Founding Product Designer

The role

The Founding Product Designer will own product design end to end and set the visual and interaction language for the core product. You will direct the brand identity, including marketing sites and social content, while working directly with founders and engineers.

What you will do

• Own product design end to end from first sketch to shipped product.
• Set the design system and documentation for future scaling.
• Direct Slash's visual identity including brand, marketing site, decks, and social content.
• Pair directly with engineers to prototype and test ideas.
• Use AI tools to clarify problems and prototype flows.
• Talk to customers directly to validate design decisions.
• Build the design function, tools, process, and quality bar.
• Assist in hiring future designers.

Required qualifications

• Strong product design fundamentals in interaction design and systems thinking.
• Creative range including graphic design, illustration, or art direction.
• Portfolio demonstrating creative range.
• Track record of ownership from ambiguous problems to shipped outcomes.
• Comfort operating without a playbook.
• Active use of AI tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor.
• Based in San Francisco.

Nice to have

• Experience at a fast-growing startup, ideally in a founding or early design role.

Benefits

• Ground-floor equity
• High autonomy and ownership culture
• Comprehensive health and benefits plan
• Working out of our downtown San Francisco office space
• Unlimited PTO

About the company

Slash is building the future of business banking by creating financial infrastructure tailored to how businesses operate. Headquartered in San Francisco, it is a fast-growing fintech that powers over ten billion dollars a year in business purchasing.