- Health · mothers and newborns
- Interaction design × Field ethnography
- Closes 13 Dec
Product Designer, Health Worker Tools
Sahay Health · Lucknow, hybrid · ₹22–30L · 46 people
11,000today
22% of the way to the goal50,000by 2028, across three states
Where this role takes you
Sahay Health's 2030 goal, and where the work is today
11,000health workers use Sahay
22% of the way to the goal50,000by 2028, across three states
Week 1
You walk the round.
Your first two weeks are in the districts, like everyone at Sahay. Walk Sunita’s round in Mohanlalganj with Ayo, and time every screen she touches.
With
30visits a day you watch logged
A health worker with 30 visits to log before dark has no time for a form that fights her.
11,000 ASHA workers in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar use Sahay to register pregnancies, track vaccinations and flag high-risk mothers. In September they logged 2.1 million visits, many on ₹7,000 phones, in Hindi and Bhojpuri, often with no signal.
Each visit still takes about four minutes to log. This role designs the tools they use at the door: registration in under a minute, a due list that reads at a glance in full sun, and flags a tired health worker cannot miss.
What changes because this job exists
How things work at Sahay Health today, and how they should look a year after you start.
BeforeRegistering a pregnancy took nine screens and a signal.
A year after you startRegistration takes three screens and works offline for 14 days.
BeforeThe due list was one long scroll, sorted by name.
A year after you startThe due list follows her walk: lane by lane, house by house.
BeforeA high-risk flag looked like every other notification.
A year after you startA high-risk mother is the first thing she sees, with what to do next.
Why this seat matters
“I do my visits by day and my entries by lamp at night. If Sahay were quicker, I would sleep before eleven.”
Sunita Devi, ASHA worker, Mohanlalganj
Meet the crew. There's a seat for you.
- You?This seatProduct Designer, Health Worker Tools
Sarah Mitchell · Head of design, your manager
“I’ll send you to the districts before I show you Figma. One doorstep beats any brief I could write.”
On a bad day: prints every screen and covers the wall in them.
A Wednesday in Lucknow
An office day
- 09:30Stand-up with the Android team
- 10:30Prototype the Bhojpuri due list
- 13:00Team lunch in Hazratganj
- 14:30Remote test with three ASHA workers in Barabanki
- 16:30Design review with Sarah and Amara
- 18:00Chai on the roof, optional
What life is like
- First two weeks
- Shadowing health workers in the districts, like everyone at Sahay.
- Every month
- Two field days in the districts, travel paid in full.
- Every quarter
- Revenue, runway and hiring, shared with the whole team.
- Every role
- Equity, family health cover and a ₹1L learning budget.
What you'll do
- Design the screens 11,000 health workers use at the door
- Test every flow with health workers before it ships
- Write interface copy in Hindi and Bhojpuri with the field team
- Build a design system that runs on low-end Android
What you bring
- 3+ years designing mobile products
- Research you did in the field, not only in a lab
- Hindi, with Bhojpuri a plus
- Patience for slow phones and slow signal
- No health background. Amara and the field team will teach you.
Your part in it
- DESIGN
- the screens 11,000 ASHA workers use at the door.
- TIME
- every screen on a health worker’s round, and cut the slow ones.
- TEST
- each flow with 40 health workers before it ships.
- WRITE
- interface copy in Hindi and Bhojpuri with the field team.
- BUILD
- a design system with Marcus’s Android team that runs on ₹7,000 phones.
What success looks like
- DAY 30
- you’ve walked Sunita’s round in Mohanlalganj and timed every screen she touches.
- DAY 60
- a three-screen offline registration has been tested with ASHA workers in Barabanki.
- DAY 90
- the new registration ships: under a minute, in Hindi or Bhojpuri, with no signal.
What you’ll need
- 3+ years designing mobile products
- Research you did in the field, not only in a lab
- Patience for slow phones and slow signal
Nice to have, not required
- Any health background. Amara and the field team will teach you.
- Experience designing for low-end Android
Where you’ll work
- OFFICE
- Lucknow (Gomti Nagar), three days a week.
- REMOTE
- The other two days, from anywhere in India.
- FIELD
- Two days a month in the districts. Travel paid in full.
- START
- Two weeks shadowing health workers in the districts, like everyone at Sahay.
- HOURS
- India Standard Time. Core hours 11:00–16:00.
Languages
| Language | Need | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Hindi | Required | Field research, testing and every screen you design. |
| English | Required | The team’s working language, and every design review. |
| Bhojpuri | Nice to have | Health workers in eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. The field team translates. |
The essentials
Product Designer, Health Worker Tools · Sahay Health
- Salary
- ₹22–30L + equity
- Where
- Lucknow, 3 days in the office
- Leave
- 24 days + 26 weeks parental
- Cover
- Family health cover · ₹1L learning
How you'll interview · about 2 weeks
- 1 · Chat with Sarah
- 2 · Redesign one screen (paid)
- 3 · Meet the team
- 4 · A morning on a health worker’s round
Your first stop
Mohanlalganj, on Sunita’s round
Not ready to apply? Talk to Sarah for 15 minutes.
No CV needed. Ask about the work, the people, or what a hard week looks like.