Founding Product Designer
Company: True Talent Solutions Partners
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Salary: $140K – $185K a year
Work arrangement: Hybrid, 4 days a week in the office
Employment type: Full-time
Experience: 2-5 years
Visa sponsorship: Offered
Posted: 2026-10-31
Responsibilities
You will serve as the first dedicated designer to shape the user experience and design language for a B2B SaaS hiring platform. Responsibilities include building a cohesive design system, conducting user research, and collaborating with engineering and product teams to ship improvements.
Requirements
The role requires two to four years of product design experience with proficiency in Figma and production TypeScript. Candidates should have experience in early-stage startups and a strong ability to work closely with engineering teams.
Skills
- Product design
- Figma
- TypeScript
- Front-end engineering
- Design systems
- User experience
- Information architecture
- Visual design
- Product analytics
- PostHog
- Research
- Prototyping
- Collaboration
- Technical design
Benefits
- Visa sponsorship
About this role
About the Role
Join an early-stage B2B SaaS company as its first dedicated designer, reporting to a co-founder. You will shape the user experience and design language for a platform that helps organizations evaluate and hire technical engineering talent.
What You'll Do
Learn the needs of recruiters, engineers, and candidates, and identify where interface friction affects the experience.
Establish a consistent design language and build a cohesive design system across the product.
Use product analytics, session recordings, and user signals to inform and improve design decisions.
Partner with engineering, product, and go-to-market teams to create connected experiences across assessment flows and hiring dashboards.
Own the website redesign from information architecture and visual design through front-end implementation.
Ship improvements through short research and design cycles in a fast-moving startup environment.
What We're Looking For
Two to four years of product design experience, paired with front-end engineering skills.
Strong experience with Figma and production TypeScript, demonstrated in a portfolio of shipped product work.
Experience building and maintaining a design system across a product.
Early-stage startup experience, ideally in a founding or early technical design role, and comfort working closely with engineers.
Familiarity with product analytics tools, including PostHog, and experience collaborating across engineering, product, and go-to-market teams.
Experience designing software for hardware or technical domains, such as CAD, simulation, or developer tools, is valuable.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary: $140,000 to $185,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.
Location
Hybrid role based in San Francisco, California, with an in-office schedule of three to four days per week.