Product and Design
Bolt’s Product and Design teams tackle everyday challenges at scale. From rides to food to rentals, we turn complex problems into simple, useful solutions that make cities for people, not cars. The work is fast, collaborative, and full of opportunities to learn, grow, and shape urban life for millions.
Rides
We’re a diverse team of product professionals who dive deep into the daily lives of riders and drivers. By combining product expertise, imagination, and data insights, we turn complex mobility challenges into seamless experiences people trust and return to.
See open rolesShaping products that matter
Bolt’s Product and Design work happens in tight-knit teams that bring together product managers, designers, engineers, and data experts. Some focus on verticals, building customer-facing products like Rides, Delivery, and Rentals. Others work in horizontals, shaping shared areas such as Commerce, Platform, and Incentives. Together, they turn complex challenges into experiences used daily by over 200 million people worldwide, keeping cities connected and moving forward.
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Product career paths at Bolt
Advancing your product career at Bolt means expanding your impact, leadership, and influence across the company. Each step reflects a deeper ability to create value — sharpening your craft, scaling your impact, enabling others, and shaping products that make cities easier to move through. Here’s how careers grow across Product and Design at Bolt:
At Bolt, progress isn’t measured by tenure but by the scale of your impact — on customers, teams, the business, and the company’s future.
Associate
Focus on building core product skills and contributing to your team. Within a year, you’re expected to grow into a mid-level Product Manager.
Product Manager
Identify and solve customer problems that create meaningful value. Translate strategic goals into actionable roadmaps, and work with your team to deliver high-quality solutions that align with business priorities.
Senior Product Manager
Shift from execution to leadership by building and supporting autonomous, high-performing teams. Your influence extends beyond delivery as you shape business outcomes and lead through strategy rather than just a backlog.
Principal Product Manager
Set and align business strategy for your area. Build robust business cases, lead cross-functional efforts, and uncover inefficiencies and growth levers across the company. Create systems that serve broader business needs and share knowledge that strengthens the wider product community.
Director
Take accountability for an entire business unit, exceeding Group-level expectations across multiple domains. Grow and develop the product and technology organisation within Bolt.
Vice President
Influence the company at large by setting strategic direction for the next three to five years. Drive transformational changes that extend well beyond your immediate area of responsibility.
Designer
Be proficient with UX tools and methods and apply core principles to deliver quality work. Spot weak experiences early, use feedback and data to propose improvements, and clearly articulate the user problems your designs aim to solve.
Senior Designer
Operate independently to solve complex end-to-end UX challenges. Discover opportunities through customer engagement, competitive awareness, data and help prioritise them into the roadmap. Ensure your work is grounded in UX metrics, cohesive within Bolt’s ecosystem, and informed by research and usability practices.
Staff Designer
Elevate the design function by proposing and executing scalable solutions that support the entire product team. Influence product strategy with a usability lens, uncover broader opportunities, and drive systemic product improvements alongside senior cross-functional peers.
Manager I
Scale both design quality and team performance. Coach others to grow their impact, align strategies around usability and utility, and improve how design supports product outcomes. Share patterns, tools, and thinking across the organisation to amplify design’s influence.
Manager II
Lead with broad strategic vision, shaping the direction of Bolt’s UX practice. Roll out changes that improve team impact, connect product and design roadmaps to business strategy, and ensure a cohesive, high-quality customer experience across every touchpoint.
Vice President
Influence the company at large by setting strategic direction for the next three to five years. Drive transformational changes that extend well beyond your immediate area of responsibility.
The people behind Product and Design
Read what some of our team have to say about creating simple, useful solutions that solve complex challenges and improve how millions move and live.
Aastha Yadav
“Although some days might be challenging, when you step back and realise what you’ve accomplished — the knowledge you’ve shared, the relationships you’ve formed, what you’ve learned, and the value you’ve added — that's when everything clicks.”
Ilya Chikunov
“I’m surrounded by talented people from all around the world. Working in such a diverse and dedicated team inspires me daily. I highly appreciate the unique mixture of skills, shared vision, and the ability to enhance our customers' experience at every level. Being a part of this team allows me to learn from the best and develop my skills.”
Steps to join the teams shaping cities
The hiring process at Bolt is clear and transparent, though it may vary by role, team, or seniority. Not every candidate will go through every step, and sometimes the order changes. No matter what, we’ll keep you informed so you always know what to expect. These six steps are designed to give you — and us — the clarity to make the right choice for shaping the future of urban mobility together.
Application review
Our recruitment team reviews your background, experience, and motivation. We aim to reply within two weeks with the next steps. Polish your resume with CV tips from our recruiter and try our recommended resume-building tool.
Recruiter screen (30–45 min)
A first call with a recruiter to learn more about you, your background, your motivation to join Bolt, and your overall fit. You'll also get an introduction to the team and the role, and have the chance to ask questions. Here are some helpful interview prep guides:
Home task / Portfolio review
Some roles include a take-home assignment that mirrors the work you'd do at Bolt, giving us insight into your thinking and problem-solving. For Design roles, we review your portfolio with case studies that highlight your impact. You'll always have time to complete tasks or prepare materials within the given deadline.
Product interviews
Across three interview rounds, you’ll meet product leaders, business stakeholders, or peers. Each stage is designed to explore your skills, competencies, and ways of working, from problem-solving and collaboration to communication and craft.
Relocation
Our dedicated relocation team will support you and your family during the relocation process, handling all necessary immigration steps and helping you settle into life in your destination country.
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News and updates
How to get hired as a software engineer at Bolt (+ sample interview questions)
If you’re an ambitious software engineer who wants to solve global-scale challenges, this guide walks you through the journey — from application to offer. It also provides a sneak peek into the types of interview questions you can expect, along with tips for answering them.
