Senior Product Designer

About the company Our client is a fast-growing software company. The role Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Serve as the first designer at an early-stage software company, shaping the user experience of complex professional tools from research through delivery. Blend user insight, usage analytics and quick AI-assisted prototyping to guide design choices. Work side by side with product and engineering leaders, who handle the build. What you'll do - Own the experience across all user-facing surfaces, from daily operational workspaces to management dashboards. - Prioritize clear interaction and flow design over visual styling. - Lead user research and product instrumentation, drawing on behavioral data, usage patterns, discovery conversations and direct observation of users to choose where to invest. - Collaborate with product and engineering partners to translate user needs into well-defined flows and deliver specifications that engineers implement. - Design how users interact with AI-driven automation, so they can review actions taken, the reasoning behind them and any uncertainty, and then approve or intervene. - Guide an early, rough interface toward a polished, enterprise-ready product, carrying each initiative from discovery to launch. - Establish the design system and guiding design principles from the ground up. - Prototype daily with AI tools and check whether design changes reduce effort for users. **Requirements** What we're looking for - 5 to 8 years of product design experience, with ownership of UX flows from start to finish. - A portfolio featuring dense, technical software used by professionals for many hours a day. - Design experience at an early-stage startup; being a first hire or founding designer is a strong plus. - Skill at simplifying intricate processes into streamlined, evidence-based experiences that reach production. - A UX-first approach grounded in usage analytics and user research. - Ability to build prototypes with AI coding tools; front-end engineering skills are not expected. - Comfort working independently in a fast-paced startup with no existing design team. - Ability to work on-site five days a week. Bonus points - Background at software companies with a reputation for excellent user experience. - Experience in compliance-heavy operational fields. - Experience designing AI and human-in-the-loop experiences. - Prior experience as the first hire in a function. - U.S. work authorization. **Benefits** Compensation and benefits - Base salary: USD 170,000 to 220,000 per year - Equity - Medical and dental coverage - Meals provided Location and work model - New York, NY, United States - On-site, 5 days a week - Full-time