Join Proton and help build a better internet where privacy is the default. Proton was founded in 2014 by scientists from CERN on the belief that privacy is a fundamental human right. Since then, Proton has built the world's largest encrypted email service and expanded into Proton VPN, Proton Drive, Proton Pass, and Proton Calendar, serving millions globally to protect their freedom, fight censorship, and keep their data safe.
Proton is profitable, independent, and hires selectively from the top ~1% of applicants. The team of 700+ members across 50+ countries comes from leading organizations and elite academic backgrounds. Proton moves fast, keeps hierarchy light, and prioritizes impact over optics.
Tasks
- Own the visual and interaction quality of one or more Proton products from early concepts through production, ensuring what ships matches the design intent.
- Design interfaces that make sophisticated privacy and security features feel intuitive and trustworthy without oversimplifying underlying complexity.
- Craft visual systems—typography, hierarchy, spacing, color, iconography—that scale across millions of users.
- Design motion, transitions, and micro-interactions that add meaning, not just decoration.
- Create icons, illustrations, and visual assets that strengthen Proton's visual language and maintain consistency across products.
- Raise the team's craft bar through execution, design critiques, and contributions to the shared design system.
- Partner with Product Managers and engineers to shape solutions early, surface constraints, and stay hands-on through implementation.
Requirements
- 5+ years designing and shipping consumer (B2C) digital products, with a portfolio demonstrating exceptional visual craft across real products—typography, layout, hierarchy, spacing, color, interaction, and motion (portfolio required with application).
- Proven ability to simplify genuinely complex problems into interfaces that feel obvious in hindsight.
- Experience building and evolving design systems, not just consuming them, and understanding how consistency and flexibility work together.
- Experience designing motion and micro-interactions as integral parts of production UI, not afterthoughts.
- Highly proficient in Figma, moving fluidly from exploration to high-fidelity designs and interactive prototypes.
- Ownership beyond immediate work—notice quality issues and inconsistencies, and act on them.
- Nice to have: Background in visual communication, graphic design, typography, illustration, or motion design.
- Nice to have: Portfolio showcasing illustration, iconography, or visual identity work.
- Nice to have: Familiarity with front-end implementation and the practical constraints of HTML and CSS.
Benefits
- Work that matters: Millions of people trust Proton with their privacy.
- A great team: Diverse, collaborative, and tight-knit, with people from MIT, Harvard, Stanford, Caltech, Cambridge, ETH, and more.
- Technology: The right hardware and software to do your best work.
- Learning & Development: Investment in your growth with real challenges and ownership from day one.
- Employee benefits: Strong health coverage, solid retirement options, generous leave, and wellness support.
- Stock options: From day one, you have a real stake in what Proton is building.
- In-person collaboration: Offices across Geneva, Zürich, Barcelona, London, and more, with most time spent collaborating face-to-face.
- Food: Lunch and snacks provided every day in the office.
- Transport: Coverage for public transport, bike allowances, or parking.
- Flexible working: You own your schedule; outcomes matter more than clock-in times.
- Compensation range Paris: 59,000 - 91,000 EUR gross annually. Other locations: Compensation discussed during the interview process. Final compensation determined based on qualifications, skills, and previous experience.
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Das Team
The Design team shapes the visual and interaction layer across Proton's products, working at the intersection of security and simplicity. Designers are embedded within engineering teams from the beginning of projects and operate with high autonomy, shared standards, and real influence over design practices. The team values high craft and attention to detail.