Junior Product Designer

About the role

This position is about shaping the way people collaborate with AI agents in procurement. Instead of traditional dashboards that require constant clicking, the product is moving toward agents that can handle end-to-end workflows such as sourcing, negotiation, market tracking, and supplier management, while the buyer focuses on judgment and final decisions.

The design challenge is to create a new UX model for B2B software. The work is not about adding a simple chat element; it is about helping non-technical procurement professionals oversee multiple AI agents and trust what they produce enough to act on it. Since there are no established patterns yet, the team is building them from scratch, and junior designers joining now can help define a new category early in their careers.

What you will do in your first 12 months

• Take ownership of real product work from start to finish, including flows, screens, and prototypes for features that reach paying customers within weeks rather than months.
• Design experiences around agentic systems, including how agents present their output, how people review it, and how trust is created between human and machine.
• Create prototypes quickly in Figma, code, or AI-assisted tools, choosing whichever medium best explains the idea.
• Work directly in the codebase for final polish, such as reviewing pull requests and fine-tuning interactions before launch.
• Help lift the visual and interaction quality across the product as the engineering team scales rapidly.

What makes you a strong fit

The ideal candidate has 0 to 2 years of product design experience, with strong internships counting toward that total. A portfolio showing shipped work is expected, especially if it includes B2B tools, complex workflows, or data-heavy products.

You should have a sharp eye for visual and interaction design, with the discipline to keep every screen aligned to the design system and every journey clear and intuitive. Comfort with the full design-to-development process is important, as is the ability to work closely with engineering and other functions from idea to launch.

AI should already be part of your everyday workflow. The team expects familiarity with tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, v0, Figma Make, or similar products for ideation, prototyping, research, and faster problem-solving.

You should think in systems rather than isolated screens, care about how a product feels as a whole, and work well when the path is not fully defined. The role suits someone who likes shipping work, values quality, and prefers momentum over endless perfection in design files.

Bonus experience

• Hands-on prototyping with code, such as HTML, CSS, or React.
• Experience designing for non-technical users in complicated domains.
• Thoughts on how AI can be embedded into products in ways that go beyond chat interfaces.

Why join now

You would be joining at a stage where product, engineering, design, and procurement specialists work together closely, with no silos and no design queue slowing things down. You will own features rather than small fragments of someone else’s workflow, and your work will reach customers quickly because the team ships every week.

The company is AI-native by default and encourages experimentation with whatever tools improve your process. It is backed by Sequoia and Index, is already a category leader in DACH manufacturing AI, and is aiming to grow even faster.

About the company

Tacto is building an intelligence layer that connects AI to the physical world of manufacturing, starting with procurement. The company focuses on the knowledge that keeps manufacturing running — such as part costs, suppliers, and materials — which is often spread across systems and people. Procurement represents the largest cost lever in manufacturing because more than 50% of a product’s cost comes from suppliers, yet the function still relies heavily on spreadsheets and legacy tools.

The company’s Procurement Intelligence Platform is already trusted by hundreds of companies that manage billions of euros of material. Headquartered in Munich, the team has more than 100 people who work in office, move quickly, and care deeply about building strong products. Backing includes more than €50 million from Sequoia, Index, and leading European tech entrepreneurs and industry veterans.

Why the work matters

Manufacturing is a major pillar of Europe’s economy, contributing a quarter of GDP and more than 30% of jobs. Europe’s industrial expertise is a long-term advantage, but only if it is extended into the AI era. Tacto aims to connect atoms and bits by building AI for the industrial base and helping European technology stay strong.

What the company offers

• Competitive pay plus equity, giving you direct upside in the company’s success.
• A lively in-office setup in central Munich, with attendance expected on more than four days per week.
• A development budget, plus regular learning exposure through lunch-and-learns, peer mentoring, and external speakers.
• 26 vacation days plus 4 fixed company rest days each year, along with off-sites and team events.
• Wellpass membership, a fruit basket, and access to Jobrad for health and wellbeing.
• Voluntary pension support and a voluntary KITA subsidy for children.

Equal opportunity and privacy notice

The employer is committed to equal opportunity in hiring and does not discriminate based on race, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, or gender identity.

Applicants are asked not to include personal information that reveals racial or ethnic origin, political views, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, health data, or sexual orientation.

Working style

This is an in-office role based in Munich, with a high-performance, fast-moving environment and strong expectations around ownership, ambition, and contribution.

Additional information

The role is aimed at a junior product designer who can help define new UX patterns for AI-assisted procurement. There is no stated vacancy count, start date, or application deadline in the source.