Founding Product Designer (Technical Hiring Platform)

A pre-seed startup with a hiring platform that serves three different audiences wants its first dedicated designer. The person in this seat reports to a co-founder and defines how the product looks, feels and behaves, working with customers in demanding hardware fields.

Responsibilities

• Get to know the product through the eyes of each audience (those who hire, the engineers assessed, and the applicants) and spot where the experience falls apart, including where friction in the interface, not question difficulty, holds applicants back
• Set one coherent visual and interaction language plus a design system, and tidy the inconsistencies left over from months of fast shipping
• Study product analytics and session recordings to learn what works, then turn the findings into design improvements
• Work with engineers, product managers and go-to-market colleagues so every surface, such as the assessment experience and manager dashboards, feels cohesive
• Redesign and build the public website before launch, covering information architecture, visuals and front-end code

Profile

• Two to four years in product design with real front-end skills
• Polished portfolio showing both UX/visual work in Figma and production TypeScript
• Experience as an early or founding designer at a startup
• Comfort reading product analytics tools
• Ability to ship quickly and tolerate an intense early-stage pace
• Clear communication with engineers

Hybrid in the San Francisco Bay Area, in the office three to four days a week. Visa transfers considered.