Job description
Description
**This position is based in Copenhagen, Denmark (hybrid). Applicants must hold a valid work/residence permit for the respective location.**
Chaos is a leading global software company that provides world-class visualization and design solutions, empowering creative minds to bring ideas to life.
For over twenty years, Chaos has developed innovative technologies serving multiple industries, including architecture and design, media and entertainment, and product e-commerce. Chaos’ solutions help architects, designers, VFX artists/animators, and other creative professionals share ideas, optimize workflows, and create immersive experiences.
Headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany, Chaos is a global company with offices in 11 cities worldwide. In 2022, Chaos and Enscape merged, bringing together two industry-leading companies into one. Since then, Chaos has continued to grow with the additions of Cylindo, AXYZ Design, and Evolve Lab, further expanding our expertise and solutions across architecture, design, e-commerce, and AI. For more information, please visit chaos.com.
We are looking for a Product Designer who will take primary ownership of our Design System while also contributing regularly to hands-on product design work.
This is a highly collaborative IC role where you will balance system-level responsibilities with daily product design tasks such as flows, wireframes, UI screens, prototyping, and design reviews. You will partner closely with engineering, product managers, and fellow designers to ensure our design system scales, remains coherent, and supports product excellence across teams.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead the development, governance, and evolution of our design system.
Maintain and evolve design tokens, components, patterns, and documentation.
Partner with engineers to define component logic, states, and accessibility standards.
Support product teams in adopting system components and workflows.
Balance systems work with regular IC product design tasks, including feature design, UX flows, UI design, prototyping, and usability improvements.
Contribute to the visual and interaction quality of both system components and product experiences.
Drive consistency and scalability across the entire product ecosystem.
Requirements
4+ years of product design experience, ideally split between design systems and core product design.
Proven ownership or major contributions to a design system (tokens, components, guidelines).
Experience designing for SaaS platforms, complex flows, and multi-surface environments.
Excellent collaboration with development - comfort discussing feasibility, tokens, interactions, and edge cases.
Strong visual craft and interaction design fundamentals.
Ability to self-manage and operate autonomously while leading cross-functional initiatives.
Nice to Have:
Familiarity with 3D workflows or tools (e.g., Blender, Cinema4D, WebGL, Three.js).
Experience scaling design systems in growing organizations.
Knowledge of front-end technologies (React components, styling systems).
Comfort facilitating cross-functional workshops.
Passion for design documentation, process improvement, and internal advocacy.
Why You’ll Love Working Here:
Work with a talented, passionate design and product team.
Drive meaningful impact through design system leadership - your work will be used across all product teams.
Collaborative environment with strong engineering partnership.
We welcome people who value teamwork, stick to their commitments and are curious to explore new ways for achieving mastery. If you believe that you are a good match for the job, just send us your CV in English.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Confidentiality of all applications is assured.
