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Solidroad Inc

Founding Product Designer

San Francisco, CA · On-site

$210K - $250K/yr

You'll craft impactful designs (product interfaces, brand systems, marketing assets; it's all on the table), and make critical decisions about user experience, visual direction, and product feel.

Clarasight

NY · On-site

$150 - $200/hr

About You You think like a designer first and a product person close behind. You've been the design lead on a lean team with no thick PM layer -- the one who talked to customers directly, framed the ...

Clarasight

$140K - $175K/yr

About You You think like a designer first and a product person close behind. You've been the design lead on a lean team with no thick PM layer - the one who talked to customers directly, framed the ...

PetsApp

Founding Product Designer

Manhattan, NY · On-site

$150 - $200/hr

Until now, our CEO has done most of the product design. You will be our first full-time designer, working directly with the CEO, CTO, engineers, and VP of Customer Engineering. You will own product ...

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Clarion

Founding Product Designer

New York, NY · On-site

$120K - $160K/yr

Work closely with our founding team and shape both product and brand direction from day one ... Your designs-both visual and voice-will directly improve healthcare access for millions Interview ...

Glide

Founding Product Designer

New York, NY · On-site

$120K - $180K/yr

Champion design excellence and help define Glide's design culture as we scale Who You Are Experienced designer: 4-6+ years of experience designing product experiences, ideally in early stage fintech ...

Odin

Founding Product Designer

Manhattan, NY · On-site

$150 - $200/hr

Working with our existing designer, our Head of Product and the wider product team, you'll help set the design direction for the company, raise the quality bar and shape how design operates as we ...

PetsApp

$150 - $200/hr

Until now, our CEO has done most of the product design. You will be our first full-time designer, working directly with the CEO, CTO, engineers, and VP of Customer Engineering. You will own product ...

New

Clarion

Founding Product Designer

New York, NY · On-site

$120K - $160K/yr

Work closely with our founding team and shape both product and brand direction from day one ... Your designs--both visual and voice--will directly improve healthcare access for millions Interview ...

Noise Labs Inc

Founding Product Designer

New York, NY · On-site

$160K - $210K/yr

Own design end-to-end and set the bar for taste, craft, and product quality across Noise. * 2/3 design, 1/3 engineering, you lead with product intuition and ship with code * Own and ship design end ...

Edra

Founding Product Designer (New York)

Manhattan, NY · On-site

$150 - $200/hr

The Role We're looking for a Founding Product Designer to join our team and shape the experiences our customers interact with every day. You'll work across the full design process--from early ...

Edra Inc

Founding Product Designer (New York)

New York, NY · On-site

$170K - $220K/yr

The Role We're looking for a Founding Product Designer to join our team and shape the experiences our customers interact with every day. You'll work across the full design process-from early research ...

Lassie

Product Designer

San Francisco, CA · On-site

$100 - $125/hr

About the role We're hiring a founding product designer to build the control plane for powerful agents handling billing and medical records. Real patients and real practices depend on our agents. You ...

Lassie, Inc

Product Designer

San Francisco, CA · On-site

About the role We're hiring a founding product designer to build the control plane for powerful agents handling billing and medical records. Real patients and real practices depend on our agents. You ...

Lance

Founding Product Designer (UI/UX)

San Francisco, CA · On-site

$125 - $150/hr

Role Overview We're hiring our Founding Product Designer to own the end-to-end user experience of our AI agents and the platforms our customers use to interact with them. You will be responsible for ...

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As of Sep 7, 2026, the average hourly pay for freelance founding product designer in the United States is $47.71, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $24.28 and $61.78 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

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A Freelance Founding Product Designer is an independent professional who collaborates with early-stage startups or new ventures to design the initial version of their product. This role combines product vision, user experience, and interface design to help shape the product’s direction from the ground up. As a freelancer, they typically work on a contract basis rather than as a full-time employee and often contribute strategic input, user research, prototyping, and design systems. Their work is crucial in laying the foundation for a product's look, feel, and functionality during its critical early stages.

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To thrive as a Freelance Founding Product Designer, you need a strong background in user experience (UX), user interface (UI) design, and product strategy, often supported by a portfolio showcasing end-to-end product design work. Proficiency with design tools like Figma, Sketch, or Adobe Creative Suite, as well as familiarity with prototyping and collaboration platforms, is essential. Exceptional communication, adaptability, and problem-solving skills are crucial for navigating dynamic startup environments and collaborating remotely with diverse teams. These abilities ensure you can drive innovative product development while aligning design solutions with both user needs and business goals.

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As a Freelance Founding Product Designer, you often work closely with startup founders, engineers, and sometimes marketing leads to define and iterate on the product’s user experience and visual direction. Since early-stage teams are usually small, you may be involved in everything from user research and wireframing to creating high-fidelity prototypes and collaborating on product strategy. This role requires proactive communication, flexibility, and the ability to provide design leadership while adapting to rapidly changing priorities. Regular check-ins, design reviews, and collaborative workshops are common practices to ensure alignment and progress.
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Founding Product Designer

Solidroad Inc

San Francisco, CA • On-site

$210K - $250K/yr

Full-time

Re-posted 20 days ago

Key responsibilities

  • Design the complete product experience stack, including onboarding flows and AI interaction interfaces.

  • Shape the visual evolution of the company's website, marketing assets, pitch decks, and product UI.

  • Set and maintain high standards for user experience, ensuring interfaces are intuitive, beautiful, and handle complex interactions seamlessly.

Job description

San Francisco • Full-time • In-person
About Solidroad
Building something great is addictive. It's like discovering your favorite TV show mid-season, except you're helping write the next episode. It's like unboxing a new gadget, except you're the one designing it. You shape how it feels, how it works, and how people react when they use it.
At Solidroad we're solving a big, messy, exciting problem: how do you scale customer support without losing what makes humans amazing? Warmth, empathy, intuition. We're using AI, generative tech, and real-time simulations to make this happen. It's ambitious, difficult, and genuinely new.
About the role
We're looking for a senior designer who sees this role as more than just a job. It should feel like signing up for a job and a hobby. Or a job and a triathlon. Or a job and an advanced art course. You'll shape our design decisions, own major parts of our product experience, mentor your teammates, and push yourself in ways you might not expect. It'll stretch your skills and fill your life in a deeply rewarding way. You'll craft impactful designs (product interfaces, brand systems, marketing assets; it's all on the table), and make critical decisions about user experience, visual direction, and product feel. There will be challenging moments, but also regular moments of genuine "wow, we built that" pride.
What you'll actually do day-to-day
  • Design the Complete Product Experience Stack
    Architect and build cohesive design systems spanning our entire product, from initial onboarding flows to complex AI interaction interfaces. You'll create designs that handle thousands of customer conversations daily, ensuring every touchpoint feels intentional, polished, and human.
  • Shape Brand Evolution Across All Touchpoints
    Own the visual evolution of our website, marketing assets, pitch decks, and product UI. You'll build scalable design systems that maintain consistency while knowing exactly when to surprise and delight users throughout their journey.
  • Drive Exceptional User Experience Standards
    Set the design standard for intuitive, beautiful interfaces that make AI feel approachable and powerful. You'll ensure our experiences handle complex multimodal interactions seamlessly, mentoring others to achieve the same standard of craft and attention to detail.

Our Team & Culture
We're a small, focused group working full-time in our San Francisco office. We're here five days a week because building something ambitious means collaborating closely, solving problems together, sharing ideas spontaneously, and occasionally challenging each other to padel matches, cold plunges, or karaoke evenings. We're intentional about creating a culture that's mature, supportive, and fun. You'll be joining experienced founders who've done this before, alongside a tight-knit team genuinely excited about building something impactful.
We hope you
  • Have at least 4 years of design experience, ideally at a startup (Series A to C), where you've helped ship complex, customer-facing products that real people love using.
  • Bring strong design leadership, including experience mentoring other designers, leading design decisions, or owning significant product areas from concept to launch.
  • Have deep expertise in modern design tools, design systems, or AI/tech product design-bonus points if you've worked on notable or challenging projects we can explore together.

The good, the bad, and the honest truth
The highs here are incredibly high, direct collaboration with founders who've done this before, significant ownership, and a product you'll feel deeply proud of. The lows are that you'll need to move fast, navigate ambiguity, and sometimes tackle tough design problems solo. But the reality is that startups are a bit like a sport or an instrument: you invest in it not just because you have to, but because you genuinely want to be better tomorrow than you are today.
If that sounds exciting, don't second-guess yourself. Get in touch. Send us something you've designed that you're proud of (portfolio, case studies, anything goes) and a short note about who you are and why this feels right to you. We value enthusiasm, ambition, and curiosity just as much as your design experience.

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