Uplight are hiring a

Staff Product Designer

The Position

Uplight is creating a new category of energy. We make software that manages energy resources in homes and businesses—including smart thermostats, electric vehicles, solar panels, storage batteries, heat pumps, and people’s behavior—to generate, shift, or save energy for balancing the grid, making it more efficient and reliable. This creates clean energy capacity for the power grid instead of burning more fossil fuels, accelerating the transition to clean energy and saving money for energy customers.

Job Opportunity

Our Consumer Marketing Team is seeking a Staff Product Designer to help achieve our ambitious goals for our business and the planet.

As a Staff Product Designer, you’ll take ownership of the end-to-end experience for residential and business customers enrolling in climate-positive energy programs like demand response (DR), time-varying rates (TVR), and energy efficiency initiatives (EE). This influential role within the Product Team sits at the intersection of Strategy, User Experience, and Research, requiring close collaboration with cross-functional internal teams and utility clients.

Impact

How you will make an impact:

• Own and lead the full customer enrollment journey—from research and discovery to concepting, prototyping, polished visual design, design QA, and post-launch iteration while influencing strategic direction and product team roadmaps.
• Drive best-in-class Design practices, knowing when to adapt established processes to fit real-world constraints while adhering to strong design principles.
• Leverage & contribute to Uplight’s UI Design System to deliver elegant, accessibility-inclusive, and scalable experiences that are intuitive for end users.
• Facilitate unmoderated and moderated qualitative user research studies, synthesizing and presenting findings and business recommendations to diverse stakeholder audiences.
• Lead iterative product and design thinking to continuously measure, learn, and enhance user experience in our enrollment products.
• Build a deep, data-driven understanding of customer needs, pain points, and real-life behaviors across programs.
• Partner closely with Product Managers, Engineers, fellow Designers, User Researchers, Marketers, Account Managers, and more across the business to align on core user problems and uncover shared opportunities.
• Champion a culture of continuous learning, feedback, and iteration.

Qualifications

What You Bring to Uplight:

• 8–10 years of experience in software/digital Product Design, with a strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end design thinking, complex systems problem-solving, and measurable business impact of your design decisions.
• Proficiency in the “full stack” of Product Design: Research, UX & Interaction Design, UI/Visual Design & QA, prototyping, and working with component libraries or Design Systems.
• Familiarity with Material Design and frontend capabilities (React, Angular) to effectively communicate designs with Engineers and stakeholders.
• Deep fluency with modern Design and Research tools—experience with Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Lucid, JIRA, and Google Workspace.
• Hands-on experience with user research platforms for recruiting and running studies.
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to articulate your narrative to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience leading horizontal, multi-team efforts around shared business goals, embedding discovery throughout your process.
• A user-first mindset that advocates for simple, elegant solutions while balancing ambiguity and technical constraints.
• Growth-minded, well-versed in giving and receiving constructive feedback, with a commitment to collaborative problem-solving.
• Experience designing enterprise software (B2B and/or B2C).
• Experience mentoring other Designers, acting as a player/coach (note: this is not a team lead or manager role).
• Thrives in a collaborative Design culture, valuing shared ownership and cross-functional trust over individual control.
• Actively participates in structured peer critiques and team reviews, embracing a culture where Designers regularly seek and offer feedback.

Bonus Points

• A deep curiosity for exploring responsible efficiency opportunities with AI.
• Comfort with complex technical domains with curiosity and humility.
• Experience working in multiple industries and/or startup environments.
• Fluency in Agile environments, meeting cadences, etc.
• Experience with adjacent Design disciplines: Data visualization, live-workshopping, Photo editing, Custom Illustration, Icon creation, WCAG Accessibility, Animation, Brand Identity, Quantitative Research methodologies.

Encouragement to Apply

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies show that women, marginalized genders, and people of color are less likely to apply unless they meet every qualification. At Uplight, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role, we encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification.

Why Join Uplight

At Uplight, we're offering a chance to be part of the solution to one of the world's biggest challenges. As a certified B Corporation, we're committed to social and environmental responsibility.

• Make a Meaningful Impact: Your work directly impacts our mission of decarbonization and building a more sustainable future.
• Grow Your Career: We offer ample advancement opportunities, robust learning and development programs, and a supportive team environment that fosters collaboration and innovation.
• Thrive: Comprehensive benefits, including flexible time off, generous parental leave, a wellness stipend, and work flexibility to help you thrive personally and professionally.
• Belong to an Inclusive Community: We celebrate diversity and foster an inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, empowered, and heard.
• Be Part of a Growing Movement: Join a team of dedicated individuals who are passionate about creating a more sustainable future.

Salary Range

Salary Range: $136,000 to $160,000 USD + bonus.

In accordance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the approximate annual base compensation range is listed above. The actual offer will be determined by various factors including experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Equal Opportunity

Uplight provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law.