Slashy Verified
["SaaS","Productivity","Future of Work"]
Founding Designer
San Francisco, California, United StatesOnsiteFull Time$140,000–$200,000 /yrPosted 11 days agoHidden Gem · YC Startup
Role summary
Seeking a Founding Designer to build and design across the entire product surface area alongside founders. This role requires exceptional taste, the ability to design in Figma and prototype in code (Next.js/React, SwiftUI a plus), and a track record of shipping high-quality, delightful products. You will own entire product flows, experiences, and the overall brand, with a focus on pixel-perfect UI/UX, polish, motion, accessibility, and performance. This is a high-impact, fast-paced startup environment for individuals who thrive with autonomy.
## The role
You'll be a foundational hire, designing & building across the entire surface area of the product, right alongside the founders. There’s no bureaucracy, onboarding ramp, or micro-managing. You’ll own features and surfaces end-to-end, with tasteful UI/UX decisions that are pixel-perfect.
Every PR & design-choice will directly impact thousands of users’ daily lives, so the bar is very high! The average white-collar worker spends more time in their inbox than talking to their family.
## What you'll own
Entire product flows, experiences and the overall brand, including the onboarding, mobile app, chat interface, landing pages, core inbox experience, calendar, and more. You can fundamentally redefine the next era of HCI.
## What we're looking for
* **Taste.** You can show us five products you love and explain exactly why. Ours include Arc, Raycast, Conductor, and Things.
* **Design-to-code.** You design in Figma or Paper, prototype in code, and ship in Next.js/React, SwiftUI is a plus. You care about polish, motion, accessibility, and performance.
* **Shipped high-quality products:** You’re previously shipped products / websites / apps that someone else would be truly delighted to use.
* **Agency:** You enjoy not being hand-held, micromanaged
## You will like this role if
* Dislike being hand-held, micromanaged, or bossed around.
* You’re excited to work on a product thousands use for several hours everyday
* You obsess over building pixel-perfect frontends
* You enjoy speed, chaos and impact of a high-growth startup
* You want to redefine human<>human and human<>ai communication
You'll be a foundational hire, designing & building across the entire surface area of the product, right alongside the founders. There’s no bureaucracy, onboarding ramp, or micro-managing. You’ll own features and surfaces end-to-end, with tasteful UI/UX decisions that are pixel-perfect.
Every PR & design-choice will directly impact thousands of users’ daily lives, so the bar is very high! The average white-collar worker spends more time in their inbox than talking to their family.
## What you'll own
Entire product flows, experiences and the overall brand, including the onboarding, mobile app, chat interface, landing pages, core inbox experience, calendar, and more. You can fundamentally redefine the next era of HCI.
## What we're looking for
* **Taste.** You can show us five products you love and explain exactly why. Ours include Arc, Raycast, Conductor, and Things.
* **Design-to-code.** You design in Figma or Paper, prototype in code, and ship in Next.js/React, SwiftUI is a plus. You care about polish, motion, accessibility, and performance.
* **Shipped high-quality products:** You’re previously shipped products / websites / apps that someone else would be truly delighted to use.
* **Agency:** You enjoy not being hand-held, micromanaged
## You will like this role if
* Dislike being hand-held, micromanaged, or bossed around.
* You’re excited to work on a product thousands use for several hours everyday
* You obsess over building pixel-perfect frontends
* You enjoy speed, chaos and impact of a high-growth startup
* You want to redefine human<>human and human<>ai communication
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