Product Designer - Fintech AI Platform

Location: New York City / San Francisco
Company Stage of Funding: Seed ($5.7M raised)
Office Type: Hybrid (In-person in NYC and SF)
Salary: $170k - $220k 1.0% - 1.5% Equity

Company Description

Our client is revolutionizing the financial services industry with an AI-powered platform that automates third-party risk management for banks. Their solution reduces operational costs while enhancing regulatory oversight, enabling financial institutions to build innovative products that transform how people interact with money.

Backed by top-tier investors and led by a powerful combination of industry veterans and world-class technologists from leading tech companies, this promising startup is positioned for exceptional growth in the fintech space.

What You Will Do

• Lead end-to-end design processes across multiple concurrent projects, from ideation to launch
• Collaborate closely with engineering, product, sales, and compliance teams to iterate on designs
• Create user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups that effectively communicate solutions
• Simplify complex tasks through thoughtful design, making sophisticated AI functionality approachable
• Pioneer new AI product experiences—designing interfaces for complex agents and guided workflows
• Introduce modern design patterns to enterprise customers while ensuring accessibility and usability
• Build and maintain a lean design system that empowers the product team to move quickly
• Work directly with the founding team to shape product direction and design culture
• Help disrupt trillion-dollar industries through innovative AI applications

Ideal Candidate Background

• 2-7 years of product design experience at venture-funded companies
• Strong background in visual/interaction design, UX/UI, branding, and typography
• Proven track record shipping high-quality enterprise software products
• Experience working in fast-paced, high-agency environments
• Ability to execute quickly amid ambiguity to deliver meaningful outcomes
• Excellence in balancing detailed craftsmanship with strategic thinking
• Effective communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience in B2B environments
• Familiarity with AI and LLM applications

Preferred Qualifications

• Early employee experience at a high-growth startup
• Frontend engineering/CSS capabilities—ability to implement designs
• Experience with financial services or regulated industries
• Experience at design-forward organizations serving businesses (similar to Stripe, Linear, Ramp, etc.)

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive salary: $170,000 - $220,000
• Generous equity: 1.0% - 1.5%
• Visa sponsorship available
• Collaborative in-person culture in NYC and SF offices
• Opportunity to define design culture at an early-stage, fast-growing startup
• Work alongside industry experts from top tech companies