The Role
Lead product design efforts: research, wireframes, high-fidelity designs, prototypes, usability testing, and developer handoff. Build and maintain a scalable design system, collaborate with product and engineering, contribute front-end code (HTML/CSS/React), improve Figma workflows, and advocate for usability and accessibility across the organization.
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Blue J is the leading generative AI solution for tax professionals and one of Canada's fastest-growing AI companies. Headquartered in Toronto, we're a high-growth B2B SaaS company building industry-leading tax research software that helps accountants find accurate answers to complex tax questions with greater speed and confidence.
Backed by a $122M USD Series D funding round, we're scaling rapidly across North America and the UK while continuing to push the boundaries of what's possible with AI. By combining advanced technology with deep tax expertise, we empower tax professionals to work more efficiently, make better decisions, and deliver greater value to their clients.
We’re looking for a Senior Product Designer to help shape the future of our product experience, elevate design excellence, and establish consistent design systems that scale with us.
This role is hybrid, with the expectation that you are within commuting distance of Toronto and can join in-office meetings a few times per quarter. All candidates must be eligible to work in Canada.
This is a high-impact opportunity to help shape the product design function at Blue J. You'll uphold and evolve the standard for design quality, contribute to our design system, and craft seamless experiences that make complex tax research simple.
You'll work hand-in-hand with Product and Engineering to turn user insights into creative solutions, helping our product stay smooth, delightful, and loved by our customers.
This Role is a Great Fit if You:
- Are excited to be part of a lean design team and help set the direction for our design systems and standards.
- Have experience shipping thoughtful, user-centered products and can show how your work made an impact.
- Enjoy collaborating across teams, building strong relationships with developers, PMs, and stakeholders.
- Love solving challenging design problems and turning complexity into simple, intuitive experiences.
- Are comfortable wearing multiple hats - from designer to systems thinker to front-end contributor - to bring great ideas to life.
- Value curiosity, creativity, and collaboration — and bring a positive, playful spirit to your work.
- Support in the design process: research, discovery, wireframes, high-fidelity designs, prototypes, and developer handoff.
- Building and maintaining a design system, style guide, and component library that scales with our growing product.
- Partnering with Product and Engineering to translate ideas into thoughtful, user-friendly solutions.
- Conducting user interviews and usability testing, using feedback to refine and improve the experience.
- Connecting directly with customers to ensure solutions meet real-world needs and stay easy to use.
- Creating interactive prototypes to validate ideas quickly and collaboratively.
- Iterating on designs based on feedback, performance data, and usability insights.
- Contributing to front-end code (HTML, CSS, React) to speed up delivery and ensure fidelity.
- Improving Figma workflows and documentation to make life easier for the whole team.
- Advocating for great design across the organization and sharing knowledge to raise the bar for everyone.
- 5+ years in UX/UI or Product Design, with a portfolio of impactful, shipped products.
- Experience building and scaling design systems and encouraging adoption across teams.
- Comfort with modern design tools (Figma, Miro, Jira) and strong familiarity with front-end code (HTML/CSS/React).
- A collaborative approach to working with developers, product managers, and stakeholders in an agile environment.
- Clear communication skills and a thoughtful approach to explaining design decisions.
- A passion for usability, accessibility, and creating experiences that delight users.
- A proactive, solution-oriented mindset — you see opportunities to make things better and act on them.
- The opportunity to establish and grow our in-house design practice from the ground up.
- A mission-driven culture where your work helps make complex tax research faster, clearer, and more accessible.
- Competitive base salary, stock options, and benefits to support you and your family.
- A hybrid work model with flexibility and periodic in-person collaboration in Toronto.
- A team that is collaborative, ambitious, and supportive — we value innovation, respect, and a sense of fun.
- The energy and excitement of a fast-growing, well-funded company with the resources to invest in bold ideas.
- We are customer-focused
- We put the team interest before self-interest
- We are pleasant and playful
- We are open to better ideas
- We deliver on our promises
- We solve the toughest problems
We anticipate a high volume of applicants for this role and are excited to grow our team. A human will review each application and get back to you as soon as possible. We appreciate your patience and look forward to connecting with you!
- Chat with Nancy, Sr. Talent Acquisition Manager
- Share your Portfolio
- Meet with Adam, VP, Product and Nicole, Sr Product Designer
- Meet with Adam, Nicole and Matt our CPO
- Meet Ben, our CEO
We believe our strength is built on diversity of thought, and encourage candidates from all backgrounds and experiences to apply. We value inclusiveness and are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
We strive to create an inclusive and accessible hiring experience for all candidates. If you need any accommodations during the interview process, please let us know in your application. Our team is dedicated to providing the necessary support and making reasonable adjustments to ensure a smooth process for everyone.
To ensure transparency, we want candidates to know that Blue J uses AI-enabled tools within our applicant tracking system to help organize applications and highlight profiles that match the key requirements for each role.
AI does not make hiring decisions.
Every application is reviewed by a member of our Talent team, and all decisions throughout the process are made by humans. We use these tools to support efficiency and consistency, not to replace human judgment and we’re committed to a fair, thoughtful, and equitable experience for every candidate.
The base pay range for this role is CA$140,000-$170,000 per year.
This is a Level 4 in Blue J’s career level framework. We use levels to define the expected scope, autonomy, impact, decision-making, and experience for each role. Final compensation will be set fairly and thoughtfully based on experience, expertise, and alignment with the role’s responsibilities. While all candidates are expected to bring directly relevant experience, the top of the range is typically reserved for individuals who demonstrate exceptional depth in the role’s core competencies, a strong track record of impact in similar environments, and the ability to operate with a high degree of autonomy from day one.
Skills Required
- 5+ years in UX/UI or Product Design with a portfolio of impactful, shipped products
- Experience building and scaling design systems and driving adoption
- Comfort with modern design tools: Figma, Miro, Jira
- Strong familiarity with front-end code: HTML, CSS, React
- Experience conducting user interviews and usability testing
- Proven ability to collaborate with developers, product managers, and stakeholders in an agile environment
- Clear communication skills and ability to explain design decisions thoughtfully
- Passion for usability, accessibility, and creating delightful user experiences
- Proactive, solution-oriented mindset and ability to wear multiple hats
- Eligible to work in Canada
- Within commuting distance of Toronto and able to join in-office meetings a few times per quarter
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The Company
What We Do
Blue J provides generative AI for tax experts
