Product Designer - New Vertical

About the role

You will lead Basis into the design unknown: designing both the screens accountants see and the invisible UI “toolbox” agents draw from when they assemble those screens. Imagine Basis 18 months out, then ship toward it one release at a time.

What You'll Do

• Build and redesign user-agent interactions across multiple surfaces, from first sketch to polished release
• Invent agent-ready UI primitives that agents can assemble, edit, and explain in real time
• Partner closely with product design on working agents seamlessly into new and existing products
• Pair with founders to sketch Basis 2027, then distill it into quarterly bets
• Understand our many accounting users: Building really good systems here start from deep user empathy. You will spend a portion of your time actually doing accounting work in Basis and becoming a user
• Learn at warp speed: Immerse in what makes accounting awesome, emergent abilities of LLMs, and various UX for generally-intelligent software, then turn that insight into product decisions
• Learning velocity: New domains (hello, accounting!) and new tech click for you in weeks, not months

What You'll Bring

• Experience: 4–8 years designing complex SaaS or AI tooling, with at least one 0→1 launch (extraordinary talent with fewer years considered)
• First-principles reasoner: You break problems to fundamentals and rebuild without legacy bias
• Agent-native builder: You already prototype with LLMs and can explain why they change UX
• Use AI a lot: You should be using AI for your own work a ton. To learn, brainstorm, write, research etc.
• Research-to-Figma range: Comfortable running user research sessions, planning new features with PMs & engineers, sketching flows live, exploring diverse design solutions, and iterating on released products
• All-in mindset: High-intensity culture, high-upside equity, and a wide-open canvas sound perfect

What Success looks like in this role

• In-person NYC: You want the energy of five days a week directly collaborating with engineers, accountants, and founders
• Autonomy & ownership: Excited to make decisions without a committee and own a problem space end-to-end

Benefits

• Health & Wellness: Premium Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage; Life Insurance; and 6 coaching & 6 therapy sessions through Spring Health
• Time off: Unlimited PTO + 12 paid company holidays
• In-Office Perks: Daily meal stipends, a fully stocked kitchen, and $300 toward your custom desk setup
• Financial Benefits: Pre-tax commuter benefits and 401(k) retirement plan
• Team Culture: Monthly office activities and frequent optional team happy hours
• Parental Leave