This is Growth
Founding Product Designer - $250k base plus 3% Equity
This is Growth, New York, New York, us, 10261
Title: Founding Product Designer
Location: New York City (Dumbo, Brooklyn) – In-office 4-5 days/week
Comp: Up to $250k base + 0.30% equity
Our client is building industrial‑strength financial tools for the businesses that keep America running — contractors, manufacturers, distributors, and suppliers that move over $6 trillion of essential goods annually. They currently run critical transactions on outdated tools, resulting in slow payments, predatory fees, and cumbersome workflows. Our client addresses this challenge with a modern finance platform that enables them to send and receive large transactions effortlessly, retain more of their margins, and spend less time on administrative tasks.
Launched in 2024
1,500+ customers
$1B+ annual payment volume
20% MoM growth
$16m Series A
You’ll be joining at the precise “inflexion point” — the product works, customers love it, and there’s a $500B+ opportunity ahead.
The Role: Founding Product Designer This isn’t a vague “design‑driven” tagline. Design is genuinely central. Their users are busy industrial SMBs. They don’t read tooltips. Some are on decade‑old PCs. They need things to work fast. Your job is to make complex, high‑stakes financial workflows feel simple and trustworthy.
As the first designer, you will:
Own the entire product experience: Design every flow and interaction end‑to‑end, from onboarding to complex payment workflows.
Build a design system from scratch: Define components, patterns, behaviours, and visual standards that work across old PCs, new MacBooks, and eventually mobile.
Define how we design & ship: Set up design → engineering workflows, QA checks, and feedback loops so we can move quickly without sacrificing quality.
Turn real customer pain into simple UX: Translate feedback from contractors, manufacturers, and distributors into clear, intuitive workflows.
Co‑own the roadmap: Work directly with the founder to decide what to build, how to scope it, and how it should work.
Set the quality bar across the company: Your standard will impact everything, from product to marketing, emails, decks, and beyond.
What We’re Looking For
4–8 years as an IC Product Designer (3.5–8 considered; >10 usually too senior for this IC‑heavy role)
Strong portfolio showcasing shipped product work, complex flows, and tangible outcomes
Experience owning end‑to‑end product design (from discovery to QA)
Comfort designing complex systems/workflows (B2B/fintech a plus)
High agency – you can self‑direct, structure ambiguity, and ship
Excellent communication and collaboration with product/engineering
Big plus (huge signal):
Frontend experience (React, CSS)
Formal background in art, design, CS, HCI
Prior startup / 0→1 experience
Fintech or financial operations product experience
Why You’ll Love It Here
Join one of the fastest‑growing fintechs in NYC
Build a category‑defining platform for industrial finance
Work directly with a genuinely design‑obsessed founder
Massive scope & ownership as the first designer
In‑person, tight‑knit team in Dumbo, Brooklyn
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Launched in 2024
1,500+ customers
$1B+ annual payment volume
20% MoM growth
$16m Series A
You’ll be joining at the precise “inflexion point” — the product works, customers love it, and there’s a $500B+ opportunity ahead.
The Role: Founding Product Designer This isn’t a vague “design‑driven” tagline. Design is genuinely central. Their users are busy industrial SMBs. They don’t read tooltips. Some are on decade‑old PCs. They need things to work fast. Your job is to make complex, high‑stakes financial workflows feel simple and trustworthy.
As the first designer, you will:
Own the entire product experience: Design every flow and interaction end‑to‑end, from onboarding to complex payment workflows.
Build a design system from scratch: Define components, patterns, behaviours, and visual standards that work across old PCs, new MacBooks, and eventually mobile.
Define how we design & ship: Set up design → engineering workflows, QA checks, and feedback loops so we can move quickly without sacrificing quality.
Turn real customer pain into simple UX: Translate feedback from contractors, manufacturers, and distributors into clear, intuitive workflows.
Co‑own the roadmap: Work directly with the founder to decide what to build, how to scope it, and how it should work.
Set the quality bar across the company: Your standard will impact everything, from product to marketing, emails, decks, and beyond.
What We’re Looking For
4–8 years as an IC Product Designer (3.5–8 considered; >10 usually too senior for this IC‑heavy role)
Strong portfolio showcasing shipped product work, complex flows, and tangible outcomes
Experience owning end‑to‑end product design (from discovery to QA)
Comfort designing complex systems/workflows (B2B/fintech a plus)
High agency – you can self‑direct, structure ambiguity, and ship
Excellent communication and collaboration with product/engineering
Big plus (huge signal):
Frontend experience (React, CSS)
Formal background in art, design, CS, HCI
Prior startup / 0→1 experience
Fintech or financial operations product experience
Why You’ll Love It Here
Join one of the fastest‑growing fintechs in NYC
Build a category‑defining platform for industrial finance
Work directly with a genuinely design‑obsessed founder
Massive scope & ownership as the first designer
In‑person, tight‑knit team in Dumbo, Brooklyn
#J-18808-Ljbffr