Product Designer / Finance / NYC

About the role

A Founding Product Designer is needed to help define the future of a fintech startup’s AI-powered financial platform. The company is building an integrated operating system combining lending, payments, and intelligent financial automation.

Responsibilities

• Owning product design initiatives from early discovery through final implementation across the company's AI-powered platform
• Create intuitive workflows that simplify complex financial processes and improve the customer experience
• Design user experiences that effectively communicate AI-generated insights while building customer trust and confidence
• Develop interaction patterns that encourage user feedback and continuously improve AI-driven product experiences
• Partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Leadership teams to define product strategy and prioritize customer needs
• Contribute to and evolve the company's design system to ensure consistency and scalability across the platform
• Conduct user research, gather customer feedback, and iterate on designs based on real-world usage and product analytics
• Balance long-term product vision with rapid iteration in a fast-paced startup environment
• Help establish the design culture, processes, and product philosophy as one of the company's earliest design team members

Requirements

• 3–5 years of Product Design experience, including full ownership of a product or major feature from concept through launch
• Strong experience designing complex B2B SaaS, fintech, or enterprise software products
• Demonstrated ability to create product experiences that improve user engagement, activation, retention, or other measurable business outcomes
• Experience using AI tools as part of your design workflow to improve efficiency, ideation, and execution
• Strong foundation in UX design, interaction design, information architecture, and visual design principles
• High level of proficiency with Figma, design systems, prototyping, and developer handoff
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate design decisions and collaborate across Product and Engineering teams

Qualifications

• Ability to simplify complex workflows and translate technical concepts into intuitive user experiences
• Passion for user research, experimentation, and iterative product development
• Previous experience designing AI-powered products or intelligent workflow software
• Comfortable collaborating closely with engineers and contributing to implementation discussions
• Experience within fintech, financial services, or other data-intensive industries
• Entrepreneurial mindset with experience working at early-stage startups or fast-growing technology companies
• Strong systems thinking with the ability to design scalable, reusable product experiences

Skills

• Experience with HTML, CSS, Tailwind, or front-end development concepts
• Previous experience designing AI-powered products or intelligent workflow software
• Comfortable collaborating closely with engineers and contributing to implementation discussions
• Experience within fintech, financial services, or other data-intensive industries
• Passion for user research, experimentation, and iterative product development
• Previous experience designing AI-powered products or intelligent workflow software
• Experience within fintech, financial services, or other data-intensive industries
• Comfortable collaborating closely with engineers and contributing to implementation discussions
• Experience within fintech, financial services, or other data-intensive industries
• Passion for user research, experimentation, and iterative product development

Benefits

• Competitive Base Salary
• Performance Bonus
• Equity Participation
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Benefits
• Vision Benefits
• Paid Time Off
• HSA/FSA Benefits
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Opportunity to work directly with founders and executive leadership
• Significant ownership within a rapidly growing AI fintech startup
• Opportunity to help define the product experience of a category-defining financial technology platform