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Founding Designer

Trayo · San Mateo, CA, USA ·

Pay:
120.000 - 180.000
Job type:
Full Time

We're a fast-moving, VC-backed startup building an AI-powered productfor enterprise teams. We work at the intersection of data, automation,and user-facing workflows, helping customers make faster,higher-confidence decisions.

Our founding team brings rare depth across both scale and startupexecution:

Our

CEO

previously led multiple large-scale analytics services(hundreds of millions in ARR), owning P&L, product, and GTM, and helpedscale a major product from early stage through IPO. Her background spansenterprise software, go-to-market strategy, and AI/ML-driven data platforms.

Our

CTO

is a multi-time founder with successful acquisitionsand deep technical leadership experience building developer products andbusiness software used by millions of customers.

Why This Role is Special
Trayo is looking for a

Founding Designer

to own designacross product, brand, and creative marketing. This is a rare role forsomeone who can be the company's main designer: shaping the productexperience, defining the visual identity, and creating customer-facingassets that help us explain and build a new category.

You will define how Trayo looks, feels, and is experienced by customers.You'll work directly with the founders, product, engineering, andcustomers to shape both the product and the company's creative identityfrom the ground up.

What You'll Own

Product design for AI-native enterprise workflows

UI/UX for complex data, signals, accounts, stakeholders, and actions

Brand identity, website, sales decks, and launch assets

Creative marketing visuals for campaigns, social, and customerstorytelling

Design systems and patterns that help the product scale

What We're Looking For

Strong product designer with excellent UI/UX taste

Also strong in brand, visual design, and storytelling

AI-native in how you work and create

Comfortable turning ambiguity into clear, polished experiences

Fast, hands-on, and excited by early-stage startup building

Bonus Points (not required)

Experience with B2B SaaS, AI products, data products, or enterpriseworkflows

Prior founding or 0 to 1 design experience

Comfort moving between product surfaces and brand systems

What We Offer

Competitive salary + meaningful equity

Small team, high trust, real impact

Hybrid flexibility; collaboration hub in San Mateo

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