through game-based lessons.
- Built around a year-by-year STEAM curriculum with 100+ lessons and challenges, every lesson is tied to one of the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
- The platform serves both schools and families, is available in four languages, and is used by thousands of students daily across 20+ countries.
- Independent studies have shown measurable impact on students' logical thinking, problem-solving, and academic performance.