Founding Product Designer

Redfish Recruiting

$120K — $150K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of product design experience, preferably in startup environments
  • Mastery in UI/UX design with a strong portfolio demonstrating craftsmanship
  • Strong product sense, understanding the link between design choices and customer impact
  • Exceptional communication skills for articulating design tradeoffs
  • Executional spirit, committed to quickly turning designs into reality
  • Bonus: Experience in user research, analytics, or AI-driven products

Responsibilities

  • Own the entire design process from UX flows to polished user interfaces
  • Partner with founders to determine product direction and design strategy
  • Collaborate closely with leaders from major brands to influence product innovation
  • Translate customer needs into impactful design solutions efficiently
  • Move quickly while maintaining high-quality craft and rapid iteration
  • Advocate for the customer perspective in internal decision-making
  • Establish scalable design systems, patterns, and processes

Benefits

  • Opportunity to define and own design at a fast-growing startup
  • Direct collaboration with founders, shaping the core product vision
  • Exposure to design and research leaders at top global brands
  • Competitive cash and equity compensation
Full Job Description
? The Role
We're looking for Outset's Founding Full-Stack Designer - someone who blends exceptional design craft with sharp product instincts. This is not a pixel-pushing role. It's a chance to define an entirely new category, shaping how the world understands and builds for humans.

As our founding designer, you will:

  • Own the end-to-end design process, from UX flows to polished UI, delivering experiences that delight customers.
  • Partner directly with Outset's founders to shape product direction and design strategy from the ground up.
  • Work incredibly closely with design and research leaders at some of the world's biggest brands, building products that directly impact how they innovate.
  • Translate customer needs into elegant, impactful product solutions with speed and precision.
  • Move fast - balancing high-quality craft with rapid iteration.
  • Champion the customer perspective in internal decision-making, helping the team prioritize what matters most.
  • Establish design systems, patterns, and processes to scale as we grow.


? What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of product design experience, ideally at startups or scrappy teams where you wore many hats and often did what might traditionally be considered product work.
  • Proven mastery in UI/UX design, with a portfolio that demonstrates taste, craft, and execution speed.
  • Strong product sense - you instinctively know how design decisions shape outcomes and customer impact.
  • Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to concisely explain tradeoffs and decisions.
  • An executional spirit - you want to make the design a reality fast, no matter what it takes.
  • Bonus: Experience with user research, analytics, or AI-driven products.

? What we offer

  • The opportunity to define and own design at a fast-growing, category-creating startup.
  • Daily collaboration with founders, shaping the core product vision.
  • Exposure to and collaboration with design and research leaders at top global brands.
  • Competitive cash and equity compensation.

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