Founding Product Designer

New York, NY, Remote. Posted 6 months ago

The role

You will partner with Product Managers and Software Engineers to conceptualize and ship products for the student financial experience. You will use AI tools to prototype and Figma to polish validated concepts.

What you will do

Define problems, explore solution spaces, validate concepts, and ship product
Use Cursor and Claude Code to build and iterate on flows and interactions
Translate validated concepts into Figma for full state coverage and production readiness
Help shape Product Design at Meadow from the ground up

Required qualifications

4-6+ Years of Experience in Product Design
Experience with Figma and/or Front-End Engineering Skills
Craftsmanship
Product Sense
Empathy
Creativity
Taste
Ownership
End-to-End Product Ownership
Builder Mindset
Communication

Nice to have

0→1 Product Development Experience
Experience at an Early Stage Startup (Seed, Series A, Series B)
Active Use of AI Tools in Your Design Workflow (e.g. Claude Code, Cursor)
Experience Interfacing with Clients for Research & Discovery

Benefits

Competitive Salary
Competitive Equity
401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
Subsidized Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance (with HSA & FSA Plans Available)
Flexible Paid Time Off
Paid Company Holidays
Paid Parental Leave
1-2 Onsites Per Year
Membership in an Ambitious, Kind, No-Drama Team

About the company

Meadow is the modern payments platform for higher education that simplifies the entire student financial experience. They are building for universities what Shopify built for retail businesses.