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Design Lead

Bolt.Earth

Bolt.Earth

Design
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Posted on Sep 11, 2025
About Bolt.Earth
At Bolt.Earth, we’re building the backbone of sustainable mobility - fast. We are on a mission to power India’s EV future with the world’s most reliable, accessible, and user-friendly EV charging network. Our connected ecosystem featuring a range of chargers suitable for 2-, 3-and 4-wheelers, a seamless CMS system, and an intuitive mobile app breaks down barriers to EV adoption and makes range anxiety a thing of the past.
Role Overview
Position: Design Lead
Location: Bengaluru
Team: Design
The Skill Set — What You Bring to Bolt.Earth
-Lead and facilitate collaborative design discussions and strategy sessions with cross-functional teams
-Navigate complex, fast-paced projects and align design efforts with product and engineering priorities
-Run design discovery workshops to surface opportunities, pain points, and innovative solutions
-Execute on design vision while clarifying ambiguity through proactive questioning and problem framing
-Communicate design rationale clearly to stakeholders of all technical and non-technical backgrounds
-Expert in tools like Figma, Miro, Notion, Maze, Jira — and quick to adapt to new workflows
-Experience building and contributing to scalable design systems
-Sharp visual design instincts with a strong grasp of accessibility, consistency, and micro-interactions
-Working knowledge of user research and usability testing techniques
-Strong grasp of UX fundamentals: information architecture, user flows, wireframing, and prototyping
-Comfortable working with distributed and cross-functional teams across time zones.
Within 60 Days, You’ll:
-Get immersed in Bolt.Earth's product ecosystem — from EV charging platforms to IoT interfaces
-Understand our mission, user base, and unique design challenges in the mobility tech space
-Collaborate with PMs and Engineers to scope, prioritize, and define upcoming feature work
-Start mapping and refining personas for different product verticals (B2B, fleet, consumer, OEM, etc.)
-Host early design ideation sessions and kickoff discovery work on in-flight initiatives
-Deliver high-fidelity designs backed by internal research, user flows, and interaction patterns
-Complete an audit of your product area, suggesting UX/UI enhancements or workflow improvements
-Onboard to Bolt.Earth’s evolving design system and suggest improvements
Within 180 Days, You’ll:
-Conduct user interviews and usability studies to validate assumptions and improve UX.
-Build strong partnerships with your product and engineering counterparts
-Own end-to-end design for a key feature or product vertical — from discovery to post-launch iteration
-Help shape Bolt.Earth’s design practice — process, feedback culture, design reviews, etc.
-Mentor junior designers or interns and guide cross-functional teams through design thinking
-Contribute significantly to our shared design system and establish scalable component guidelines
-Help define success metrics for UX in collaboration with PMs and analysts
-Start to influence how design decisions support business strategy, customer satisfaction, and usability
Within 365 Days, You’ll:
-Become a design leader in your product area and a customer advocate in every roadmap conversation
-Drive design quality and consistency across multiple teams and feature sets
Lead cross-product initiatives that simplify and unify user experiences across Bolt.Earth’s platform
-Influence the strategic direction of the product by contributing research-backed insights
-Push for innovation in mobility tech UX — incorporating trends, tech, and customer feedback loops
-Establish documentation and onboarding materials for design best practices and patterns
-Shape Bolt.Earth’s design culture — from hiring, to rituals, to product thinking
-Support the application of emerging technologies (AI, ML, AR/VR, spatial UX) into future experiences
Why You’ll Love Working Here
Drive the EV Revolution: Your work will directly shape how thousands of users charge, book, and pay—every single day.
Innovate Without Limits: Branch out of your comfort zone and experiment with new tools, channels, and processes.
Fast-Paced Growth, Real Impact: We move fast, test faster, and iterate on real-world data your insights won’t sit in a folder.
Quarterly off-sites, hackathons, and culture-building events
Perks That Are Actually Perky
Get Your EV Groove On: We’ll cover your EV EMIs. Yes, really.
Grow Like Crazy: Courses, mentoring, and all the feedback you can handle.
Flex It Out: Work how you work best – WFO or hybrid.
Top-Tier Wellness: Flexible schedules, insurance, comprehensive wellness programs, and mental health support.
Referral Rewards: Share the Bolt.Earth love and earn 50% of monthly CTC of the candidate.