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Founding Product Designer (Senior Staff) VC Backed Startups

170K–250K
Onsite · New York, New York
Posted August 12, 2026
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Overview

SignalFire seeks Founding Product Designers to shape intuitive user experiences for early-stage products. This role offers visibility through our Talent Network without applying to a specific opening. Join a diverse portfolio of AI cybersecurity healthtech fintech developer tools and enterprise SaaS companies. We aim to connect passionate designers excited about building scalable design systems from the ground up.

What You'll Do7

  • 1Define and own end-to-end user experience and design language for early-stage products
  • 2Create wireframes prototypes and high-fidelity UI designs for web and mobile applications
  • 3Develop user research strategies to understand pain points and optimize design decisions
  • 4Collaborate with founders engineers and product teams to align design with business objectives
  • 5Build and maintain design systems and reusable UI components for scalability
  • 6Conduct usability testing A/B testing and iterative improvements based on data and feedback
  • 7Advocate for design best practices accessibility and human-centered design principles

Requirements10

  • 1Passionate about shaping design vision and user experience for new products
  • 2Excited about building and scaling design systems in early-stage startup environments
  • 3Skilled at collaborating with engineers and product teams to translate ideas into compelling interfaces
  • 43+ years of experience in product design UI/UX or visual design for web and mobile applications
  • 5Strong proficiency with Figma Sketch Adobe Creative Suite and prototyping tools like Framer InVision
  • 6Experience building and scaling design systems from scratch
  • 7Knowledge of user research methodologies usability testing and data-driven design decision-making
  • 8Understanding of interaction design motion design and responsive UI principles
  • 9Familiarity with front-end technologies HTML CSS basic JavaScript to collaborate effectively with engineers
  • 10Experience working with early-stage startups or lean product teams is a plus

Salary Insight

$170 - $250k per year

Location

Typeonsite
LocationNew York, New York

Required Skills

FigmaSketchAdobe Creative SuiteFramerInVisionHTMLCSSJavaScript basicsUser researchUsability testingDesign systemsInteraction designMotion designResponsive UI
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