Founding Product Designer

New York, US
On Site (Office)
Posted 1 month ago

About this role

About the Role

This is a rare opportunity to be the first product designer at a seed-stage, AI-native fintech company building the future of global business identity and compliance (KYB — Know Your Business). You'll work directly alongside co-founders and engineers to shape design from the ground up — establishing culture, process, and a product experience that makes complex regulatory workflows feel effortless.

This is a true zero-to-one, end-to-end ownership role. If you're energized by ambiguity, thrive in fast-moving environments, and want your design decisions to have immediate, visible impact, this role is for you.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

What You'll Do

  • Drive the full design lifecycle — from ideation through implementation — across the platform, with an initial focus on data information architecture.
  • Partner closely with product, engineering, and founders to define intuitive, agentic experiences for complex regulatory and compliance problems.
  • Define and develop the company's design language and design system, building a scalable component library from scratch.
  • Help shape how design functions as a discipline: establishing processes, tooling, values, and a design-driven culture.
  • Collaborate directly with customers to validate and iterate on experiences that reduce friction in business onboarding and verification.

What We're Looking For

Required:

  • 5+ years of product design experience (dealbreaker).
  • Demonstrated experience designing for B2B SaaS products.
  • Experience designing for regulatory, compliance, or highly technical domains — translating complex processes into intuitive user experiences.
  • Portfolio with case studies showing end-to-end product design and measurable impact (required for consideration).
  • Proficiency in [REDACTED] or equivalent design tools (e.g., [REDACTED], [REDACTED]) for rapid prototyping and design handoffs.
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills — comfortable working closely with engineers, founders, and customers.
  • Bachelor's degree in Design or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice to Have:

  • Experience contributing to or owning design systems and component libraries.
  • Experience designing AI-enabled product features and integrating AI agents into user flows.
  • Prior startup or early-stage experience, or demonstrated comfort working in fast-paced, ambiguity-filled environments.

Compensation & Benefits

  • Salary: $180,000 – $220,000 USD annually
  • Early-stage equity opportunity as a founding team member
  • High-impact, high-ownership role with direct access to leadership

Location

This role is based on-site in New York, NY. Candidates should be available to work from the New York office. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Originally posted on [REDACTED]

Salary Range

180,000 - 220,000 USD annually

Benefits & Perks

Stock options

Recommended Skills for this Position

Information Architecture
Design Systems
AI UX Design
Human-AI Interaction Design
Interaction Design
Rapid Prototyping
Designer-Developer Handoff
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Stakeholder Communication and Influence
User-Centered Design
Iterative Design
Onboarding Experience Design
UX Strategy
Component-Driven Information Architecture
User Research
Design Communication
Design Management

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