Founding Product Designer (Senior/Staff) - VC Backed Startups at Signalfire — Remote

## Join SignalFire’s Talent Network for Founding Product Designer Roles at VC-Backed Startups

🛑 This is not an application for a specific job. Instead, this is a way to get on the radar of VC-backed startups that are actively hiring Design talent. If you have any questions, please direct inquiries to talentnetwork@signalfire.com.

We’re looking to connect with exceptional Founding Product Designers who are excited about building intuitive, visually compelling, and user-friendly digital experiences from the ground up. By joining SignalFire’s Talent Network, your profile will be shared with our portfolio companies, giving you visibility into exclusive early-stage opportunities that may not be publicly listed.

## Who Should Join?

We’re looking for designers who are: ✔ Passionate about shaping the design vision and user experience for new products ✔ Excited about building and scaling design systems in an early-stage startup environment ✔ Skilled at collaborating with engineers and product teams to translate ideas into compelling interfaces

## Typical Roles & Responsibilities

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

## Common Qualifications

While each startup has its own hiring criteria, many founding product design roles in our network look for:

• 3+ years of experience in product design, UI/UX, or visual design for web and mobile applications
• Strong proficiency with Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, and prototyping tools (Framer, InVision)
• Experience in building and scaling design systems from scratch
• Knowledge of user research methodologies, usability testing, and data-driven design decision-making
• Understanding of interaction design, motion design, and responsive UI principles
• Familiarity with front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, basic JavaScript) to collaborate effectively with engineers
• Experience working with early-stage startups or lean product teams is a plus

• Design & Prototyping: Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, Framer, InVision, Principle
• User Research & Testing: Maze, Lookback, UserTesting, Hotjar, Google Analytics
• Design Systems & UI Libraries: Material Design, Tailwind UI, Carbon Design System
• Collaboration & Handoff: Notion, Miro, Zeplin, Abstract, Storybook
• Front-End Basics (for Collaboration): HTML, CSS, JavaScript basics

## What Happens Next?

• Submit your application to join SignalFire’s Talent Ecosystem.
• We review applications on an ongoing basis to identify strong candidates.
• If there’s a match, a SignalFire talent partner or a leader from one of our startups may reach out directly.
• No match yet? We’ll keep your profile on file for future product design roles in our portfolio.