£75,000–200,000 /yr
21d ago
£75,000–200,000 /yr
21d ago
Job description
About the role
We're looking for our first product designer to level-up design throughout the company.
Axle is building cutting-edge energy products across the sector - from simple offerings for mass-market consumers, through to advanced tooling for early adopters and enthusiasts. We're innovating to solve new and complex problems where there's no established answers and where the customer experience is key.
We have a highly autonomous, flat structure, delivering our products in small interdisciplinary teams of engineers and PMs. We want to add a design voice as a pillar to this: understanding our users, leading our strategic direction, and ensuring the customer is always represented.
You'll operate across the business to raise the quality of all our design output - through both direct delivery, as well as enablement and coaching of others.
Alongside this, we're looking for ownership and support on how Axle represents itself externally - to our prospects, clients, investors and potential employees.
What you will be doing
- Understanding user problems and designing great experiences to solve them
- Building the systems that allow for strategic and scalable solutions - in Claude and code - to allow everybody to ship beautiful software, faster
- Deepening our culture of user research and getting into the weeds of how people experience Axle's products, both B2C and B2B2C
- Leading on our visual identity and finding new ways to tell Axle's story, through web, animation, and video
- Working with global clients to help them to improve their user experiences
This could be a good fit if
- You're energised by ambiguity and take a pragmatic, outcome-first approach
- You're excited about bringing sophisticated technology to a broader audience and are happy to get into the technical details to do this
- You're deeply curious about the world and how people experience it
- You have a strong aesthetic sense and know what good looks like.
What's in it for you
A meaningful slice of equity in Axle, alongside a competitive salary, with total compensation ranging from £75k-£200k (base salary + equity).
We operate with a deliberately flat structure and aim to keep pay equitable across the company, with a 1:1 median ratio between founder and team compensation.
Enhanced parental leave to support you through life's meaningful moments.
Bi-annual retreats to strengthen team connection & shared purpose.
Hybrid working - We have a dog-friendly office around Farringdon. To maximize collaboration, we ask that you spend 2-3 days a week in the office.
The opportunity to directly shape the future of energy markets and accelerate the transition to a low-carbon world.
We are extremely keen to build a diverse company, and we're particularly eager to hear from candidates who don't fit the traditional role stereotypes. If you're motivated by our mission, please do reach out, even if you feel you might not 'check all the boxes'.
Interview process
- Initial interview
- Deep dive on a project of your choice (in-person)
- Final interview (in-person)
- Offer, references, and welcome to the team!
Pay & benefits
Equity
Parental leave
Typical pay for similar roles
Estimate£55,000–72,600 annually
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About this role
Experience
Experienced product designer; no specific years of experience stated.
About Axle Energy
Company Overview
Axle Energy Ltd
London, United Kingdom
2023
Approximately 50 employees in London, United Kingdom (source: axle.energy)
What They Do
Axle Energy is focused on building the infrastructure for a decarbonised energy system by developing advanced energy flexibility software that connects distributed energy resources such as EV chargers, home batteries, solar systems, and heat pumps in customers' homes (source: axle.energy). Their platform enables households and asset owners to participate in electricity flexibility and grid services markets, which were traditionally accessible mainly to larger energy users, thereby democratizing access to these markets (source: welcometothejungle.com). Axle’s software offers multiple operating modes, including one that pays customers £1 per kWh exported when the grid requires support, and a fully optimized mode that uses tariff data and usage patterns to minimize energy bills by intelligently managing battery charging and exporting (source: youtube.com). The company supports popular hardware brands such as Fox, Give Energy, Sig Energy, Solax, and Solace, ensuring broad compatibility without requiring customers to change their energy suppliers (source: youtube.com). Currently focused on the UK market, Axle Energy is actively expanding into other European countries, leveraging lessons learned from its UK operations to scale its platform internationally (source: youtube.com).
Projects & Track Record
Axle Energy has demonstrated significant impact through its activation of over 2,000 home batteries on 1 December during a critical grid event, helping to keep fossil fuels off the grid and returning more than £26,000 to battery owners (source: axle.energy). This event, described as the "grid's hour of need," involved linking these batteries to flexibility markets including the Dynamic Flexibility Service (DFS), showcasing Axle’s ability to mobilize distributed energy resources at scale (source: axle.energy). The company’s platform currently connects over 15,000 flexible assets, reflecting rapid growth and adoption of its technology (source: welcometothejungle.com). Axle is actively preparing to open projects across various European countries throughout the year, using its UK experience as a foundation for broader continental expansion (source: youtube.com).
Recent Developments
In August 2024, Axle Energy successfully closed a $9 million seed funding round to fuel its European growth ambitions, following an earlier $1.6 million seed round in June 2023 (source: welcometothejungle.com). The company has been actively hiring in London across multiple functions including engineering, commercial, customer support, and people operations, signaling a strong growth trajectory and scaling efforts (source: accel.com). In early 2026, job postings highlighted the need to build a repeatable commercial motion to expand customer adoption and commercialize flexibility at scale (source: accel.com). Additionally, salary guidance for software engineering roles ranged from £60k to £120k with equity options, reflecting competitive compensation in a hybrid work environment (source: climatetechlist.com).
Working There
Axle Energy offers a dynamic startup environment headquartered in London, with roles spanning engineering, commercial, operations, customer support, and people functions (source: axle.energy). The company emphasizes a mission-driven culture focused on building infrastructure for the decarbonised energy system, with software designed to significantly reduce CO2 emissions and energy costs (source: axle.energy). Employees benefit from a fast-paced atmosphere that prioritizes rapid product shipping and scaling a repeatable commercial engine, reflecting the company’s growth stage and climate-tech focus (source: climatetechlist.com). The company’s hiring activity and job descriptions indicate a collaborative culture with opportunities to contribute across multiple early-stage functions within a single city location (source: ashbyhq.com).
