Founding Product Designer

About the Role A seed-stage fintech startup is building a shared money account platform - think collaborative finance for roommates, teams, clubs, travel groups, and beyond. The company is establishing its design practice from the ground up and is looking for a Founding Product Designer to own the end-to-end customer experience from day one. This is a high-impact, high-ownership role at a small team (fewer than 10 people) that has raised a Seed round from notable fintech and early-stage investors. You'll be the first dedicated designer, shaping the visual language, interaction patterns, and UX systems that define how users experience shared finances - including onboarding, identity verification, sending money, managing permissions, and the edge cases that matter in payments. Visa sponsorship is available for this role. What You'll Do Build the design practice from scratch - establish conventions, systems, and workflows for the product team. Shape the customer experience end-to-end across onboarding, identity flows, sending and managing money, and payments-related edge cases. Lead product design through the full lifecycle: discovery, user research, prototyping, and high-fidelity execution. Collaborate closely with engineering and product to ship polished, well-considered experiences quickly. Bring a strong point of view on how AI-assisted design tools are changing the craft and put that thinking to work day-to-day. What We're Looking For Required 2+ years of experience in a product design role. Hands-on experience designing fintech or payments products - specifically onboarding flows and money movement UX. Familiarity with design-focused AI tools and a perspective on how they'll evolve day-to-day design work. Strong fundamentals in visual design and problem-solving. Based in California - candidates outside of California will not be considered at this time. Nice to Have Formal education in design or a related field (not required). Experience working at a similarly early-stage startup or building a design practice from zero. Background at consumer fintech, payments, or financial services companies. Tools Figma (primary design tool) Location This is a hybrid role based in San Francisco, CA . Candidates must be located in California. Compensation & Benefits Compensation details were not provided for this role. As a founding hire at a seed-stage startup, equity participation is expected to be a meaningful part of the total package. Details will be discussed during the interview process. #J-18808-Ljbffr CLERA